quit propecia 5 days ago, never felt worse in my life

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#1

So, I was on 1mg propecia for about 3months. I’m 28 Years old. Never had any of the shit thats happening to me now happen ever before.

I decided to quit after just feeling flat, or not myself, mainly due to the lower libido. The first day I quit wasn’t too bad, I didn’t really notice anything besides still feeling flat.

The following days hit me like a truck. Literally day 2 after quitting I felt massively anxious all day like I could burst into tears at any point, my heart was racing, and I was a fucking mess. I think the anxiety and depression is caused from the ED, which I have right now. But I have this feeling that its being caused by the chemicals in my head being out of whack, because I know this isn’t normally me.

Its scary how fast you can drop and some of the places you can go in your mind. One minute I can be OK mentally, even with my heart racing a mile an hour, and then the bad thoughts can compound and all of a sudden you’re at the bottom.

I don’t really have anyone to talk to this about, I don’t want to burden or stress the people I can talk to eg parents. I’m seeing another doctor tomorrow but the last one I saw just tried to manage my anxiety and disregarded the other sexual sides.

I have a few questions if anyone is able to help me, I honestly don’t know where else to go. I know I’m not even a week since quitting but I’ve never been hit so hard in my life, mainly just trying to make it through the day without falling over and breaking down.

The only time I can get it up is in bed, watching porn, but as soon as I let go or look away etc, its gone. A lot different to getting hard riding in a bus on a bumpy road like used to etc.

I read that it can usually take 10 - 20 days for DHT levels to return and a month or two for ar5 levels to balance out. This is basically all I have to hope for as I still have a bit of time. I just wanted to know if that’s the usual case.

Also I read that once you hit the month or so mark and recover then you crash again afterwards, what’s happening to me now? Is it normal to be this fucked up so close after quitting? Is it possible I could of just crashed instantly?

#2

I have been a month off thus drug… The only problem I am suffering is ED… Its keeps coming and going… 3 days I can get around 80% erect, then 3 days my dick is flaccid… I also suffer the same thing u mentioned, as soon as I take my eyes off porn, I lose the erections… Hope we both get well soon

#3

I went through the same thing as you right after stopping propecia but I didn’t even know about this site at that time or what was going on. The best thing to do right now is to not panic. Relax, eat healthy, don’t do any drugs or drink alcohol. Preferably stay away from this site and occupy your mind with other activities.

#4

Hi Mate Im 6 years in so I do not want you to end up like me right now your body with the return of DHT is under immense stress so do everything possible to alleviate that. do not jerk off or have sex I know it sucks but it is not going to help you. do everything to ease the stress on the body hi dose vit c spread over the day etc look into adrenal support I think is where it starts is the adrenals and thats where we get we get fucked up.
I remember going on a masturbation marathon not realizing what was happening to my body then a massive crash which although better have never recovered . So de stress as much as you can and stop jerking off.
Good luck I hope you recover