- How did you find this forum?
After reading finasteride wiki that there is a swedish study on possible permanet sexual problems
2) What is your current age, height, weight?
27,6.2,188
3) Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise?
Not before, now I do swimiing 4 times/week
4) What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)?
Subway, thai food, olives, chiken,brocolli,cheese,smooties,yogurt, cooked healty food.McDonalds makes me feel bad
5) Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)?
hair loss
6) For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)?
almost 11 months almost continous
7) How old were you when you started Finasteride?
26
8) How old were you when you quit?
27
9) How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)?
cold turkey
10) What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic?
Proscar 5mg splitted in 5
11) What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)?
1mg/day forgetting sometimes
12) How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects?
10-11 months
13) What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation?
I believe baseline I have no major side effects right now.But is too soon to say.
Put an X beside all that apply:
Sexual
[x] Loss of Libido / Sex Drive
[ ] Erectile Dysfunction
[ ] Complete Impotence
[ ] Loss of Morning Erections
[x] Loss of Spontaneous Erections
[ ] Loss of Nocturnal Erections
[ ] Watery Ejaculate
[x] Reduced Ejaculate
[ ] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[ ] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility
Mental
[ ] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[x] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[ ] Confusion
[ ] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[ ] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ ] Slurring of Speech
[ ] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[x] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[ ] Depression / Melancholy
Physical
[ ] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled)
[ ] Penis curvature / rotation on axis
[ ] Testicular Pain
[ ] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[ ] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[ ] Weight Gain
[ ] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[ ] Muscle Wastage
[x] Muscle Weakness
[ ] Joint Pain
[x] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes
Misc
[ ] Prostate pain
[x] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[ ] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[x] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[x] Lowered body temperature
[ ] Other (please explain)
high blood pressure 160/100
high pulse rate 120
extrasystoles
tremble
headache
sore throat
some floaters in both eyes appeard one month after quiting
low body temperature
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What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?
garlic+cheese;aspirin;melatonin;brocolli;multivitamins;ocasionaly tyrosine -
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)?
not yet I will have them at 3 months -
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 stoped administration of finasteride in november because I had weak sex drive, but still I had sometimes morning woods and I still could keep it hard.I noticed reduced ejaculate and a less desire to masturbate at 10 months.4 days after quiting I had a big argue with my girlfriend and that night I went to gym around 8 pm and exercise heavy weight(just started for 2 weeks earlier)
Then that night I had a crash with rapid heart beat, heart beating irregulary, tremble, sweat and nervousness(anxiety).I almost went to ER.This thing was for several days before I found this site and realized that my heart problems are due to finasteride.I start taking a week after stoping garlic+cheese, multivitamins and aspirin+I started swiming and sauna.I got almost immidiately back my morning woods, stronger or weaker but almost every night.I start recovering slowly and in waves(sometimes having high blood pressure+headache) and sometimes very low energy especialy in the afternoon.Things cotinued to improved to current day and still improving.I feel normal some days when I’m not doing any major things.I also starting using melatonin +other suplements.