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#1

Hi,

This I registered today. I am a 22 year old college student. I took about 70 pills of Propecia and feel the numbing sensation that many people have referenced on the site. I have a harder time getting an erection and semen count depleted. I feel like an idiot because I continued taking the pill for a few weeks after feeling these sensations thinking that it will go away once I stop. Few questions

  1. Are there ANY success stories or am I screwed for the rest of my life.
  2. I’m feeling pretty desperate, are there any drugs that I can take. How about Viagra. I hate to bounce back and forth between medicines but I’m just not sure what to do.

Please if anyone has any advice let me know.

#2

Btw, what state are you in. I’m in Boston.
ANyway, how long have you been off it? Try to keep cool for now so its not just your mind thats making it worse.
I’d try not to beat it up too much, and take a lot of hot baths and see if this will loosen things up and get things functioning right again.
Try to relax and hopefully your body will repair itself.

#3

Hey bro, whats the deal?? You must be curing and getting back to normal are you? Please give us all an update, or at least as an inspiration for the rest of us who aren’t curing fast enough…
How long have you been off, and what have you been doing?
Hope you are doing well.
B

#4

7890- Why would you feel like an idiot. That’s exactly what Merck tells you to do.

#5

Hi guys, i guess almost a week has gone by since i last updated. Things are going alright, i feel like things are going a little bit back to normal. Obviously it hasn’t been enough to really make a difference. I’m used to masturbating every day, and I feel like its hard to do that now. But if I don’t for more than a day I feel a lot better. Still, definitely some numbing sensation and harder time getting and staying erect.

Sorry not to post and I will not be able to post since I’m gone for spring break all week. But I’m hoping for significant improvement over the next couple weeks. I’ll let you guys know the deal.

Good luck to everyone here.

#6

Hey bro, just out of curiosity… any more positive improvements?

#7

definitely expereriencing some improvements. I no longer have that sense of numbness. I still had a wierd dream yesterday in which I couldn’t get it up but for the most part I’m feeling like things are going back to normal. And that horrible numb feeling is definitely gone.

#8

Hello, I have had some kind of success. I had: stomach acid, joint pains, no interrest in sex, hard or imposible getting erection, feeling sad and difuse, sore throat, low semen volume. now aboute 3-4 mounths after stopping Propecia only tinnitus and low semen volume troubles me…I would say my other side effects are 98% gone, still tinnitus is a living hell… I took Propecia for 3-4 mounths, but I only took 0.2 mg a day dissolved in vodka… Dont start takeing Viagra, your body needs to heel, eat drink and sleep is what you need now, and maybe some exercise if you feel like it…

best regards, an good luck

tom43

#9

Tom, how long did the ED and sexual dyfunction persist in you for?
And did you have the discomfort and tingling in your penis during the three months, and the urge to pee all the time?

Btw, what do you think about the whole dopamine, Edge Effect, supplements protocol for healing??

B

#10

Hello Boston, a little more info

"Btw, what do you think about the whole dopamine, Edge Effect, supplements protocol for healing?? " , dont know, Id like to know more if this could do something to fight my tinnitus… If you have some info please send a link, Ive used 5-htp and GABA both amino acids, 5htp has an effect on the mind like ssri, and it helped a little, but after a while I started needing more, and when i stopped I took 3 times as much as when I started, also amino acid can be hard for your stomach so its not something you would like to take everyday in the long run…

here is a little more info on my case…(also in you pm.

When time was worst it felt like I had no penis at all(small and numb), I couldent get it up at all, I also had the feeling that I needed to pee, but it was always only 3 drops… Change came slowly, waking up with a boner one morning, I had almost forgotten how that was like, and starting looking after girls with only sex on the mind… I havent had sex yet, but juinor gets hard as a rock so Iam sure its not a problem.

I did a lot of things, all at the same time, to try to beat this thing…

5 htp (amino)
GABA (amino)
vitamin b-zink and multi-omega 3
exercise “long walkes”
healty food, alot of wather
light from the sun in mid day
long hot showers.
green tea

but the most importent thing was time I think… after aboute 3 mounth things started to change, thoug I still suffer tinnitus I can with no doubt say that the ofter side effects are 98% gone…

thinking aboute the hole situation now feels blured and on-real, days just melted together, me becomming stranger everyday, staying in my room alone, just wanting to sleep, it was sick. and maybe made it even whorse, thinking aboute it every day, all the time. But when you are there its the only thing that you care for…well and you hair maybe…

I took Propeecia for aboute 3-4 mounth, but only 0,2 mg p day.

its hard but dont let it get you down, Propecia plays tricks with your mind, you will get over this.

write again if ther is something you need to know…

best regards

Tom

#11

Hi guys,

Back again…things have completely reversed. I feel great, and I’m no longer worried. The above poster is totally right about how propecia fucks with your mind.

Anyway, it sucks but hair loss is going to happen to me. I thought propecia would be a miracle drug but i know that in 5 years i’ll probably be bald. Rogaine doesn’t do a good job in the front (though if anyone knows any good studies about how well it does–much appreciated).

#12

How long since you stopped taking Propecia?
ALso, did you try to beat it up a lot?
sometimes I think the numbing sensation is due to too many attempts to masturbate while it wasn’t hard enough when it was early on, and so this damged the penis a little bit.
Either this or just not enough blood flow, because blood constriction can cause numbness and loss of feeling… My first guess is blood flow.

ANwy, great story, I am glad you are doing well.

#13

Honestly, I would be RELIEVED if my hair started falling out. It may mean that my body was somewhat back to normal.

10 months after stopping Propecia, and I feel like I have been permanently altered and may even be facing life-threatening circumstances.

I can tell that I am “less of a man” than I was before taking the drug. My testes are definitely smaller and I have some gynecomastia. My ejaculate seems to have decreased significantly, though I am (and always have been) at least able to get and maintain erections pretty much normal as far as I can tell.

But it feels as if perhaps the drug PERMANENTLY inhibited 5-aR in my body, and that could be a very bad thing (and, yes, could possibly lead to death. Partly because 5-aR, studies have shown, is important for cell health and regeneration in the liver… who knows where else)

Basically, at least if I started getting “male pattern baldness” I would know that the “male” part of me is returning!

It’s amazing some of the people on this site don’t have vaginas yet…