Side effects with 45 days (about 6 weeks) taking Propecia

visperas
Sun, 28 Dec 2008 05:20:43 +0000

Hello in there, friends

0) Where are you from (country)?
Spain.

1) 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?)
Via a link from a spanish forum about MPB; ganarpelo.org

2) What is your current age, height, weight?
25 years; 90kg; 180cm.

3) Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise?
No.

4) What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)?
I’m living out of my house, so I eat fast-food most of time.

5) Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)?
False MPB diagnostic by a spanish dermatologist.

6) For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)?
6 weeks / 1 month and a half.

7) How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride?
24.

8) How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit?
24.

9) How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)?
Cold turkey.

10) What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic?
Propecia from MSD.

11) What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)?
1 mg/day.

12) How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects?
About 2 weeks.

[b]13) What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation?

Put an X beside all that apply:[/b]

Sexual
[ ] 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
[X] Watery Ejaculate
[X] 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
[ ] Depression / Melancholy

Physical
[ ] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled)
[ ] Penis curvature / rotation on axis
[ ] Testicular Pain
[ ] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[ ] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[X] 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
[ ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature

[ ] Other (please explain)

14) What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?
I’m just starting with Maca, 3 gr/day. I’ll start with L-arginine, 3 gr/day too.

15) 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)?

I’ve analysis from 9 months after leave finasteride. I’ll post it soon.

propeciahelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=12654

16) Anything not listed in the above questions you’d like to share about your experience with Finasteride?
Fucking poison

17) Tell us your story, in your own words, about your Finasteride usage and side effects experienced while on/off the drug.
There isn’t much to tell. I started taking Propecia and in 2 weeks I had the side effects that I’ve put in the questionary. I experimented a full recover one or two weeks after leave the drug, but in 6 or 7 months I started to experiment periods that I fall newly in the same side effects that I had experimented in the past. Actually, I have periods with good erections (including morning and spontaneous erections), and periods that I can’t have any erections without the help of heavy machinery. It’s a fucking hell.

Is it possible that in only 6 weeks my organism had suffered severily damage? I need hopes to continue fighting! (and learning english…)

Thanks to all the guys in this forum that helps in this fight. You’re awesome, boys!

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