Hi Everyone
This is my first post so please excuse any rule breaking. I have registered for one reason and one reason only - to tell people that for some bizarre reason my propecia side effects more or less reversed after a recent bout of pneumonia. I have no idea if it was the illness or the drugs - but I feel more or less back to normal.
Anyway … first my propecia experience …
I started the drug feb 2012. After a couple of months I noticed my libido lower but thought little of it as to be frank its always been a bit overactive and got me in trouble! Over the next 4 months I no longer thought about sex at all - I only masturbated to see if I still could but got no enjoyment from it - I could barely maintain an erection - and by 6 months I found I could almost never orgasm. Orgasm was almost impossible during sex and extremely difficult while masturbating.
So at this point I am finally putting 2 and 2 together and thinking its the propecia - I go online and get the shock of my life - I am not alone! But you all know all about that…
Suffice to say I was seriously depressed.
I stopped the drug immediately and after a few weeks was a lot better. However from that point things went downhill gradually again and by Jan 2013 I was pretty miserable again. Not as bad while on the drug but pretty damn bad relative to what I used to be.
Then I got pneumonia - a real bad case of bacterial pneumonia. And heres the bizarre bit…
Within 2 weeks my libido returned and all the other side effects more or less reversed - certainly to a level that I am happy with. I would say I am now 9/10 from starting point of 10 and a low point of 3.
I cannot explain any of this. I am not a doctor. All I can do is list the medication (there was a lot!) I took and tell you all what happened. I dont know if it was the pneumonia that kicked off some reaction in my body that triggered something or whether it was a result of the drugs. If I had to guess I’m inclined to say it was the pneumonia rather than the drugs - which isnt ideal - as pneumonia was bloody horrible! Anyway for what its worth…
Medication:
- Ondansetron (anti nausea)
- Cyclobenzaprine (muscle relaxant)
- Antibiotics (amoxillin, co-amoxiclav, clarithromycin)
- Prednisolone (steroid)
I sincerely hope this information helps someone in some way. Maybe there is research somewhere that can make something of my story and get to the bottom of what happened.
If someone wants to contact me I am happy to discuss - not sure if I can post my email here so I wont in case post gets deleted.
Good luck to all
Ben