I was on Propecia for 6 days and woke up yesterday morning unable to achive and erection this is my second day off and symptoms are still persisting. After reading the stories here im so scared to the point where I broke down into tears infront my girlfreind last night.
What advise do you give, will things get worse? I cant even masterbate, I woke up this woke up this morning with a semi which is unsual for me. My libido is still there however my flacid penis feel a little bit hard. Help me guys im sooo scared couldnt even go in work yesterday.
Breathe easy, it is very early days yet.
We are in the minority and odds are likely in your favor your side effects will resolve in coming weeks. You may want to consider getting bloodwork done (Total/Free Testosterone, DHT, 3a-diol-G, LH, FSH, Estradiol, SHBG, TSH) to see what drug was doing to your hormones, just in case.
Try to relax, not stress out, and stay away from the forum for awhile if it is causing you anxiety. If you find your issues do not resolve in coming weeks/months, then consider posting here. It can take 10-14 days for 5AR2/DHT to even start coming back online after using Finasteride, and odds are things should improve for you with time.
Cheers.
Thankyou very much, I have suffered from anxiety throughout my life which is not helping. My penis feels very hard (when flacid) and there defenitely a lack of senstivity down there. Am I on my own with this symptom? do people make recoveries after getting complete impotence off propecia?
As mentioned, we on this site are in the minority of men who experienced side effects from the drug which did not resolve even after quitting. Most men who are destined to recover from their issues tend to find these abate within weeks/months off drug. Since you’ve only been off 2 days, you need to give yourself more time.
Yes, people recover from Finasteride-induced impotence – according to the drug manufacturer, that’s what should occur after quitting. Unfortunately for a small percentage of men, this is not always the case (ie, those on this site, others out there etc). That said, again it is early days for you. Give yourself more time and hopefully you will see improvements, as should be expected.
Thankyou for you support here Mew, What worries is me that the morning before I was having sex with no issues and had usual Errections throuhout the day however I went out for a night out woke up in the morning to awaken to this horrible problem so I immeadtley quit yesterday. What scares me though is that i cant get any form of errection is this common most people I read on here talk about how they get Erections there just not of good quality. Im 19 years of age with an amzing girl I have alot to loose here. Have you heard stories who got complete impotence from propecia and made recoveries?
Thaks alot you realy do help me by having some one to talk to
I am coming up to 5 days off propecia and my errection has still not come back. I woke up last night with a mild errection but this soon went away and shrank back down to flacid size. I am sooo scared I feel my errection will never come back my thoughts are not there anymore I am becoming severly depressed and I have no motivation to leave the house. Have you any advise of what I can do and what time scale am I looking to see if there any results from my errections, I took 20mg dose of Cialis and this didnt do a thing to me should now I start to panic?
Please anoyone just give me advise
Like Mew said, best thing to do is stay calm and give it time. I’m making an educated guess that you should not start panicking about this being permanent for at least a few months. I realize that seems like a long time, but a lot of guys seem to come to this site in a frenzied panic after recently quitting, then start to notice improvement before disappearing from here forever. Suppose most of them recover, admittedly some don’t though. Take it as a good sign that you noticed a boner last night.
I too was fine one day , then nearly completely impotent only a few days later. This gradually got better over the next few months for me, and I was able to get a pretty decent erection again about 4 months after crashing. (still not even close to fully recovering what I lost though). That’s a pretty common pattern in most guys here. Also, if you are having severe depression and anxiety, that seems to almost always get much better over time even if the sexual sides remain.
I wish you well.
Thank you for taking the time to reply to me regarding my condition. It has now been just over a week since I quit. My spontaneous daytime erections are still not there however I can achieve an erection it just requires extra concentration and more stimulation. My libido is still lacking but some is still there. I’m still fearful whether these effects are permanent but I woke up with a strong morning erection today and nocturnal erections are still happening so I am doing my best to remain positive. Just want my original state to return I understand this can take time though.
As far of awareness I have stopped a friend of mine who was going to get a prescription for the poison who did not believe me that side effects don’t go away 10 minutes on this forum has changed his mind so potentially you guys have saved another person sexual health.
How will I notice if DHT returns back?
Well most of the credit should go to you since you had the balls to let your friend know. You probably had to explain to him what you have been going through; that’s no fun.
Your scalp starts to “tingle”, oilier hair/skin, sex drive and ED improvements, generally feeling better.
Thought I would give an update on the situation, Im getting good consistant morning wood not sure about nocturals but I think there there to. I can also masterbate but its not as easy to get it up but climax and orgams all feel the same. however there still no sponatenous errections or any daytime ones. I dont know how to interpret the results is it progress or a classic sign of PFS?
I went to the doctors and due my major issues in past with preformance anxiety hes played alot down to that saying if im getting morning wood and can masterbate then the proplem is not physical and im just over thinking things, I however dont accept these claims.
Thankyou for your support you dont understand the ease it has having someone around to discuss the issues with.
I would say you are doing pretty well already, just be patient.
Well it’s been 11 days off the poison and its period you said to look out for with the return of DHT. I have defiantly noticed an increase in sexual desire, the erection quality is beginning to improve however it does take physical stimulation and there still remains no spontaneous daytime erection where pre-fin would of been present. Sex does unfortunately remain an issue as it is a struggle to stay hard for long periods of time. Just wanted to take this opportunity to ask would you recommend any ED meds or any natural supplements to help maintain erection.
Overall though I have noticed an improvement from being unable to get any erection to now where its easy possible, just a waiting game I suppose now.
Also I have spent a lot of time researching about this (not sure whether it was a good idea :/) but by the looks of things I need to avoid a “crash” that unfortunately so many of you here have experienced. How do you advise to avoid this?
I am very lucky to have girlfriend who was been very understanding about the whole issue and has assured me she is going nowhere sex or no sex so I do feel glad there. We was watching the Hangover 2 last night and chow makes a reference about Propecia to the bald undercover cop and she was like how can they joke about a drug that dangerous so bless her there.
Well 2 weeks has come a past and I would thought another update is on the cards (sorry for pestering you guys)
Errections have come back and suitable enough for sex which I am over the moon about however the sensation is far from what it was pre-fin the sensativity is lacking extremly and this is causing delayed ejaculation is there anyway i can improve this sensativity issue obviously I am very lucky to be having sex again.
Hia, its been nearly a month since quitting and I would say im recovered but the lack of sensitivity still persists it takes me a very long time to ejaculate my penis feels very numb sex just doesn’t feel as good as it was pre-fin! is there any way to go about increasing sensitivity
Thankyou
Nope. Hopefully it’ll improve with time.