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Where are you from (country)? Usa
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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
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What is your current age, height, weight? 24,5’9,175
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Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise? yes - bodybuilding
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What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)?healthy for the most part
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Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)? hairloss
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For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)? 8 months
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How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride? 23
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How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit? 24 - quit: 3/26/16
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How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)? cold turkey
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What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic? fincar i think
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What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)? 1mg/day
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How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects? 4 months into treatment
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What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation? extremely itchy scalp 24/7, oily scalp, little tiny white flakes does not really look like dandruff (looks like someone pour sugar on my head), watery semen, increase libido never had any of these problems before treatment
Put an X beside all that apply:
Sexual
[ ] Loss of Libido / Sex Drive
[ ] Erectile Dysfunction
[ ] Complete Impotence
[ ] Loss of Morning Erections
[ ] Loss of Spontaneous Erections
[ ] Loss of Nocturnal Erections
[x ] Watery Ejaculate
[ ] Reduced Ejaculate
[ ] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[ ] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility
Mental
[x ] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[ ] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[ ] Confusion
[ ] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[x ] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ ] Slurring of Speech
[ x] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[ ] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[x ] Severe Depression / Melancholy
[x ] Suicidal Thoughts
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
[ ] Muscle Weakness
[ ] Joint Pain
[ ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes
Misc
[ ] Prostate pain
[x ] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[ ] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[x ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature
[ ] Other (please explain)
as mentioned above my main problem itchy scalp… possible reflex hyperandrogenicity
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What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug? used tgel, tsal, nizoral 1% and 2%, tea tree oil, topical steriod (discontinued) which helped for a week and then itch came back, planning on getting RU within this week
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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? this itch and flakes are literally ruining my life im constantly itching my scalp which causes the flakes to appear all over my head i have a buzzcut so its extremely obvious. i think about this itch 24/7 and it prevents me from doing anything
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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 have used mino about 1 month prior to finasteride after 3 months of shedding my hair finally stablized on month 4 which did not last very long around the 4.5 month i began to experience shedding and a slight itch… this itch would progressively get worse over the next 3 months. i did not want to quit FIN due to everyone saying “stick it out for a year” after quitting minox for 5 days i notice their was no change in the severity of my itch and i was pretty much tricking myself in think it was the minox that was causing everything when i really knew it was the FIN. The itch is present all over my scalp but is most severe at the crown area. since then i resumed minox x2 day and quit FIN about 2 days ago. my question is has anyone experience such a reaction? how long will the itch typical take to subside? i know alot of people take years to normalize but what is the time frame most people return to normal or when do your hormones return to normal?