New Member : Been on Finastiride for only 3 days but....

Symptoms Sexual
#1

Hey guys, new member here. Ive filled in the questionnaire as instructed and have my story at the bottom of the page…

  1. Where are you from (country)? - UK

  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?) Google

  3. What is your current age, height, weight? 33 6ft 14 stone

  4. Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise? yes, dog walking

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

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

  7. For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)? 3 days

  8. How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride? 33

  9. How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit? today (27th May 2015

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

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

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

  13. How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects? 2 days

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

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
[ ] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility

Mental
[ ] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[ ] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[ ] Confusion
[ ] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[ ] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ ] Slurring of Speech
[ ] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[ ] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[ ] Severe Depression / Melancholy
[ ] 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
[ ] 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)

  1. What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug? none

  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)? n/a

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

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

[b]My story : I’m a 33 year old male and decided to use Fin (1mg) I have only been on it 3 days. The first day no problems at all, the second day I noticed I did not get a morning erection - this is strange as I always get morning erections.
On day 3 (today) I noticed that in the morning my erection was present but VERY weak, I have now decided to STOP the drug as this was enough to scare me. I would rather loose my hair than get problems with my erections.

Now I’m not sure if this is complete psychological experience with my erections but I don’t care to take the risk. I’m here to seek advice and if its possible that only after 3 days I could have caused damage to my erections? Would you advise a visit to the GP? I would also like to know how long this poison will take to be completely removed from my system.

Any advice would be wonderful. I’m feeling very anxious about potential damage I may have caused, Im wondering if there is such medication to get my DHT levels back to were they where or will that happen naturally?

Sorry about all the questions, hope you guys can help.

Paul [/b]

#2

You def. shouldn’t be worried at this point. Weak erection is the cause of 5ar inhibition, and, after you stop finasteride, it should go back to normal levels.
Noone here doesn’t know what is the cause of pfs, but many of us have opinion. My opinion is that pfs is an autoimmune disease, and now it is the question whether your immune system will start attacking 5ar when it starts to go back to normal levels. It is much more probable that it won’t, so, just wait a couple of days/weeks. And don’t take the mildest possible 5ar inhibitor ever again.

#3

it’s very important to not stress. You only used it for only 3 days so you are probably going to recover. Also stay away from this site it will only stress you our more, you will find nothing here that helps. Just try to eat healthy and do some exercises and maybe get some extra sun

#4

1 pill has completely fucked some people up. If its just a weak boner… Your probably going to be good in a couple weeks. Just never ever touch this again. That goes for any and all anti androgens they are all poison. Report the reaction to your doctor and local regulatory body. Good luck man.

#5

Please get immidiately blood tests like
TSH, T3, T4
cortisol,
total T, free T bioavailable T.
It will help you alot in the future.