Please help me, i'm really scared. Please some advise

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#1
  1. 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?)
    google search
  2. What is your current age, height, weight?
    29
  3. Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise?
    no
  4. What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)?
    no diet
  5. Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)?
    hair loss
  6. For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)?
    1 day
  7. How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride?
    29
  8. How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit?
    29
  9. How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)?
    cold turkey
  10. What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic?
    Finasteride
  11. What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)?
    doctor prescibe, don’t exact mg.
  12. How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects?
    3 day
  13. 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
[x] Complete Impotence
[x] Loss of Morning Erections
[x] Loss of Spontaneous Erections
[ ] Loss of Nocturnal Erections
[x] 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
[ ] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[ ] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[ ] Depression / Melancholy

Physical
[x] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled)
[ ] Penis curvature / rotation on axis
[ ] Testicular Pain
[ ] 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
[ ] Prostate pain
[ ] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[ ] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature

[ ] Other (please explain)

  1. What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?
    none

  2. 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)?

  3. Anything not listed in the above questions you’d like to share about your experience with Finasteride?

  4. Tell us your story, in your own words, about your Finasteride usage and side effects experienced while on/off the drug.

firstly sorry for my english.

Guys please help me, i’m really scared it’s been 15 days since i got off this drug, but all sexual sides not subside. I can’t get any erection at all.

At first and second day of stopping i did masturbate just want to test, i did it excessifly about 3 times each day, after that i can’t gen erection until today, and my penis shrink.

What left is only nocturnal erection, every night since stopping i still get errection, is this a good sign ?

Please help for advise, does any one have experience with erection getting better ?

#2

hi all, it’s been 16 days of but seems nothing improve, i’m really scared, i cant get any errection at all during the day, but last night during sleep i could get two times of erection.

i have been reading a lot of recovery in this site, and seems normal time of recovery is two weeks, but it’s already past two weeks but sides doesn’t subside.

and my case is unusual, some member still can get erection during the day, but i’m not getting any even watching porn, what is causing this ?

#3

If you only took it for one day you should be fine. You need to relax and stay away from here for a while. Sounds like you’re just worked up about everything which won’t help.

#4

Thanks a lot chrisc, i have tried to stay away from this site, but i can’t i keep come back and reading to all stories here, and make me depressed.
i also found out even with 2 pills the effect is permanent, can i get permanent effect also ?

what should i do i can’t eat and hard to sleep, keep visiting this site and read all the story about finas damaging 5AR enzyme and brain

and any suggestion why i can’t have any erection during the day ? is it because of low testosterone ? or damage in 5AR enzyme.

please help everyone.

#5

Have a full hormone panel done along with vit d and 3 adiol G. It’s early but if your 3 adiol G and vit d levels might tell you alot about what to expect. I see you had shrinkage. It’s very scary, I know. Try to relax best you can and limit your stress as much as possilbe in the meantime.

#6

Hey man, I took only 2 pills, and I pass 2 mounths thinking that i’m permanent damaged etc, learning horror stories, in this time i get noturnal erection too but no erections at the day.

When I put in my mind that it’s all in my head and I relax,everything come back to normal.

I think you just in panic and scared, try to relax,if you can’t relax by yourself take a natural medicine to do it.

Put one thing in your mind,permanent side efect can be real, but it’s is in extremely rare cases.

#7

Beachpunx, i have read your story, your sexual side went away after 3 weeks, can you pls give me details about it, does it getting better after 2 weeks? because it’s almoust 3 weeks for me and i’m not getting better

I keep thinking about the sides, because it’s not subside, i cant sleep Nd tired all the time. Cant concentrate in work, always think about this, and going back to this site looking for answer

#8

@hope123

Hey man, calm down. Take a step back and try to relax. I know when you first find out how scary you might feel. But, remain calm and do not allow yourself your get too frightened and stressed. Be aware that you have every chance of your body recovering in the next few months if you treat it right. Be careful what meds you put in your body and eat well, avoid sugars and alcohol etc.

I know this is scary, but things are moving in the right direction. Try and be calm and not get scared, we are here for you.

#9

Hello man, as I say you need to relax. In my case I don’t realy have side effects it’s all these stories fucking with my mind.

You story is very close to mine, I can’t reach a erection during the day, put have wet dreams and wake up with my “friend” hard, so one day I think " It’s not side effect,it’s my mind and anxiety because o learning too much horror stories" passed some days ( I can’t remenber exact how long) I relax my self and all back to normal. It’s take some time to me to relax without any herbal suplement,because I suffering from a post traumatic episode.

Honestly I think various guys here, are sufering from Hipocondriac disorder, non-post finasteride syndrome.

As i say calm down, if you can’t calm by yourself take a natural herb to do that. You are suffering from a post traumautic episode, it’s going to take sometime to your can relax by yourself.

Man not even the most potent anabolic steroide can fuc* you with fill doses, In the first time I think meck manipulated the finasteride studies,but a university in Japan not vinculated to Merck tested it with numerous mans for 3.5 years and showed the same results.

I’m not saying that the problems related by these guys here is not real, but this site unwittingly have a big placebo effects on our mind. If you take finasteride for a years having side effects yes you can have long term problems, but if you have take it for a short time and stop imetiatle after noticite problems ,don’t.

It’s the same thing if you are alergic by a certain type of food, if you don’t it anymore you be ok,but if you insist eating that food even with having alergic reaction you will be fuck**…

You say your english is bad, what country you live?

#10

If you believe your issues are psychosomatic, then it’s possible you never suffered from PFS in the first place.

While some men may over-react or have no issues yet still blame Finasteride, there are others who have significant physical, neurological, sexual and HORMONAL abnormalities that do not resolve despite “relaxing”, as you put it. Physical genital shrinkage, gynecomastia, complete impotence and genital numbness – these are real consequences of androgen deprivation, not the mind.

Since you state your issues are not related to Finasteride, you should probably count your blessings and enjoy your life. Good luck to you.

#11

Hey Mew sorry if you get insulted to my post it’s not my intension, I don’t mean that some guys don’t have problems,and don’t say that PFS are not real.
I say that MY problems is psychosomatics, and I believe a lot of guys here have psychosomatics side effects too.

I believe that PFS exist, but this site and youtube videos, make this codition pass from something extremily rare to something extremily comoun, and it’s not the case, in the vast majority of cases finasteride don’t make side effects or they go away continuing or discontinuing the drug, as I say a Japonese university study not vinculet to Merck,show this too.

I heard your history Mew, you used finasteride for more than a year having strong side effects,don’t suprise me that you have long term side effects doing it, my doc say to me when he pas me fin, that if I have side effects i need to try it by one week or two, and see if they go away, if don’t I need to stop the drug because I don’t tolerat it, I don’t know if others docters don’t advise they patients in that way, and I don’t know why people insist in finastering usage for a years even with having strong side effects.

And I don’t want to create a confusion here, I just posted about my psychosomatics effects here,because the story of this guy it’s very close to mine,and I wanna help him,sorry if I insult you in some way, I hope guys that have REAL problem with finasteride get it fixed.

#12

Thank you Lennon for your support, i’m trying to get sleep now.

Beachpunx, i also thank you for your encouragement and support.

Beachpunx and Mew please don’t fight becuase of me.