@PFS25 I’m sorry your this bad man. I was in my early 30s too so think my androgens had dropped a little too. It was decade later before it really started to destroy me.
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Generally it’s when you go off the drug that things start to fall down , you may experience many side effects whilst on the drug but that’s nothing compared to what’s waiting for you once you quit
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I know man but I had two years off at one point I doubt anyone had waited that long for hell to be unleashed. I prey we all return to some level of normality
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Everything went back to normal. There’s no other way of describing it. By the 4th day it was gone.
How about your erect penis size? Did you have issues with it? And it too completely resolved instantly? So it is fully reversible? @Zonz
Yeah everything was like 90% normal but only for 3 days. My dick went back to normal size and it got spontaneously erect. I had a similar thing happen for a few hours when I first started Creatine.
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Why with rifampin??
Did you ever try going back? I’m getting desperate. I tried saw palmetto for two weeks and had improvements so I’m thinking of hail marying it and trying fin again…
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I am thinking the same. It has already been destroy my body.
I unintentionally did this over many years. I repeatedly took fin on and off many times. You think you have it bad now believe me you could make things a whole lot worse. If id stopped taking this shit years ago i know for a fact id be in a much better position. There also a study which confirms repeated use can make things worse. Its not not worth the risk. Wait it out give your body time to recover it is the best way
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Don’t do it, u will kill urself.
Time and again we see people who use anti androgenic substances, see temporary improvements and then worsening of their symptoms, often dramatic worsening.
You can make your own decisions, but before you do, you should know that the stakes are particularly high and there is a chance that you could significantly worsen your quality of life.
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Thanks for the warning. Ugh I might hold off for now
Keep me updated if you try it. I think I most likely will in the coming week, but I’m still thinking…
A guy here took an anti androgen called resveratrol after getting pfs and he commited suicide.
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Thanks for the warning man…I dunno I’m just reachin the end here it feels like a lot of the time. This whole thing is just insane
And like I took Saw palmetto at a pretty high dose for about two weeks and some of my sides got much better which was insane. I’ve been off it but I’m wondering if fin could help since it’s stronger
Didn’t have any crash or anything after the Saw palmetto
To reiterate what @Greek said, we can’t make these decisions for you, but taking finasteride or any 5ARI with this condition is asking for trouble. This condition is acutely painful that it’s hard to see beyond the next few hours sometimes, but please, don’t do it.
There has been tremendous progress made recently, and we’re on the cusp of some groundbreaking endeavours. Progress is not always obvious, but please know that our team and the foundation are investing every ounce of energy we have into finding a way out of this.
Take care.
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The vast majority of people here say that everything makes their lives worse or destroys them: tribulus, salmon and any other bullshit. I find this forum less and less credible. Probably if I had been on androgen or TRT from the beginning I wouldn’t be like this.
I’m one of the most severe cases with this and what I’m starting to think is that this is full of people with no real PFS and just serious mental problems.
I also roll my eyes when I see mention of salmon.
I can say that I’ve eaten salmon post-pfs without any noticeable effect.
I don’t think that anyone is saying salmon “destroys them”.
I don’t think that it’s comparable to say “don’t take the drug that brought a high percentage of our membership here”
The reality is that we are aware of people having more problems having tried taking these drugs again. Many times we have had people come here after exposure to a second drug, or even the same drug after a break.
Yes, there is a lot of garbage on this site written for various reasons, but that doesn’t mean that this course of action isn’t a very dangerous one.
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Those things you mentioned absolutely have the potential to catastrophically worsen people’s condition. I can tell you that from personal experience and from the accounts of patients I’m in close contact with. Just because something hasn’t happened to you it doesn’t mean it doesn’t have the potential to happen to others.
If you’re as severe a case as you claim to be, you’d be well aware of the bizarreness of this disease and you certainly would not claim that patients on this forum are mentally ill. Show some respect please.
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