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#1
  1. Where are you from (country)?

italy

  1. 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, i ve written propecia forum

  1. What is your current age, height, weight?

21 yo, 180 cm, 70 kg

  1. Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise?

i don’t

  1. What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)?

no diet

  1. Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)?

Hair loss

  1. For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)?

18 months

  1. How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride?

i was 18, i started it in 2012 , novemeber

  1. How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit?

i was 20 i stopped when in april

  1. How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)?

cold turkey

  1. What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic?

propecia

  1. What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)?

1 mg

  1. How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects?

after 1 month

  1. What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation?

Sexual
[X] Loss of Libido / Sex Drive (i am not horny anymore, my balls dont get full after weeks of no orgasme)
[X] Erectile Dysfunction
[ ] Complete Impotence
[X] Loss of Morning Erections
[X] Loss of Spontaneous Erections
(sometimes midnight erections and when i wach porn, i can feel that the blood is stagnating to my penis i can feel the bloodstream ‘stuttering’. But when masturbating i can hold my erection, after i pause it fals down. sensastion was worse (10%) but it is now better 50%.
[X] Loss of Nocturnal Erections
[ ] Watery Ejaculate
[X] Reduced Ejaculate
[ ] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm (it is inproved, i have easier orgasme but its not that controllable anymore)
[X] 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
[ X] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
Not extreme, but i can feel that i am more a pussy right now and can’t stand a man real quick. no alphamale anymore.
[X] Severe Depression / Melancholy (depressions are over)
[ ] Suicidal Thoughts (yes but it’ is over.

Physical
[ ] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled)
[ ] Penis curvature / rotation on axis
[ ] Testicular Pain
[X] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[X] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[ ] Weight Gain
[ ] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[X] Muscle Wastage
[X] Muscle Weakness
[ ] Joint Pain
[ ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes

Misc
[ ] Prostate pain
[ ] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[X] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature

  1. What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?

no one

  1. 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)?

before and during i have done no blood tests, i started do tests 6 months after Propecia. I done every hormonal bloodtest , all ok.

  1. Anything not listed in the above questions you’d like to share about your experience with Finasteride?

Sometimes (for special occasion, like holiday) i stopped Propecia for a couple of day, and EVERY times (EVEN THE LAST ONE, unfortulaly for only 3 mounths) i noted that libido, erections, skin sebo, acne, Testicular Shrinkage come back.

  1. Tell us your story, in your own words, about your Finasteride usage and side effects experienced while on/off the drug.

My sad story started after 3 mouth after had stopped the drugs, i started slowly with the symptoms which i can align with the prolongation of refractory period. ----> every ejaculation became like a wastefulness. Since there , started the completly ED.

Ensue after the psychosomatic symptoms (nausea, panic attacks mostly) . In August i started with an antidepressant, that i m even taking.
It voided the mental problems, and helps me to not go crazy. But nothing else.

For sure the mentals issues became from the organic / hormone imbalances, even if they don’t appear in blood tests.

SOMETHING THAT I ALWAYS NOTED: DOING GYM (ONLY ANAEROBIC) SEEMS COULD HELP AT ALL, DON’T KNOW WHY.

I’m planning to do hormone attemps, but doctors in my country are afraid doing this when blood tests are perfect. (IF SOMEONE HAS SOME ADVICES ABOUT THIS, I ll appreciative that ).

feel free if you have any quiestions.

#2

I m wanna try Gh. Could you give some advices about? Which are the best combination/ therapy doses??

Please help…I feel alone.

#3

Hey,

I would not do GH unless yours is low. Have you checked it?

#4

Yes, i done IGF1 and Gh. the first one is into the range , Gh is pretty low: i (0.2 and 0.05 ng/ml the second time)

The range is 0.2 to 8.0 (but could change from any labs)

Now i just started testo gel, and soon i wanna try some Gh too .

i ll keep you refreshed guys

#5

DId you try GH yet? Mine is also very low.

#6

just done the stimulation test with GhRH + arginine … waiting for response now.

If it will be ok too i ll try steroids (proviron first). I m sick to be feeble

#7

Thanks for the update. Did you feel anything when doing the test? When do you get results?

What do you mean “I m sick to be feeble”

Thanks

#8

gh doesn’t concern anything with the PFS. I done the stymulation test and the results are fine.

I want try Proviron, with the hope it will do something and help me to confirm the PFS diagnosis.

I’m taking creatine too at the moment, because of the issues when i do gym: when i get into the anaerobhics period my blood oxygenation falls down, and i faint if i don’t stop. This is pretty wired if my all blood tests are good, but when i do 3 series with some weight i loose consciousness.

i ll keep you updated

#9

August 2018 - UPDATE

The situation for me is not changed. ED, balls empty, no sex drive, no energy provided by hormones, intestinal pain and problem, ecc…
Menally some improvment and some regression: since i removed Rice and pasta from the diet i have less panick attacks, but low mooda, like depression(i suppose because of dopamine which carb boost in your head) .
since March i m on paleo with only rice, now from 2 week i took off it also.
I always had pain / confusion eating Rice and pasta, so i hope that removing them something schould change in my body… maybe mi immune system can restarts working.
We will see.
Important note: when i swiched diet to grass for the first time, in February, i felt my body restart again… i felt myself as before pfs… then after 1-2 weeks … i lost that status .
No idea about the causes of the important moment… and no idea of what stop it. All. I can say i returned to eat normal before go intoin paleo…
I ll keep you update.

#10

Hi @KeepingHard,

I also have the impression that after eating rice i feel worse. I am on a diet and will also try to avoid rice now.

Have your panick attacks and intestinal pain got better over the last 3 years or have they got worse?

Thx
Z.

#11

Since i change going into paleo, my panick attacks just desapperad. I think they come from our body which cant manage sugar as before…then it goes directly in yourr brain making lots of issues.
Another thing i noticed, is that evoiding sugar and grain, my mood fall down tremendly , mouth after mouth, i m very depressed now… i think because of i dont put nothing for dopamine production.
Consider that i m on antidepressant since 2015.

Intestinal change a bit, poo is became different, more grass and oiled and soft and less black.
Nothing else.