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Where are you from (country)?
Italy -
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?)
I heard about this site on a tv show, and i gave a look on google -
What is your current age, height, weight?
37; m 1,75; Kg 69 -
Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise?
I do jogging, but not regularly -
What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)?
I’d say mediterranean diet: pasta, bred, vegetables, legumes, cereals, greens, fruit, fish. Meat once/twice at week. -
Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)?
Hair loss -
For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)?
3 months -
How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride?
27 -
How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit?
27 -
How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)?
Cold turkey -
What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic?
Propecia -
What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)?
1 mg/day -
How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects?
3 months -
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
[ ] Erectile Dysfunction
[ ] Complete Impotence
[x] Loss of Morning Erections
[x] Loss of Spontaneous Erections
[ ] Loss of Nocturnal Erections
[ ] Watery Ejaculate
[ ] Reduced Ejaculate
[ ] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[?] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility
Mental
[ ] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[x] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[ ] Confusion
[ ] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[ ] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ ] Slurring of Speech
[x] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[x] Anxiety
[x] Depression / Melancholy
Physical
[ ] 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
[x] Joint Pain
[ ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes
Misc
[ ] Prostate pain
[ ] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[x] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature
[ ] Other (please explain)
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What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?
Psychotherapy -
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)?
I did not investigate about hormonal changes. -
Anything not listed in the above questions you’d like to share about your experience with Finasteride?
After 10 years, symptoms are less acute, but still present. I just learned how to “manage” them in some way. For sure, my libido is still not the same. -
Tell us your story, in your own words, about your Finasteride usage and side effects experienced while on/off the drug.
I took finasteride for 3 months. At that time, i was a young boy very active and happy to live; I used to have sex even 2-3 times/day and more. After 2 months of drug, i started registering something changing in me. I felt even more sexually active for a while, even more of I already was. But one month later things changed to the opposite: my libido fell drastically. I suspected Finasteride to be the cause of this, and stopped taking pills, hoping that things would have settled. But things did not change and depression and acute anxiety literally buried me. I started living like a hell in my life, a real, daily nightmare.
I thought that depression was the real cause of that status, and I exonerated finasteride.
In the years, I learned to cohabit with the new condition. Now symptoms are attenuated, but I am still very far from what I was before Finasteride.
I can say that actually I am sexually older of my age and a lot less happy to live than before.
Now i heard about post-finasteride syndrome, and I recognized what happened to me.
I want to say thank you to who made up this forum, thank you to who has been so kind to read this post, and thank you, from my heart, to who would suggest me something to do to get better and to smile again to life, a little closer to the pre-finasteride time.
Thank you, and excuse me because my not good english.