New member after years of reading I have 1 big question

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#1

  1. Where are you from (country)? Belgium

  2. 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?) finasteride penis

  3. What is your current age, height, weight? 31 1m78 63 kg

  4. Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise? not really but my work is physical

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

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

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

  8. How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride? 22

  9. How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit? 22

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

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

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

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

  14. What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation? penile shrinkige brain fog, muscle atrophy premature ejaculation

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
[ ] Loss of Nocturnal Erections
[ ] Watery Ejaculate
[ ] Reduced Ejaculate
[ ] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[X] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility

Mental
[X] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[X] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[X] Confusion
[X] 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
[X ] Severe Depression / Melancholy
[ ] Suicidal Thoughts

Physical
[X] 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
[X] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes

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

[ ] Other (please explain)

  1. What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug? too much to name no help

  2. 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)?

  3. Anything not listed in the above questions you’d like to share about your experience with Finasteride? no

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

It made my life hell

#2

Your story and question?

#3

I posted a post here a week ago but it didnt come trough?

So my question is this.

After 10 years of suffering all the known symptoms (brainfog, shrinkage, premature ejaculation, muscle atrophy etc etc) there is only 1 thing that helps.

Having bacterial tonsilitis!

I have it 2 or 3 times a year and every time as soon as i feel the infection coming on BANG my brain fog lessens, then when I take antibiotics they spread across my body so it seems and my shrinkage is way better I get great erections, my brain fog is basically gone, I taste again, I can stand the sunlight, I can smell again…

Then when the tonsilitis gets cured I can feel all the progress slip away again and when the last scence of soar troat is gone my symptoms come back with a vengeance.

I had pneumonia last year but it didnt do anything similiar, i had non bacterial tonsilitis and it didnt do anything else either.

But the effect with bacterial tonsilitis is real as I said I have encountered it too often for it to be a coincedence.

I have emailed with dr Irwig and he said to me PFS blocks hormonal pathways but they dont know how, well for me bacterial tonsilitis lifts those blockades temporarely…

Any thoughts on this would be very welcome.

Thank you.

#4

What antibiotics did you take?? You saw drastic improvement? Did you improve from your baseline even after discontinuing the antibiotic?

#5

It’s funny you mention that. I have observed something that may be related to your experience…

From the time I was an adolescent, I would get sick about twice a year. Usually at least one bad case of Strep Throat and/or upper respiratory infection. This occurred every year, without fail, until PFS hit me about 3 years ago. Since PFS, I haven’t been sick even once. A sudden coincidence? I don’t think so. There is definitely something going on here.

#6

Just a small heads up

These last 3 months have been a disaster
A Total relapse on all accounts you guys get the drill

But…

Due to the tonsill connection I ordered some imune modulators on amazon (I shouldnt be aware that even exists but anyway)…

And it broke my 3 month crash within a 10 year crash…

Its not a coïncidence or luck that I am sure of cause for years I have been waking up praying each day for just a lucky chance of having a good day without any response…

So its not luck, it does something,…

I will have to wait and see how it Goes further from here will keep you posted

Must say I held on to my erection minutes after I came out of the shower and believe me this has not happened in years…

Trying not to get my hopes up and for now I am happy I have bounced back from rock bottom.

Its been so long since I felt normal I can imagine not even realising should I feel normal again so there is that

#7

bump on pretty old thread.

what were these imune modulators yuo took?

and what progress did you see?

#8

Those Immune modulators though…What hap to this cat? Anyone know about these supps?