- Where are you from (country)?
Denmark - How did you find this forum (Google search – if so, what search terms? Via link from a forum or website – if so, what page? Other?)
Google - Propecia side effect - What is your current age, height, weight?
26, 177 cm and 62 kg - Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise?
Yes. Running and going the the gym once/twice a week - What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)?
fruit, vegetables, meat, drink plenty of water. I take a multivitamin preperat, eats fish oil and zinc - Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)?
Hair loss - For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)?
about 6 months - How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride?
25 and spring 2011 - How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit?
- Think it was I august 2011
- How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)?
Cold tyrkey ( took the last couple of pills every second day) - What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic?
Propecia - What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)?
1 mg/day - How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects?
After 5- 5½ months - What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation?
Put an X beside all that apply:
Sexual
[ x] Loss of Libido / Sex Drive
[ x] Erectile Dysfunction
[ x] Complete Impotence
[ x] Loss of Morning Erections
[ x] Loss of Spontaneous Erections
[ x] Loss of Nocturnal Erections
[x ] Watery Ejaculate
[ x] Reduced Ejaculate
[ x] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[ ] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility
Mental
[ x] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[ x] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[ x] Confusion
[ ] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[ x] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ x] Slurring of Speech
[ x] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[ ] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[ ] Depression / Melancholy
Physical
[ ] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled)
[ ] Penis curvature / rotation on axis
[ x] Testicular Pain
[ ] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[ ] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[x ] Weight Gain
[ ] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[ ] Muscle Wastage
[ x] Muscle Weakness
[ ] Joint Pain
[ x] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes
Misc
[ ] Prostate pain
[ ] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[ ] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature
[ ] Other (please explain)
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What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug? none
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If you have pre or post-Finasteride bloodtests, what hormonal changes have you encountered since discontinuing the drug (pls post your test results in the “Blood Tests” section and link to them in your post)?
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Anything not listed in the above questions you’d like to share about your experience with Finasteride?
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Tell us your story, in your own words, about your Finasteride usage and side effects experienced while on/off the drug.
I started taking Propecia in the spring of 2011 and stopped again in autumn 2011.
I had no side effects the first 5 months. Slowly I got hurt in the chest (and the left nipple), testicular pain and erectile dysfunction.
The first few days after I stopped I felt strange, I assumed it was because the body would get used to that I did not take the medication anymore. after a month I went to the doctor, she contact the company selling Propecia, and they said that all would be normal for me again. I had: no mood (felt like a zombie) was tired all the time, woke up every half / full hour when I slept at night, no sex drive, erectile dysfunction, brain fog etc. the first month after I stopped I could not feel the soreness in your muscles when I trained
I convinced my doctor to take a blood test, but everything was normal. she did not know what she should do so she printed a prescription for sleeping medicine to me and recommended Viagra. I tried two different kinds of sleep medicine, which did not help. Well When I was on it have the sides from it… I suggested a sleep study but got a no. I’ve now got a new doctor and hope he will help me.
In the meantime, I have gotten better in all areas. Brain fog is almost completely gone, it comes a couple of times a month, I now get 2-3 hours uninterrupted sleep at night, I have begun to wake up at 5 th and cant fall asleep again? I sleep 6 to 7 hours at night. A Month ago I started acupuncture. After I did that, I occasionally started to get soft/moderate morning wood. Some days I can get an erection (I’m considerably longer to achieve this then the before) other days I cant. still no spontaneous erections. For about two week ago something chanced:I could get an erection whenever I wanted, strong morning wood, I was horny all the time and have good energy though out the day. After a week it disappeared again, now I sleep worse than before, and I am a longer time to achieve erection, plus there are more times than before where I cant. I have started to feel absent all the time. Perhaps this is due to the poorer sleep?
I apologize for my bad English 