- Where are you from (country)?
Poland
- 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, propecia, side effect, help
- What is your current age, height, weight?
27,180,90
- Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise?
I play In Football team, 3x in week.
- What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)?
I eat meat and vegetables, not too much sweet things.
- Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)?
Hairloss.
- For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)?
2 months 1 week
- How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride?
April 2010
- How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit?
June 2010
- 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?
I had problems with erection and libido after two months and one week. I quit it when I saw that I cant get an erection.
- 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
[ ] Complete Impotence
[x] Loss of Morning Erections
[x] Loss of Spontaneous Erections
[x] Loss of Nocturnal Erections
[ ] Watery Ejaculate
[ ] Reduced Ejaculate
[ ] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[ ] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility
Mental
[x] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[x] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[x] Confusion
[x] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[ ] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ ] Slurring of Speech
[x] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[ ] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[x] Severe Depression / Melancholy
[ ] Suicidal Thoughts
Physical
[ ] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled)
[x] Penis curvature / rotation on axis
[ ] Testicular Pain
[ ] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[X] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[X] Weight Gain
[ ] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[ ] Muscle Wastage
[ ] Muscle Weakness
[ ] Joint Pain
[ ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes
Misc
[ ] Prostate pain
[X] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[ ] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[X] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature
[ ] Other (please explain)
- What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?
I visited 1 endocrinologist ( he prescribed me dostinex) and 3 urologist. they said this case exceeds their competence.
- 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)?
July 2012
FSH: 2,51 mIU/ml [1,5 - 12,4]
LH: 6,12 mIU/ml [1,70 - 8,60]
Prolaktyna: 193 uIU/ml [86 - 324]
Estradiol: 159,4 pmol/l [28,0 - 156,0]
Testosteron: 1 7,95 nmol/l [5,41-19,53]
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Anything not listed in the above questions you’d like to share about your experience with Finasteride?
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Tell us your story, in your own words, about your Finasteride usage and side effects experienced while on/off the drug.
As a young boy I started to have complexes due to hair loss. I learned about the possibility of slowing down this process by using a drug called PROPECIA. A local dermatologist prescribed this medicine to me without informing me of the possible undesirable permanent effects of Finasteride. The leaflet also did not contain such information during this period, it only informed about transient side effects in the form of erectile dysfunction that occurs extremely rarely and lasts up to 1 year completely after discontinuation of the drug.
For about 2 months I took the drug, after which I noticed a virtually complete decrease in libido and erectile dysfunction. Immediately I discontinued medicine, time passed and improvement was not seen, I would rate my libido at 30-40%, no morning erection and if it is very weak, erection during sexual contact almost does not happen, and if it’s just during intercourse just after a while stops. I am saving myself with the maxon drug. I have depressive attacks, I can not focus on learning or I have no motivation to develop myself.
