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Where are you from (country)? France
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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
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What is your current age, height, weight? 39, 85kg, 185cm
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Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise? yes, basketball
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What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)? helathy food, a bit of everything
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Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)? hairloss
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For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)? 6 years
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How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride? 33 I guess
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How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit? 38 (dec 2013)
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How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)? suddenly
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What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic? Propecia
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What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)? 1 pill a day
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How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects? small side effects from the beginning, big ED in December 2013
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What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation? AR upregulation, ED
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
[ ] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[ ] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[ ] Confusion
[ ] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[ ] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ ] Slurring of Speech
[ ] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[ ] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[ ] Severe Depression / Melancholy
[ ] Suicidal Thoughts
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
[ ] Joint Pain
[ ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes
Misc
[ ] Prostate pain
[ ] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[ ] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[X] 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? none
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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)?
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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.
I started taking Propecia 6 years ago and my erections started to be a little unsatisfying. nothing too bad though. then every now and then, that’s in the 6 year course, erections went from unsatisfying to totally lacking. morning wood disappeared. in december 2013, I couldn’t even get an erection so I quit propecia immediately.
my erections came back up a bit, back down, it was pretty hard to understand if I was recuperating or not.
last June, I started to have rashed on my head and shedding begun. at the very same time, I felt a sudden surge in my libido but it went back to what it was the months before.
today, my erections are still not good, no morning wood and my libido is minimal.
I’m still shedding and my chesthair is growing. I guess this is because of AR upregulation.
I don’t know what do to, start propecia again because Propecia may not be the cause of my ED (it’s really hard to assess), wait until the shedding ends and the upregulation ends (but when will that happen ?)…
to be honest, I’m totally lost… 
I think the most sensible thing to do would be to wait another few months until my body goes back to normal. I will see that when my chesthair stops growing and my shedding stops.
I have some questions for everyone here who quit Propecia :
when did the shedding stop ?
do you think that was because of AR upregulation ?
if so, how long until this horrible AR upregulation stops ?
did the end of upregulation improve your libido ?
do you think you lost most hair because of quitting Propecia than if you never have started it ?
thank you very much for reading and for your answers:)