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#1

first of let me introduce my self my name is james an am from the UK… i was lucky enough to have this recomended to me buy a friend on a mens health forum in the uk… i am 24 and have been taking finesteride for one year on and off!! ive had to goes at taking the drug one a year ago that lasted for around 3months then recently ive been on it for around another 3months… i have since dropped with the advice of this friend mentioned earlier and afte reading your struggles on this site!! i feel greately for you all and hope we all make a complete recovery!!!

i noticed my hair thining around 3 moths after i started working out hard at the age of 20, i went to see a specialist who prescribed me propecia!! with out any warnings of the possible sides!! so obliviouse to any changes or unware of possible sides i started the course… shortely after i noticed an increase in my OCD and brain fog and after only 3 months something was telling me. that this wasnt good so i stopped and forgot all about it.

a few moths later my hair loss really excelerated and i decided to give it another shot. may be i was just stressed at the time an this was the reason for the sides experienced. any way i was the given finesteride… so far i have experienced, rubbery penis,shrivled penis!!!loss of sensation and libido upset tummy,brain fog and slight depression, less enjoyable orgasms and generalyl discontent with my down stairs also fatigue…

i jus thought it was all natural changes and i was just tired depressed an prone to OCD disorder and my down stairs department i jus put down to cold/tired/older??? after reading all the information presented it all slides in to place and now i can clearley see a corrilation between the drug and the physical and mental changes experinced this drug should not be taken for hair loos something needs to be done??? as doctors are prescribing it and there are drastic sides… in my case they creeped up slowly and i almost didnt associate the two together…but i truely beleive now that the propecia and finesteride are clearly to blame!!!

well thats my background and views!! now i am at the stage where only to day i have stopped taking the drug… my affects are as mentioned above, but luckily i am still able to get an erection still have a sex drive even though weaker, main complaintes are the mental block,fatigue and rubber penis!!!

please please can any one reading this who has been through a similar turn of events as i have… give me any much needed advice and helpfull Post finesteride/propecia therapy to get my body and mind and most of all my shriveld rubber penis back to normal…

i personaly feel that i was on the bring of experiancing perminant or more severe long term problems… my personal opinion is that… because im still able to have an erection an some sex drive be it reduced and that i have never done a cycle of finest longer than 3months with a gap of ruffly 4 months between, i hopefully should have a reasonable chance of recovery!!!

thanks for taking the time to read this, and thanks to any one who leaves relevant advice to my problem, it is much appreciated and welcomed.

any recomendations for supplements or P.C.T therapy drugs ie,clomid noladex,proviron,Adex… are also welcomed

please help, from james :frowning: :blush:

#2

i am alos going to log on every otherday to log the changes experinced over the next few days just so members can help and giv advice as i go along… cheers :angry: :exclamation: :stuck_out_tongue:

#3

any one out there!!!

#4

I will try to be brief, welcome to the site.

All common complaints for guys that have issues after quitting the drug.

  1. Read FAQ at top of site:
    propeciahelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7

  2. Get hormone blood tests per propeciahelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=92 to see what the drug has done to your hormones

  3. Find a doctor that might be able to help, check DOCTORS section at bottom of site.

Read this site in-depth as all teh information and questions you’ve asked have been asked by others before you. There is also a SEARCH function at the top propeciahelp.com/forum/search.php

#5

hello again everbody, i have read the site in depth but am a little confused and worried to say the least, im not going to beat around the bush!!! i have done body building in the past and am no stranger to steroids,P.C.T,clomid,nolva,adex,proviron,hcg etc… now here is where the question lies, firstly? what does finesteride commonly do to, natural test levels,DHT, and hormones an so on!!! because if we are not converting test to DHT surely a finesteride user is going to have high amounts of natural test in the system resulting in test shut down of the testiclals producing test,disrupted HPTA and high amounts of the free test being converted in to oestrogen??? if this is the case then surley!!! witha correct well managed post cycle therapy some positve results should be seen…

now i am at the stage where i have all the meds to hand to try and stimulate my body in to functioning normaly again, but i simply am not aware how finest commonly effects the balance. i think if some of the more experinced members could perhaps enlighten me on the expected state of my internal hormonal balance after finesteride use for only 6months then, i may be able to custom make a PCT to suit the conditions,

but i would hate to use meds that would may be magnify the syptoms so please could any one simply state what is the most commonly seen/expected results of hormones at this stage,then im pretty sure may be able to help my boody along abit… thanks for reading and thanks again if you left any input for me… i will look forward to any advice being left.
james

#6

Finasteride alters androgen/estrogen ratio to be in favor of E2 (estradiol).

Finasteride can elevate Prolactin and TSH, as well as SHBG.

Finasteride can cause a drop in Testosterone, LH and FSH after quitting, when DHT returns.

Finasteride can elevate Progesterone.

Finasteride can affect far more than just DHT…

You need bloodwork before you even consider doing anything further. If you want to try PCT, keep us in the loop. But bodybuilding forums would probably be a better place for info on the proper cycle. Here’s another guy who attempted PCT: propeciahelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2055

Did you read FAQ at top of site? Did you read the Stickies in the THEORIES section?

Also, if you could refrain from using multiple ! or ? (ie, !!!) it would be appreciated.