The following has been written before and generally accepted:
- “… there are literally tens of millions of men taking finasteride 5mg or dutasteride for prostate hyperplasia. There must be hundreds of thousands of men among them with PFS, I would say…” *
Bear with me here,…
The three members here who are older: myself, @Exsexgod, and @mstone, have some traits in common:
-We are above average intelligence. A surgeon, a biochemist, and a businessman, each of us excelled at our profession. In modesty I say we are smarter than the average Bear. (I tested at genius earlier in life, and it would be interesting if we all fit in here.)
-We are (were) physically active more than normal. Hiking, boating, running, etc.: we weren’t your typical “old ager” physically.
-We were artistically inclined. Whether it was music, writing, or art, etc., we were busy at it.
The point of this?
Perhaps the general population of older men with PFS don’t recognize it because they’ve lived dull, boring, average lives. They attribute their symptoms simply to growing older. A very few of us, however, see this decline as extraordinary and end up in this forum.
Another possibility requires thinking outside the box, maybe being labeled a crackpot.
What if PFS is engineered to attack the best and brightest for some reason? Maybe there aren’t thousands of old guys with PFS. Maybe PFS is meant to disable the free-thinkers, those who would be a nuisance to the ruling empire in the future. Don’t dismiss this out of hand!
I’ve run out of gas here. I hope to kick start an intelligent conversation. What say you? Jim