I have recovered from using Propecia and I thought I’d share my story with you. I’m not saying that this is the correct way - for all I know it could be totally wrong with me just being lucky. Anyway, I thought I’d share it with you since it worked for me.
I used Propecia for four years, beginning soon after our first child was born. During the entire time of useage we struggled to get another child without success. I also experienced loss of libido, without really knowing the reason why.
One day my wife called me to the TV where Propecia and it’s sideeffects were on the news. I was shocked and unsure of what to do. They clearly stated the side-effects of quitting - and at the same time we were suffering from not being able to have a second child, and the “medicine” could be the reason.
I ended up in these forums after searching the web, which sent a chill down my spine. The day after I avoided taking a pill, only to return to taking one the following day. I was pending in between what to do and how to do it.
I decided on that I’d begin by taking half a pill for a week, then go down to 1/4 pill for four days, then 1/8 pill for four days and finally 1/16 pill for four days. Then I planned on taking 1/16 pill every two days, then every three days and then quit. I gathered that my system needed to recover slowly, rather than be shocked.
After taking half a pill for 3-4 days I experienced that my penis went numb. I couldn’t get an erection, leading to me franticly trying to twist and turn it in order to get the blood flowing without success. I lost all lust to sex as well. It pretty much happened over night. My first reaction was to eat a whole pill in an attempt to regain whatever had been lost. It didn’t happen though, and I went back to half a pill the following day - set on trying to follow this through.
Since my penis felt “dead” I gathered I had to keep the blood flowing and the system working - even through force. I decided, more or less in panic, that I’d mastrubate 4-5 times a day - something I’d never done before. It required me to go to the toilet at work and what not. I tried to watch porn without getting aroused, yet I kept mastrubating. I managed to get my penis half and half stiff, yet with the numb feeling. I also managed to ejaculate most of the times - even though I barely felt anything. It seemed more as a pure physiological reaction. I carried through with this over a period of four days.
I also went to the gym and did squats, focusing on my buttocks and loin region, making sure that those parts had to work hard. I did this once during the second day of impotence.
It was after the gym session that I felt that it became easier to get a slightly stiffer erection, and to mastrubate, and ejaculate. It felt as if something happened down there - with the bloodflow and all.
After four days of frantic mastrubation I began experiencing that my erection became normal again. I carried out mastrubating twice a day during the entire weening off period - and I have never felt the impotence of lack of lust for sex ever since.
Today I am fully recovered and I feel very fortunate and humble considering all those still suffering. Hopefully my story may help someone out there.
