Just looking for guidance, seeing if anyone is suffering the same side effects. I started taking finastride 1 mg when I was 21 in July of 2018 I didn’t notice any side effects till October 2018 which was 3 1/2 months. I notice my side effect when I went to go have sex with a girl that I had met while drinking I was very attracted to this girl but could not get an erection. I thought it could have been the drinking because I’ve drank probably 2 times before that. I was somewhat aware of the side effects “associated” with finastride and really to my ignorance did not think much of them but I did more research and messaged my doctor on keeps and decided to stop the finastride the next day. For the first couple weeks I still had libido and semen was fine just some bad ED with trying to maintain the erection. Then my side effects seem to disappear after that 2 weeks. But this only lasted a short period and back came the ED with a slight loss of libido. This carried on for a while and then other bad things started to happen. About 3 months into my side effects I notice my testicles had started to change, they were smaller and squishy, I also notice tiny pea size bumps that moved around on each one. I thought I had some sort of testicular cancer. After research though I chalked it up to cysts, which went away after another 3 months. The past 2 months I have had a fluctuation in testicular size, sometimes they are 50% their original size and sometimes they are 90% but never back to normal. This past month I know the ED is better, I have to force myself to get an erection but when I do I can maintain it. I have very watery semen and ZERO libido which I so scary because girls I once found beyond sexy do nothing for me now. I’m starting to have a really tough time dealing with these issues now because it’s has been 8 months and I’m still having these issue. I spend all of free time looking up possible solutions. I’m going to visit a doctor this week and will see how it goes. I want to also state my health regimen. I work out 6-7 days a week, this I not by any means to brag so please do not take it any wrong way but I would like to tell you about my strength. I train for strength and muscle. My muscle and strength have not been effected from any side effects. I can bench press 405lbs, I can squat 495lbs and can deadlift 635. These are high numbers for natural lifters but I was close to these numbers pre finastride, I’m 6’3 225-235 pounds, I maintain a very healthy lifestyle and eating habits. Eating very high protein with lots of vegetables. I was taking 300 mg of zinc for a while and stopped taking it because I thought it was contributing to the sides but not much of a difference. I’ve tried tribulus and nothing. I’ve tried nothing and nothing lol. I am very much into the fitness culture and a lot of it revolves around steroids. I have never taken any unless you consider finastride some sort of test booster but with my research and talking to guys who do steroids they have to pct post cycle therapy and hcg to get their testicles working properly again which has me curious if it could help with my shrinkage of testicles. Just wanted to it my story out there, sorry if this was hard to read as well, I am very thankful if you have read this and that there is a community and I’m not the only one suffering from this poison. Any comments are appreciated and would love to talk to anyone who has recovered in the slightest, thank you again
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