Hello everybody, i am here (obivuously) 'cause i noticed permanent side effects, i think probabily cause by propecia.
My meds (more than one) said that it’s all psychological, that i don’t really like my actual girlfriend (someone has also suggested me to left her !!!)
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Where are you from (country)? Italy
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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?) googling
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What is your current age, height, weight? 20, 177 cm , 63 kg
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Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise? i am not having exercises regularly
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What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)? i am eating a lot of vegetables and fruit (at last 3 times per day), eating also a lot of meat, sometimes (1 times per week ) I have a fast-food meal
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Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)? Hairloss
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For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)? 2 year approssimativ
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How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride? i don’t remember exactly, i think was in february and i was 18
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How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit? 20
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How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)? i can’t get the meaming of this, 31 december i took it, 1 january i stopped
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What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic? propecia
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What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)? 1mg/day
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How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects? 2 months
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What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation?
Put an X beside all that apply:
Sexual
[X] Loss of Libido / Sex Drive
[X] Erectile Dysfunction
[ ] Complete Impotence
[ ] 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
[X] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[ ] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[ ] 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
[ ] Muscle Weakness
[ ] Joint Pain
[ ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes
Misc
[X] Prostate pain
[X] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[ ] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[X] Increased hair loss
[X] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature
[ ] Other (please explain)
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What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug? supplements of l-arginine, multivitaminic, tribulus and maca pills, eating really a lot of broccoli
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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)? The only pre-finasteride exam i have is Total testosterone level and DHT 4/8/2008
T =9.4 ng/ml DHT = 6,1 p/ml
against 13/03/2001
T = 6.3 ng/ml DHT = 6,4 p/ml -
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.
simply the last 3 months i have noticed pain while peeing ( i have always suffer of cronich uretrhite, but i felt it was different) and my doc said was a prostatitis but exam and spermioculture revealed nothig, and also my interest in sex and libido was going to hell.
I knew that probabily sides could fade cointunuing treatement but it did not happened.
Morning glories came back after 1 month i quit, but libido is stil under my feet, and i can’t have a complete sexual intercourse…at last i convinced my doctor do give me Levitra for help me quiting this bad “psichological” period…