In 2011 I went to dr rossanelli medical in sf ca because I was 21 years old and I wanted to ask him if my hair was thinning. He said yes that he takes propecia and midoxil topical and it’s safe. I did some research and 2% of people having weird sexual sides seemed promising to me so I started. At the time I just graduated community college. I then transferred to university and didn’t really notice huge changes, all changes were very suttle such as penis looked a bit shrunken up like if I was super cold, noticed I got moody more, a bit more emotionally Intense in general. Noticed I got more anxiety, sadness, and isolated myself a tad. Was overwhelmed often and didn’t have a lot of confidence in myself. Then in 2013 my ex and I broke up and that devistated me no one in my family ever remembers my reacting like I did to that in my entire life. It felt like the end of the world, didn’t want to eat, or talk, or admit what happened was a reality. I did notice for me to get a 3.0-3.5 consistently I had to put forth much more time and effort than most thought I had a slight learning disability or something. Maybe 2014 I was with another female who became close to the family and we made plans for the future together and she backed out and that messed me up for about a solid month being very emotional crying often. And I and family realized why is he acting so emotional like someone died? But still never attributed it to the medication. I then devoloped insomnia which was weird because I am 6’1 200lbs and worked out 2 hours a day was a personal trainer after work and always had issues sleeping. I started using melatonin, lavender oil, needed black out shades and ear plugs. Even before this it was brought to my attention that I was always sweating and always had to sleep with the fan on at night. During sex started seeing my penis only get 70%ish erect and I started using a 1/2 pill of
Viagra everytime I was going to have sex which always bothered me but never wanted to go to a doctor about that. My mom has lupus which is an autoimmune disease and I would always sleep 7-8hrs and wake up and feel as if I slept 4-5 hours maybe it was drowsiness from melatonin but I did def fee chronic fatigue. Other things I saw was my beard became less black and thick and body hair got less. My mom said mood swings were common. Many friends who interacted with me said I am very pessimistic but I felt I was just being realistic. I then got a promotion at work and had to go to this high stress training in another state in Criminal justice and was always obsessed with failing a test in the training, felt I might not be able to do this. Felt like this a lot in college also like omg I couldn’t pass this. It was weird I’d listen to my peers and often I’d pass what I felt I couldn’t do. However this training I got very worked up and needed up not passing due to a sub 80% exam. However t didn’t feel normal to get that worked up over the idea of failing as others were not thinking about that. I then went to a police academy about 4 months ago and I did good the first few weeks and boom was having anxiety attacks sadness considering if this is the career for me and attributing my intense emotions to the academy however after the fact I really do feel that the academy may have exacerbated my feelings due to stress but the issue comes from me. Because I resigned and went back to my old job and I still have frequent feelings of hopelessness and being scared I won’t make it in life and that I’m a dumbass and regret and so many intense emotions. When I talk to other people about this they do not conceptualize the deepness. Also saw my gp he didn’t even know their was a law suit with this company Merck. I think I should see an endo and maybe psychologist? Haven’t got blood work yet, not sure what to order. I still often feel like hopeless a bit about my future my brain literally limits myself it doesn’t think I can do many things it’s weird I got hired by three police departments and during Te academy my faith in myself goes out the window. Makes no sense. I want to get better. I have stopped the medication for about three months. The first 3 weeks I stopped I felt good, then after that it’s been super bad bad and ok. I have taken the medication consistently 1mg for 6-6.5 years with ocassionally slipping a few days here and there. However I did take propecia for 4 years then the generic for 2 years. When is topped the medication I immedietly saw sighing a few days or a week my penis when soft grew. Before it seemed shrivveled up like I was cold now it is longer and wider and seems full of life. Have so much feeling in it and it responds to things much more than I remember int he last few years. As for current mental state I feel hopeless about many aspects of my life regarding job, finances, gf, family, and the trajectory of my future. I fee at times scared and nervous of what will happen. I am 28 now and want to have my life in order. This topic seems so dynamic and ambiguous it’s difficult to even begin how or where to make the first move to feeling better. Any tips help support would be greatly appreciated.
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hello, some people find beneficial fasting.
how long? One long fasting or many shorts?
Some people say you should go for incredibly long fasts. Others say intermittent fasts are enough.
Long fasts can be dangerous. Try intermittent fasting if you want to try it. There are plenty of annecdotes here.
cutting glutten and fasting for 3 days benefitted me alot mentally and my stomache is not swollen anymore
long fast if have enough body fat, if you don’t take drugs and if you find someone specialized in fasting, as i did.
How about low calorie ketogenic diet. Zero carbs. They produce similar effect to fasting, without losing energy or muscle.