- Where are you from (country)?
UK
- 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?)
- What is your current age, height, weight?
35, 5ft 11, 86 kilos
- Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise?
none anymotre, was big into lifting weights
- What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)?
seefood diet
i see food i eat, eat everything
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Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)?
I suffered depression.
I took ganoderma or reishi along with jei wei xiao yao wan a tcm formula contaning black cohosh and dong quai and vitex
Gandoderma has been shown to be a 5ar inhibitor like fina and is now being studies as a bph reducer. The black cohosh is a antiandrogen. -
For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)?
Last time i took reishi was for 4 weeks before i realised i was screwed up properly, whilst on i lost libiso and felt it would come back and was not bothered.
- How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride?
I was 29 sometime june 2006
- How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit?
july 2006
- How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)?
as per instructions
- What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic?
i never used fina, just another 5ar inhibitor herb called reishi and TCM formula contaning black cohosh, dong quai all anti androgen i later found.
- What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)?
recommended dose.
- How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects?
first week - What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation?
no libido, poor erections.
Put an X beside all that apply:
Sexual
[x] Loss of Libido / Sex Drive
[x] Erectile Dysfunction
[x] 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
[x] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[x] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[x] Confusion
[x] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[x] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ ] Slurring of Speech
[ ] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[x] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[x] Depression / Melancholy
Physical
[ ] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled)
[ ] Penis curvature / rotation on axis
[ ] Testicular Pain
[x] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[ ] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[ ] Weight Gain
[ ] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[ ] Muscle Wastage
[x] Muscle Weakness
[ ] Joint Pain
[ ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes
Misc
[ ] Prostate pain
[ ] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[ ] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[x] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature
[ ] Other (please explain)
- What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?
herbal stuff like tribulus and other concoctions
- 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)?
no blood tests previous
but current tests indicate normal for all but estradiol slightly high.
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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 lost all libido and complete impotence, i felt neutered. This feeling started when i started to take the herbs. when i wnt off it contniued. like a light switch been turned off.
Well its been 5 years and i have gained erections through herbal therpahy but no libido still. It gets better after eating loads of broccoli or taking dim but no real changes in libido over 5 years.
Coriander seeds taken twice a day improve my libido after a few days of usage but then in a week the libido goes.
I have been everywhere trying to find out what happened but no help, my research bring me here and i feel i have damaged myself through use of 5ar inhibitor like you guys.