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Where are you from (country)? Belguim
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
What is your current age, height, weight? 22 6ft 70kg
What specific drug did you use (finasteride, dutasteride, saw palmetto, isotretinoin/Accutane, fluoxetine, sertraline, citalopram, leuprorelin, etc…)?
Finasteride
What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)?
1mg a day
What condition was being treated with the drug?
Alopecia
For how long did you take the drug (weeks/months/years)?
2 months than I stopped for 2 week and did 4 days again and then really stopped
Date when you started the drug?
Around december
Date when you quit the drug?
Around february
Age when you quit?
How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)?
Like I said I stopped 2 weeks but did 4 days again than stopped completly
How long into your usage did you notice the onset of side effects?
Idk, i always had insomnia, even before finasteride, but when I stopped, my sleep became so worse like after 3hours either i wake up and can’t sleep or either I sleep 6-11h but not restful at all, before finasteride even if I had insomnia 5hours was real sleep but now 5hours isn’t the same than 5 hours of before
What side effects did you experience that have yet to resolve since discontinuation?
Insomnia, Anxiety. I already had both before but been worse after 2 months of finasteride. Not really during treatment but more when I stopped. I am 3 months off now and still disaster. I also still have watery semen. And way more anxiety since few days after realizing that brain damage Could be permanant and I can’t know if I have it and when it will stop (if it will ? )
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Sexual
[ ] Loss of Libido / Sex Drive (maybe a bit idk but still work)
[ ] Erectile Dysfunction (maybe a bit idk but still work
[ ] Complete Impotence
[x ] Loss of Morning Erections ( I already didn’t have it ususally before bcuz of poor sleep)
[ ] Loss of Spontaneous Erections
[ ] Loss of Nocturnal Erections
[ X] Watery Ejaculate ( Yes, First week after stop I saw a little improve, but after that nothing
[ ] Reduced Ejaculate
[ ] Inability or Difficulty to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[ ] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility
Mental
[ X] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat ( yes, but only in start of treatment and only some days)
[ ] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[ ] Confusion
[ ] Memory Loss / Forgetfulness
[ ] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ ] Slurring of Speech
[ ] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[ x] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks ( since i discovered potentialy permanant side effects , but even before , finasteride has a little bit making me more anxious than I was )
[ ] Severe Depression / Melancholy
[ ] Suicidal Thoughts
( I got all the other mental case but that was before finasteride too, i won’t say finasteride has done that )
Physical
[ ] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled) ( not sure about that one maybe it is nocebo too but if it is I Will say a little bit less sensitive penile)
[ ] Penis curvature / rotation on axis
[ x] Testicular Pain (while the treatment i had it some minutes some day but nothing since I stopped)
[ ] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[ ] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[ ] Weight Gain
[ ] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[ ] Muscle Wastage
[x ] Muscle Weakness ( yes ! I didn’t know why my hands was so weak, there is some days since I stopped Where my hands has dexterity of a 80 yo, but not everyday it goes it comes)
[ ] Joint Pain
[ ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes
Misc
[ ] Prostate pain
[ x] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion ( sure but again, i already was before insomnia )
[ ] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Tinnitus (ringing or high pitched sound in ears)
[ ] Hearing loss
[ ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature
[ x] Other (please explain)
Sometimes I feel like a little electricity in my body, in my upper part, it’s definitely because of stress because it happens in stress situations always
What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?
Intried IRSS for two days, just after stopped finasteride, probably not a good idea, i reacted so bad to finasteride so I stopped after 2 days
Tell us your story, in your own words, about your usage and side effects experienced while on/off the drug.
I thinks i already said everything above, so why I am here is to know your advice : 3 months off 2 months of using, was depressed and stress out and had bad sleep before using but sleep and anxiety get worse after and anxiety get even more more since a few days cause of considering i can have it
So guys i definitely has symptom some are clearly new like warrery ejaculation, some other we don’t know
So my question here is what you all think it is, do i have PSF ? Is it going to go ? That what’s scaring me more, my brains can’t stop because of this tiny chance that my neurosteroids could be fucked for ever so i always will be tired and depressed. I am tired of being depressed i always fighted to create my own hapinness and now i réalize there is a probabilty that my neurosteroid could be fucked. We can know about out dht level but not about out dht it makes me so anxious and anxiety doesn’t help my sleep