The muscles of my body slowly age and disappear, leaving only a thin skin covering the bones, and I slowly wait for death
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Now I just want to record the terrible damage caused by this drug to my body. No matter whether anyone pays attention to it or not, I hope this case can arouse the attention of other people who want to take this drug. There is no way to recover the damage to my body, and my body is completely destroyed
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I’m so sorry man there are a few if us like this we just have to hang on. You are not alone in this and at some point it will plateaue it has too and then one day you’ll be able to build from the bottom up. We’ve got to believe it will get better. This is monumental in terms of suffering but u can come through it…U are an amazingly strong person and God sees it… u will prevail…
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I am in the same boat. I never take finasteride. I suffered a severe crash with clomid. My muscles are softening. I underwent an electroneuromyography and was diagnosed with myopathy. I have visual, sexual, neurological and physical symptoms. Clomid ruined my life. I was an athlete and I’m starting to have difficulty to walk.
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Any of you have reported a progressive loss over a couple of years of muscle tone and mass with constant joint muscle pain, hair loss on the legs, slight increase in fat mass softening muscles with intolerance to the effort to stand too much to do normal things? The only thing that gives me slight relief is to reduce androgens this makes me think I have developed a condition where my body processes androgens as toxic or fails to repept them with consequent damage. Maybe because the receptors work too fast and don’t anabolic or I have a genetic disease like Kennedy syndrome but then we would all have it and it doesn’t seem plausible. Maybe some of us are generally weaker and more sensitive … I have hired Fina for over 22 years from the age of 23 until July 2024 since then a continuous worsening … Can you tell me how you are and answer me?? Thank you
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Sorry to read this.
Unfortunately I’m in the same boat it seems to correlate with repeated use and long term exposure. I had a bit of an upturn 2 years ago but I now think it was from Tocilizumab (a drug for rheumatoid) since then things have dramatically worsened. I’ll not go into too much detail but just to say you are not alone with this particular set of symptoms. There are a few of us around. Keep going you never know whars around the corner with this. There’s lots of work going on and were gaining momentum.
Kindest
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Yes, I deal with several of these issues. I have many physical symptoms, but somehow my frame has stayed the same. The strange thing is my muscles are not as strong as they appear. Things that I should be able to accomplish with a breeze cause my muscles to tremble. If I do manual labor, like yard work, my hands feel it for hours after the job is done. I also can’t tolerate standing for long periods of time. I used to work out religiously for a decade and play tennis every week as well as hiked. Something major happened when I crashed and the damage is clear as day. At only 35, I should be in my prime.
I’m a few years older than you I’m 47 years old and I struggle to go up the stairs and take a shower standing I’m very tired for this I walk without stopping. I tend to cover the muscles with soft fat where there was once hard muscle and resistant fiber. I have been taking finasteride for over 23 years without a seamless solution for 10 months that I have been very bad and the situation does not improve as I try to increase testosterone I have gained fat and regrets and weakness chronic fatigue … It’s hard to believe that finasteride did this to me maybe some of us are generally weaker a bit like those who get cancer to some by smoking comes to others not… What idea did you have what makes you feel better?
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I’m sorry to hear that. This drug is incredible damaging. As Laz pointed out its typically long-term users and those who go and off that tend to get hit the hardest. I’ve just had to alter my lifestyle tremendously. I forego manual labor projects and activities that would be hard on my body. I go to the gym a few times a week but I usually just do a 3mph mile on a slight incline, stretches, and occasionally some very light lifting (like what a woman would do). I used to be one of the stronger guys at the gym so this is weird for me. Essentially, just living a sedentary lifestyle is what i’ve found most helpful. If I go too hard usually a few days of no activity gives my body time to recover.
How long have you been like this? Are your muscles soft? I’ve been going crazy for about 10 months and nothing helps me grow my body now repels androgens DHT I think it’s fundamental and without it the body doesn’t build mass and strength testosterone is converted into estrogen but unfortunately our receptors are no longer able to withstand and survive DHT this is my thought that makes us feminine and weak in your case that you are young in mine that I am 47 years old and I have used it for over 23 years it made me like a disabled maybe I could simply be a Sedentary
A little over a year and a half now. First time I got PFS without knowing it (took a month break) I was at the gym and the weights I would use felt very heavy and my muscles just felt flat and dead (no pump). Then I took another dose of fin not knowing I had PFS and then developed what felt like complete muscle weakness. My muscles aren’t squishy but they are not hard like they used to be. This could simply be from not lifting anymore, I am not sure.
Agree, I think our receptors fried. I started receding early like 16-17 and have been a NW3 for like a decade. Figured once I got off finasteride I would bald rapidly, but nope, I haven’t lost a single hair since. Leads me to believe the AR is totally offline.
I too have done suspensions over the last year and this has made things infinitely worse than continued use in the long run. I put fat on top of the muscles that are soft and not very reactive. You are lucky to still have a muscle that can allow you a decent life I also suffer from poor digestion soft stools and widespread pain probably our receptors were already fragile the deprivation of DHT has completely atrophied them and made them unable to process male hormones I also suffer from depression and I am afraid of having every kind of disease imaginable. Do you find similarities with your experience?
Do you think it’s normal to lose muscle by training more? I completely lost my leg muscles and the more I work out the more they wear out and I put fat on my belly. Everyone says that finasteride can’t cause this makes me think of having a genetic disease and yet in the family we don’t have any deformed gene. Do you think finasteride can give away this serious muscle loss??
100% its finasteride.
My muscles have discinregrqred. When I could train they atrophied. There’s nothing out of bounds with this. I lost inches off my bicep over a 2 week period.
My skin is loose everywhere like grandma with no masculine shape subcontaneous fat has melted away like butter. Nothing has helped.
Tocilizumab a drug for rheumatoid gave me a rebound period 2 years ago when my physique returned within days so it is not permanent
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I have the muscles of my front legs like butter I struggle and I feel pain when getting up and lowering my knees hurt a lot and the muscle has practically disappeared. Already a couple of years before discontinuing until I had noticed a loss of muscle in the legs after the suspension now a year a crescendo of horrible symptoms such as hair loss on the legs, accumulation of oily and damp skin extreme weakness, pain and depression I really don’t know what can save us as you say nothing helps maybe some genetically are weaker unfortunately I have taken it for over 22 years … What do you think?
I don’t think it’s a matter of weaker. Adverse reactions to fin didn’t select out because humans didn’t evolve alongside fin. Those who crash after a single dose might be predisposed. Those of us who crashed after many years may have developed a vulnerability. There’s no way to tell at this point if anyone is immune to that. People are “stronger” until they aren’t.
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I think we have created a situation where catabolism and depression, weakness and intolerance to any effort are normal. I can practically do nothing. My legs are getting thinner and thinner. From the photos I’ve seen, I look very similar to that boy Lok who I don’t know what happened to… I don’t think there is a cure and not even time will increase the resistance of our bodies to the damage that a dysfunctional DHT and T produce. In fact, as we age, we will only be able to resist physical and mental stress less… what do you think?
I think you described it spot on.
But do you also have severe pain and muscle loss? Are your muscles soft and easily tired? I have difficulty doing the stairs any activity accelerates my muscle waste I am reduced to near disability. I have small and soft legs also I can’t contract the muscles for more than a few seconds because I get tired do you try acne this?
Not severe pain but muscle and tissue loss head to toe, not an inch spared. Literally from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet and everything in between. Not sure what you’re asking at the end there.