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Where are you from (country)?
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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 Search -
What is your current age, height, weight?
age:33 height:178 weight:77 -
Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise?
cardio and lifting weights -
What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)?
I try to eat healthy, gluten free diet -
Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)?
hairloss -
For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)?
1 month -
How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride?
2004 or 2005 -
How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit?
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How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)?
cold turkey -
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.)?
1mg a day -
How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects?
After few days -
What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation?
i noticed watery semen and mild erection problems, libido etc…
Put an X beside all that apply:
Sexual
[x] Loss of Libido / Sex Drive
[x] Erectile Dysfunction
[ ] Complete Impotence
[x] Loss of Morning Erections
[x] Loss of Spontaneous Erections
[x] Loss of Nocturnal Erections
[ ] Watery Ejaculate
[ ] Reduced Ejaculate
[ ] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[ ] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility
Mental
[ ] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[ ] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[ ] Confusion
[x] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[ ] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ ] Slurring of Speech
[ ] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[ ] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[ ] Depression / Melancholy
Physical
[x] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled)
[ ] Penis curvature / rotation on axis
[x] Testicular Pain
[ ] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[ ] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[ ] Weight Gain
[ ] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[ ] Muscle Wastage
[ ] 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?
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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.
My story is complicated, i am not sure if this is from propecia maybe i am in denial. First i took saw palmento, then i took Propecia in 2004 or 2005 and took it for 1 month. I didnt notices any crash or anything like that, my libido was not pre fin but it was ok, erection was ok too, the only bad side effects was lost of dreams, strange pain in testicals (not so often, only when i masturbated a lot), and pain between anus and testicals. I always had premature ejaculation and anxiety about sex with new girlfriend. Because of my anxiety about sex and PE in that time i was having sex with girls only drunk except with one girl who always turned me on. What is strange my libidio was beter the day after drinking?!?! but i cannot be drunk all the time :))) .
Then in 2008 i got steady girlfrend and i noticed that my libidio was not there any more i started with viagra and we could have sex but it was mechanical and she said that i don’t look honry and finaly we broke up after 2 years. In that time my libidio was coming back only on vacation near sea?! (strange). And then my hairloss started to worsen and i tried beta sitosterol, i didint noticed that my symptom are getting worsen while i was on beta sitosterol, i quit. And then after some time i tried Indium, and some mix of copper, manganase supplements and i had a severe panic attack that lasted for 10 or 12 hour i couldn’t sleep or concentrate, strange feeling in head and chest when i try to sleep, problems with erection, wrinkle penis. I develop some sort of senstivity to all supplements for example if i took vitamin c or vitamin d that triggered anxiety attack??!!
That was about year and a half ago, i met a new girlfriend and noticed that i have severe sexual side effects. strange feeling in penis like i have a hard tube in my penis, i can achieve erections only with stimulation and if a i don’t stimulate my erection is gone after 30 seconds, strange feeling that my penis is disconnected from a brain, my penis is is full hard only before orgasam, dull orgasam, and sometimes pain after ejaculation.
To battle with anxiety i started cardio exercise, that helped with anxiety and i no longer have anxiety attacks. To battle my problems with libido i started weight lifting, that didn’t do much for my libido but in the mornings i do sometimes feel some connection between my penis and brain, and i can have mild erection without stimulation. I did a lot of lab test i posted them in lab section, i have chronic prostatitis.
The good side is that i can now finally sleep for 5-6 hours straight without waking up every 1 or 2 hours. I feel refresh after sleeping but after 1-2 hours i am tired again and then i sleep more for about 1 or 2 hours. I do have dreams now for about 2-3 years, and last couple of days i was having very light sexual dreams. I started the broccoli treatment and i am now on day 12 and that helped with that strange feeling in my penis like i have hard tube in my penis and that unpleasant pain in my penis.
How can i be sure that this is PFS, my blood test is normal except Total T and Free T? What can i do?