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Where are you from (country)? New Zealand
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How did you find this forum Google
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What is your current age, height, weight?
26, 74 kg, 6 feet
(3) Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise?
Little
- What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)?
Healthy balanced diet, little sugar.
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Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)?
prevent hair loss. -
For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)?
4 months.
- How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride?
19, Janurary 2004.
- How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit?
19, April-May 2004.
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How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)?
Cold turkey. -
What type of Finasteride did you use â Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic?
Propecia. -
What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)?
1mg per day. -
How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects?
from the frist pill - immediatly. -
What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation?
Put an X beside all that apply:
Sexual
[x ] Loss of Libido / Sex Drive
[ x] Erectile Dysfunction
[ x] 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
[x ] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility
Mental
[ x] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[ x] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[ x] Confusion
[x ] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[ x] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ x] Slurring of Speech
[ x] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[ x] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[ x] Depression / Melancholy
Physical
[x ] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled)
[ x] Penis curvature / rotation on axis (the frist 2 years, this went away)
[ x] Testicular Pain
[x ] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[ x] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[ x] Weight Gain
[x ] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[ ] Muscle Wastage
[ x] Muscle Weakness
[ x] Joint Pain
[ ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes
Misc
[ ] Prostate pain
[ ] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[ ] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / âPoo Pelletsâ
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[x ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[x ] Lowered body temperature
[ ] Other (please explain)
Bleeding of penis.
- What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?
pregenolone + T3 + T4 + Clomid.
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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 âBlood Testsâ section and link to them in your post)?
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Anything not listed in the above questions youâd like to share about your experience with Finasteride?
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Tell us your story, in your own words, about your Finasteride usage and side effects experienced while on/off the drug.
I took this drug when I was 19. I had a very fast metabolism at that stage. From the first pill I went from feeling like a horny teenager to an old man. My metabolism slowed dramatically. I was a mess both emotionally and psycically. I suspected all along that if propecia shrinks the prostate, then this is the cause of our symptoms.
From 2004-2009 I did nothing with minimal improvements. I took the usual vitamens all of us have taken on here - we all know these dont really help.
These past six years Ive been reaserching our problem, both on this forum and Dr Crislerâs âall thingsâ male forum. I suspected that our sexual problems are similar to what old men suffer (ie those in their 80âs).
A couple of years ago I read a thread by Chillen on all things male about hormone optimisation and maintaing optimal testostrone levels. He seemed to think pfs symptoms could be resolved by upregulating our metabolims. He personally experimented with drugs that optimised his homone levels based on how he felt. He advocates the following:
Start with:
(1) pregenonline cream, then
(2) T3âŚthen
(3) T4.
Clomid can be used too. I kept the doses of these drugs small (eg clomid 12.5 mg per day per Dr Crisler).
When I did a cycle of these drugs, I noticed my metabolism did in fact increase a little - a good sign. I then took a few months off and then repeated the same cycle. Iâve been doing cycles on and off for the past 18 months - experimenting based on how I felt. The most sucessful drug helping my symptoms has been T3.
The past month after using T3 and stopping, I noticed my prostate started to grow back to what it was and I could feel my adrogens working again. Now they are firing on all cylenders. The only drug Im on at the moment is clomid at 12.5mg. I figured that if my androgens and prostate are now functioning my body will now respond to a PCT much better like steriod users. This has proved correct. Im now very calm and relaxed and socially people (especially woman) can tell. I can smell my own testostorne scentâŚlol. My testicles are large again and sit nomally around my prostate.
Basically I can have sex and be ready to go almost immediatly. Life is good and exciting again
Questions are welcome,
Cheers,