No Joy in life.. 4 years now..

Symptoms Neurological
#9

Yeah don’t sweat it mate, everyone feels like this on occassion. I was borderline suicidal about three weeks ago but have been very upbeat lately. Almost feeling like myself excluding libido.

Just have to take it one day at a time.

Here’s what I’ve been taking recently, some may help, some may not;

-Stresam
-Low dose Prozac (5mg)
-Minocycline
-Caffeine

By no means a cure as it hasn’t improved anything sexually, but I’ve been able to laugh the last couple of weeks, which is the first time in over a year since this happened.

#10

It’s good to release this negative energy, I feel like this some days too, however I’m having more good days than bad these days.

#11

Glad you are starting to feel a little better, may be the rx meds you are taking are slowing down sexual recovery?

#12

Yeah that’s always a risk, ideally SSRIs are best avoided. However I’m taking such a low dose only 4 days a week for the allopreganolone benefits without the increase in serotonin, so I’m relatively safe.

#13

Dannyfc- are you taking 2 mg of prozac? I always wanted to try that. The usual dose for depression is 20mg, and the 2mg is suppose to raise Allo and not have any affect on sexual sides

#14

Yeah, I think at that dose it works similar to Etifoxine (Stresam). By stimulating the 3A-HSD enyzme it induces conversion of 5a-dihydroprogesterone to allopregnanolone.

Only thing is since this stage comes after 5-AR I it may not be effective if that hasn’t recovered from finasteride use. As I say it’s by no means a solution but it’s helped me cope with things lately.

It’s interesting how everything is interlinked, but makes it almost impossible to identify a root dysfunction.

#15

Ok well good luck, keep us updated. Ihateprooecia made a full recovery and other than the usual bulkshit about diet and iron deficiency etc, I saw that he was on low dose prozac

#16

Towm8er - yeah my girl left me too…fucking sucks…
its been 4 years of being poisened now… and i was on the stuff for 10 months or so prior to all this. it’s also been about 3 years since i’ve been with a woman… i stopped trusting and caring about ever having a relationship again after the breakup. i felt so betrayed and abandoned and because of emotional blunting my body stores so much emotional pain that i cannot access and feel through.

#17

I got some trazadome but i am scared to try it… pharmaceuticals scare me now… the doc wanted me on ssri’s but i was much to scared to take them.

#18

Are you seeing general improvement? What about sexual sides?

#19

Yes I am getting better. I feel emotions more… and I feel they are getting deeper. My energy has improved as well. And I am learning to trust again… That was just a terrible time for me when i wrote this. I have good days and not so good days… but sleep is where i struggle the most.

#20

Getting much better lately. Hanging out with females helps a shit load. And sticking up for yourself helps too. I was so spaced out before that i took everybodies shit and thought it was all my fault.

#21

I can relate. I also feel betrayed by my wife and friends. Even after sharing proof and scientific data I would expect others would believe me and have some compassion. I suppose it’s the ‘unknown’ that scares people and when they can’t relate it’s not exactly fun for them to hang around someone in this condition. Had I known this would take years to recover, and have an impact on my family, I would have been better off temporarily moving out until I got better. This would have saved my family a lot of grief and suffering as they watch me struggle. But I have complete confidence that our day of JUSTICE will come, and all the naysayers will know we were telling the truth.
Shortly after the divorce, I thought it would help to be around other girls, but I just can’t bring myself to date anyone or try to make new friends yet. I’m recovering, but not well enough to feel like my self again. I can’t wait to see the bellweather cases being tried this year, and the results of the studies. By the way, if you want to see a boost in improvements, try fasting and sleeping in late for many days in a row. I’ve noticed a big improvement lately in how I feel and think. And for the first time in my recovery I was able to have a rock solid erection of the same size as I was before. So that gave me a lot of hope today. Send me a PM if you want to know what I’m doing to recover. I’m following CDNuts, Droit, Finatruth posts as a guide.

#22

Sorry to hear this ordeal has had such an impact on your life. What side-effects do you still have and are they improving?

#23

i know exactly what your condition is like, i suffered from this too. its called “derealisation”. I didnt get it from finasterid… i had it before taking finasterid after a period of elevated stress. i had derealisation for about half a year because of stress (again not finasterid)… and i have recovered. dont worry about your mental state and the strange perception you have… I know exacly what you mean when you seay you have weird thoughts about reality… questioning everything around you and thinking about everything in a strang unfamiliar way… as if you are a stranger to the world and everything is unfamiliar… i think trying to fix your sleep will help

#24

acutally my recommendation is to AVOID caffeine, it will make sleeping more difficult at night and it makes you addicted.

a leading specialist on “derealsation” in germany recommends:

  • meditation
  • regular sleeping times (7-8 hours)
  • sport
#25

Interesting combination - how did this work out for you? I have both but have never tried combining them.

#26

Can you tell me wich dose stresam you took ?

#27

Am experimenting tonight- so far today I have taken 100 mg. Will take another 50 before I go to bed.

#28

Message me asap.