side effects after taking 0,5mg fin

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#22

little update :

I came to this forum recently because I need this community sometimes.
I have now other symptoms but I don’t know if they are correlated with fin.

I still have :

  • insomnia (recovered a bit but I take 2 to 3h to go to sleep and I don’t have good sleep)
  • headache
  • jaw pain. I think I have TMJ because my jaw literaly crack from one side when I open it. Maybe it is uncorrelated with fin. I will see a specialist
  • brainfog which is the worst. I think I can live with he others symptoms but not this one, it’s difficult to handle. But I think I will recovered very slowly. I have difficulty to recall information and I’m slower processing my thoughts. It’s like I lost some neurons.
  • tinnitus. It’s okay during daytime but horrible when I lay down and go to sleep. hope it’ll clear fast.
  • left nipple tenderness sometimes. Very low so it don’t bother me. Also I can feel that I have a growth of tissue in the left nipple area but it is almost imperceptible.

Symptoms that went away since last update :
-neck pain
-low libido ( I think I’m almost at my pre-fin levels)

I am glad I don’t have any sexual or psychic sides left. I know these are usually the long lasting issue. I didn’t talk to a doctor of my FPS condition yet bc I’m waiting the 3 month mark.

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#23

hello,
I’m still struggling with symptoms but these differs from the previous update.
It will be 4 months since the ONLY pill of finasteride I took, and I have still to recover.

The new main symptoms I have :

  • I think I have gyno or very puffy nipple. I am very afraid that the fat will never fade away. I have a more sensivity, sometimes pain on BOTH nipples and increased fat around it. 4 months ago, I had only pain one one nipple and very slight gyno. Now, it is more visible since one or two weeks as I have now a relapse of pain in my chest.
    I need your advice. Do I have to do something about it before its too late or can I wait if it subside ?
  • I regain some libido, but I have now another problem : I have Premature ejaculation and its very embarassing with my GF. Before, I was able to last 10 minutes, even 30 in bed, now I often ejaculate in 1 min. It’s hard. Also, I have sometimes in the day a weird feeling inside my penis (difficult to explain) but I think it will subside.
  • some tinnitus that won’t go. Loud sound hurt me and I have some tinnitus when I go to bed.
  • brain fog is dissapearing slowly I think. I am more able to concentrate than during the first months, and almost think and elaborate ideas like I could during my pre-fin state. I think this side is on its way to recovery so I’m happy as It was horrible before. I would say 80% recovered on this side

The good part :

  • no more insomnia. It’s incredible to have a full night of sleep and not fearing to sleep only 3hours like it was in the first months.
  • headache seems to be less and less frequent.
  • no more jaw pain. this side faded on its own.

I need your advice. What can I do to stop the worsening of my “gyno” or pseudogyno (I do not feel the lump so maybe it’s only increased fat inside the chest? Do I have chance to recover from that side ? The pain in my chest means that gyno is increasing ? Do I have to take actions (take some medications,…) before it’s too late ?
Thanks in advance

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#24

Have you had any blood work done thus far? At this point, your body does seem to be recovering naturally and I would continue to wait.

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#25

Good news, you did a great job! Our symptoms are very similar. 80% of your brain fog has disappeared! I believe you will recover!

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#26

I don’t suggest you take medicine. The chest pain will disappear. I lasted about a month

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#27

the breast pain seems to have subsided a lot since few days, but my nipples are still puffy and woman-like ( i would 25% bigger than pre-fin). Hope this will subside in the few months. I will now follow a strict regime protocol since I think I mainly suffer from hormonal imbalance since 4 months. I think I will begin to suplemment with some zinc to block the conversion of testosterone in oestrogens that, I think, leads to my gyno.

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#28

Unfortunately, I’m doing far worse lately. I experienced 2 days ago what I can call a “crash”, witha relapse of all the symptoms I had just after taking the bloody pill.
I think what triggered this was excessive masturbation. Just after, I experienced joint pain, insomnia, nausea, breast pain, my dick feels more dead, more foggy and a tinnitus that is almost unbereable. These symptoms seems to ease up a lot during daytime but they came back on full force just before sleeping. I hope that I can recover from this.
This is very hard seeing all my recovery process being destroyed in a matter of few hours…

I will post an update every month from now and try to heal naturally. If I’m still struggling a lot after the 6 month mark, I will try to heal myself trough medics/ supplements. I will make a bloodtest next week to see how my hormone balance. If you have any advice on what I should do, you are welcome.

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#29

5 month update :

My sides are now very different from the beginning. It’s stressing because you never know what sides you’ll having the next day. Seem like I’m still zig-zaging.

I partially recovered from my previous crash one month ago.

Nausea - Recovered
Muscle pain - Recovered.

The symptoms that I am now suffering are almost all sexual :

  • ED ( can have an erection but hard to keep it)
  • prostate pain since few days ( new type of symptoms : ball pain in the anus when I’m laying down)
  • Gynecomastia + breast tenderness : didn’t stabilize yet but this came back a month ago (4month post fin) FROM NOWHERE but the pain/itches/tenderness seems to be less and less frequent. In terms of gynecomastia, I don’t feel a lump under the nipple but they are définitely bigger (I would say + 25 %).
  • Penile numbness : this one is hard => numbness + pulsating feeling in my penis randomly during the day ( like my penis is retracting for few seconds)
  • Still PE (but less than one month ago) EVEN if I have numbness.
  • Brain fog still 80% healed
  • no more insomnia
    -tinnitus seems to be less frequent and less in intensity.

My goal : in 3 month, I recover from ED, prostate pain and gynecomastia. These are the symptoms that bother me the most.

Don’t have any anhedonia or depression, so in term of mental functions, I’m close to recovery.
Will post an update every month, but for now my symptoms are still zig-zaging, and I have not reached what I can call a “stabilization”. Hope I’ll improve in the next months.

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#30

I also have this pulsating sensation in my Penis, never understood what causes it

#31

oh my god… you took fin just once and fall into pfs?
I’m so sorry…
how are you these days?
I have gyno, too. Now about 6 months after first crash, my gyno starts to improve very slowly.