thing i dont understand is my appetite is through the roof i never used to have a high appetite…never get full massive appetite.
I wish I had that. Now I eat 1/4 of my old meals, and still have got a lot of fat on my belly.
I have no fat on my body at all, never really did anyway. But my appetite is insane its like im never hungry or never full but i can eat massive amounts and not get full
My Journey So Far - The Short Version
Propecia Day 1 - Testicle Pain - Extremely Horny - Shrunken penis after ejaculation.
Propecia Day 2 - Vomiting. Pain in penis.
Stopped Taking Propecia - Woke up with numb gentles, disconnected, completely lifeless for 7 days. No Viagra or Hot baths, Horny Goat Weed, Stimulation would work. No nocturnal or morning errections.
Day 5 - Rubbery penis, kept waking up throughout the night, stressed, bags under eyes.
Day 7 - Went away on a trip with my girlfriend to get away. Recovered erectile function. Still had anxiety. Hair starts falling out like crazy.
Day 9 - Mental Clarity returns
Day 10 - Come home from work, anxiety attack(never experienced this before)
Day 11- Shrunken Junk , Nightmare relapse. EPIC BRAIN FOG. Slurring speech.
Day 16 - No errectile function , blood flow returns. Facial hair not growing.
Day 20 -30 - Anxity attacks, depression, white dry skin on face, massive bags under eyes, shrunken junk, bad sleep. Improvement in erectile function, ejaculation issues. Thinning Hands + fingers, Can see purple veins inside palms? Legs becoming extremely skinny.
Day 30 - 35 - Sleeping pattern improves, anxiety, mood swings, dry skin, blood flow improves. Mental clarity up an down. Can engage in intercourse, still shrunken junk though improved. Ejaculatory issues.
Day 35+ - Muscle twitches in left thigh and right shoulder. Mood swings, rapid hair loss (never experienced this, took propecia as a preventative measure), Facial hair returns.
Day 35+ - Dry skin, muscle twitching in left thigh and upper right arm consistently. Erectile function only during sex. Junk still shrunk. Pain in testicles. White facial hairs???
Day 40+ - Muscle twitching, mood swings, irritability , erectile function improved though still no nocturnal or mornings.
Notes
Mornings are always the worst.
Lack of motivation.
Muscle Twitching.
Dry Skin.
Shrinkage.
Low Testosterone.
Dropped 8kgs.
Increased appetite, never get full.
Digestion problems.
Rarely urinate.
Memory problems.
Doctors
GP 1 - Understands i have a problem , not sure how to help.
GP 2 - Doesn’t believe me, tries to give me SSRI’s. Denied.
GP 3 - Understand problem , sends me to urologist.
Urologist 1 - Tries to convince me i’m fine, tries to convince me to take viagra (at 21 years of age). Sends letter to gp telling him its psychosomatic. “His levels wont continue to drop” - Levels keep dropping. (to scared to see how low test is now)
Urologist 2 - Tells me i’m at the top of my game at 21 and everything looks fine. I’ll be fine in a couple of weeks. Propecia is an anti androgen will of course drop test levels.
Endocrinologist - 1 month after Crash. Believes my case. Investigates post finasteride syndrome. Waiting on research results.
My current feelings - Mood swings are frustrating, there’s times i feel mentally recovered. Twitching is annoying, itchy head and rapid hair loss is annoying. Lack of motivation. Mood today Shit in morning, anti social in after noon, night time it’s like my iq has increased by a million. Such a strange roller coaster.
When I felt my best - Eating a raw diet. Not having to work. Stress free. Xyrem also helped a lot. Mineral Baths. Saunas.
Current Theory - My liver had high ALT at the time of consumption, maybe had something to do with why I got hit so hard after two tablets. No signs of liver damage. rarely drink and don’t use steroids. I noticed i felt a bit better having a raw diet. Could a liver enzyme be playing a role in our hormones coming back to normal? My E2 is considerably high which accounts for a lot of the side effects i’m experiencing. Not only a hormone imbalance which some may laugh at. But i think a hormone imbalance --> Liver issue.
5ar2 - Seminole vessels , Liver, Hair follicles , Prostate , Testes. Possible the prostate was shut down from increased DHT after stopping propecia, Liver failed to process hormone imbalance, hair follicles freak out increase DHT (lots of shedding), Testes shrink in size lack of DHT.
DHT decrease responsible for penis shriveling up. Not enough to fill androgen receptors. Improves over time.
Hormonal imbalance. Low Test, Low Cortisol, High Estradiol. No morning errections/nocturnals makes sense.
End of rant 
Wow. Its like I forgot writing all of that feel like shit. Wrinkles under my eyes at 21 :/.
Worse day ever. I hate life. Where is the reset button.
You only took the drug for 2 days, so your chances of recovery should be better than most guys on the forum.
Some guys (like me) took the drug for over 10 years before the side effects got nasty.
I hope that you get back to your normal self soon.
Thanks heaps. It’s a nightmare.
Feeling horrible today. mouth ulcer, dry lips, extremely fatigued (trying to work and falling asleep), bad vision.
i’ve had mouth ulcers for MONTHS!!! I had them on my tongue too…it was so deep, I tought my tongue would fall apart…it only got better after my raw diet…I feel ok now ,I feel fine…however pfs is something very out of the ordinary ,for about a week im totally fine, two days feel weird…and then I get a little crazy…elements that keep things under control are aloe vera + garlic oil pills and all of the stuff i’ve been using(supplements,probiotic and Autohemotherapy)…the day i stop using…I feel like things start to take an ugly turn. My last approach now that I’ve been basically only eating raw for the past 2 months…is killing parasites and fungus that i have on my body confirmed by microscope. so wormwood+cloves+blackwalnut+nystatin+chineseherbs will be part of the plan. one step closer to normality
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I understand digestion is a problem with almost all of us and bad digestion leads to bad pathogens,bacteria etc. Though I don’t honestly think that’s the only reason. It kind of makes sense that hormones play a role in digestion and that has been effected.
Really bad neck pain.
When does this end ;(
You are paying wayyyy too much attention to the minor stuff… unless your teeth start falling out because your gums are soo drawn back I don’t think you should keep going on with this stuff. I’m not trying to be a dick and say your gums are not receeding but you realize when people come here and they see people saying their gums are bleeding and receeding it kind of takes away from the other major side effects and allows them to paint us all off as hypochondriacs.
What I really DO think you are suffering from is an enormous amount of anxiety, and panic from the finasteride… which is entirely understandable.
Only because of the physical changes…
But your right just feel like I’m falling apart
Yeah I was there… sometimes still feel like that. But really its the mental side effects casuing you to freak out even more.
Yeah I’m gonna lose my girlfriend if I’m not careful…bloody moodswings
Most likely not just due to the physical changes but also due to neurosteriod changes. There are significant neurochemical and hormonal changes in your body that aren’t visible but yet are physiological.
+1 to what Martin said… You think the stuff isn’t messing with your head but it is and you don’t even realize it. Hell I didn’t even get it myself… I thought I was depressed because my dick and balls were messed up… No I was depressed and having extreme anxiety because finasteride can alter nuerochemistry.