Hi all,
My story is like many of yours, but a little bit different as you will notice.
I started taking propecia at the age of 25. Took it for 23 months, then realizing that it wasn’t doing any good for my hair and also afraid from the low senditivity in my penis, I just quitted 4.5 months ago.
The next month, as with many of you guys, I had the best sexual activity in years, beaing able to ejaculate twice in a row with no problems. I was always able to do this through my entire life. Even when I was on Propecia, I did not feel the same power and sensitivity in my penis then, but I could ejaculate twice in a row with any visual stimulation.
After the first month after quitting, things started to decline, but was still accepatable.
Two months later I got to know a new girl, and since I come from a different background that most of you guys, I had never had sex before (my society does not approve pre-marital sex), just masturbation. I really like the girl, and she loves me. In two months we are getting along very well, we started kissing and doing all external stuff aside from direct genitals stimulation. My dick is aroused at times when we are kissing and playing with her breast, but dioes not last for more than few minutes (5 minutes max).
I started worrying about myself since before that, my penis would stay erected for longer periods and more frequently from porn than from the kissing and fiddling around I had with her.
I said it might be propecia, and I noticed that i did not want to masturbate as frequently as i did before. Three days ago I tried to masturbate in front of a hot porn movie, I was able to do so but I needed manual stimulation. I could not ejaculate twice in a row, which for me is the first time in my life.
So two days ago I though about searching the net for permemant side effects of weaker sex drive and ED, and I fouund this respectable site.
The next part is very very weird for me. Since I started reading the articles about the possibilty of permanent damage, or at least long time damage, I could not masturbate. YES. It is now half physical for me plus half psychological from this site. I can not accept the idea that I destroyed my own body. I don’t know if that’s what is causing me not to be able to get a proper erection, or is it a coinciding with something going wrong with my hormones or organs from Propecia. I could not sleep for the last two nights since I started reading about the finasteride side effects.
I am very fit at 15% body fat, 6 feet tall, and weigh 199 pounds. I can run for six miles in an hour, then go play basketball for another hour. I can bench press 250 pounds easily. Fin did not affect my health in any other part but my penis.
I also noticed that after quitting I have to pee more frequently. I have read about prostatits, and I know it might be the reason. I also feel testicular discomfort when I stand for more than an hour, but never when I am resting or sleeping.I never felt that before propecia. My nipples have become more sensitive since I quit propecia. I always had sensitive nipples, but now they are much more erected all the time.
Please, please try to help me. I can not sleep at night, I am always thinking about my penis for the last 48 hours. I am getting weaker in all aspects, I can’t even work. I am basically falling apart.