Yes, it seems to me that it is Dr. Virag from the 8th district of Paris.
merci,oui je vois que la consultation est 150e! est ce que tu sais s’il a déja traité des cas comme nous ?
Yes, I know he has dealt with cases like ours before. However, I’m not sure he can help us.
Doctors can prescribe drugs that deal with the symptoms, but they don’t know what’s really going on with PFS.
Many of them have their own pet theories though!
Bonjour M_C, Bonjour à tous,
The last 3 weeks of June were both special and common. After that dull moment, I had a period where I was relatively excited. As usual, it didn’t last long. Always less than a week. However, it was not followed by a mini-crash. I am in a moment where, I am in a low range (between 20% and 40%) and my condition fluctuates not only from day to day but also from hour to hour. I can feel very low now, and feel things more intensely and have sexual desire (even if it remains low) 1 hour later. When I’m in a good period, I tend to think “yes, it’s good, but I’m nowhere near the way I was before taking the medication.” It’s only when I find myself in a dull period - which has become the norm - that I think, “finally, I can live very well on a daily basis in this high moment even if it’s not like it was before.”
I feel like my penis is doing better most of the time. It too, fluctuates in condition but I feel it is improving. The touch and shape seems more normal than a few months ago.
Finally, I also feel like I am feeling things more, anger, joy, hunger, thirst etc. Again, this fluctuates from day to day, hour to hour, but I feel that the trend is up.
I did some hormone tests yesterday. I will have the results in 2 weeks. I will come back to you to keep you informed.
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Small update. As I had announced, I had hormone tests. I got a part of it. Everything seems normal except for the progesterone. It tripled in 4.5 months. It was 1ng, it went up to 3ng, which is twice the normal maximum level. I don’t know how to explain it. I didn’t do anything special during those 5 months except taking vitamin D because I had a huge deficiency.
I will post all the results when they are in my possession.
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Anecdote:
I had sex very recently. I hadn’t had one in over a year.
When I knew I was going to have it, I was clearly excited, as I was before. During the act, it was like before taking Finasteride. This doesn’t mean that I don’t have any symptoms anymore, on the contrary, I have difficulty feeling desire for women, even if my eyes are always attracted to her, only, visibly, when it comes to taking action, everything is fine.
I wanted you to know that
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Sounds great 
I’m pretty sure in my case it would be nowhere near my usual experience before taking the drug.
So, was it completely like before Finasteride? Except for some decreased libido?
Have you ever experienced sensitivity issues?
I felt like when I knew I was going to have sex, I was as excited as I was before I took the Finasteride. During the act, it was pleasant, I had a good feeling and I was excited. Did I feel exactly the same as before Finasteride, I can’t say, but at worst, it was very close to it.
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Hello to all,
I hope you are feeling better.
A little update on the month of July:
Positive points:
- I am stabilizing. I haven’t had any big crashes for a while, or even small ones. My condition is fluctuating less.
- My penis is going back to the way it was before most of the time. I would say that it is 80% of the time like it was before I took the Finasteride.
- I had a sexual intercourse which went well even if I felt like ejaculating much earlier than before: after 10 minutes.
- I feel a little sexual desire when I look at a woman. Quite rarely the pleasure is decent, most of the time it is weak and sometimes non-existent.
- I often have morning erections and very often night erections. The nocturnal erections are hard, the morning erections sometimes hard, sometimes relatively soft.
-I think my erectile dysfunction has improved as I can get an erection when I have an erotic thought.
Negative points:
- My condition is stable, but low. I consider myself to be between 20-40% of my sexual ability and 40-65% of my emotional ability.
- I received my hormonal results: it’s a disaster. My free testosterone, which was very high at the end of February, is at its lowest, the bioavailable testo has also dropped, but to a lesser extent. My progesterone has tripled and is twice the norm. All in all, my hormonal results are very bad.
I am almost 8 months since my first crash.
While I was optimistic and keeping my spirits high, learning that my hormones, which were fine on paper a few months ago, are totally out of whack, has affected me.
I hope you are all doing better.
All the best.
Similar case to you and same time. 8 months in pfs and I had two blood tests one in January and one in May. In between then my testosterone dropped from 801 to 487 ngdl or 27.8 to 16.9 in the other metric. Worst off the doctor was supposed to test my free testosterone but didn’t.
Symptoms sexually the same as you but my neurological symptoms are what will drive me to end it. Headpressure and headaches, vision, problems, tinnitus, twitching, brainfog, can’t think
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Tried them all. Unfortunately cognitive problems have no real cure and I’ve seen no real change. I reckon I’m a goner and lord the things I’d do to be in your shoes.
I’ve more stabilised my best advice is to live healthily, take certain supplements, sauna, cold showers. I feel you will get better over the years. Just as long as you are comfortable.
I hope you will find a solution.
We are not quite the same because I don’t really have a cognitive problem. I’m not suicidal but depressed because of my condition. I manage to go out, have fun with my friends when I have the chance, even if I don’t experience things with the same intensity.
As for the sexual dysfunction, have you made any progress or have you stabilised?
I hope you will find a solution.
Have you tried any protocols?
I am not sure I understood correctly,
are you Capone?
Yea I changed my name
I find it hard to understand.
You say that you have been in this condition for 8 months but that you are finished, your condition is irreversible. 8 months for PFS is a short time. People often get better after several years.
You think I will get better if I adopt a healthy lifestyle.
Why don’t you?
I do have a health lifestyle. I avoid gluten and sugar, avoid alcohol and smoking, I go gym, swim, do hot and cold therapy, take supplements, I try and keep my mind proactive with tasks, I work a full time job.
But thanks for your recommendation I’ll be sure to take your so helpful advice.
You just know when your doomed. I can’t live in this kind of agony every single day from the tinnitus. I can feel the brain damage, this likely won’t recover.
Hello everyone,
I had reported on my condition the last two months with another account as this one was not operational.
I’m still fluctuating but I’m finding it hard to tell the highs from the lows. The highs are few and far between and so are the lows, it’s like I’m settling down.
I have noticed that my pubic and chest hair is having a hard time growing, it seems less dense.
I still have an interest in women, although it is weak and I find it difficult to feel desire for them.
The anhedonia is still present but does not prevent me from living. I try to lead a normal life and avoid feeling sorry for myself.
I have been to a reproductive specialist this month, I need to have a test to assess my reproductive system. I went to an endocrinologist today and he prescribed Andractrim, DHT gel. He listened to me for a long time but I’m not sure he took everything I said into consideration. I had the feeling that no matter what I told him, he would have prescribed this treatment. I have to take it at a low dose for 6 months. If it doesn’t work, I will try HCG treatment.
I don’t know if I had said it, I had lost 6 kilos in a few days. After a lot of effort, I managed to put it back on. It’s difficult when you don’t have much of an appetite, for nothing.
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Hello everyone,
I have not expressed myself on my case because there has been no real evolution. I am stagnating downwards.
My symptoms are the same. I have stopped trying to find a solution and have decided to close in on myself because that is what gives me the most peace of mind.
I can’t tell what level I’m at anymore.
My penis is back to normal.
My libido is low.
My erections are not excellent but satisfactory. If I wanted to have sex, I would.
The real problem is emotional blunting. I feel everything, but weakly, between 20 and 50%.
If I could only get all my emotions back, I wouldn’t care about the sexual problems.
The fluctuations are much lighter, it is difficult to feel them.
I have nocturnal erections. Morning erections are weaker.
Having said that, I feel that I have problems with my prostate. It bothers me and hurts. My urine flow is weak and discontinuous for too long, even before I took the poison.
I don’t know what to say.
Sometimes I think of letting it go, other times I think of getting active to get better. I don’t know.
My examination which was supposed to probe the brain-penis connection was good, nothing to report.
I’ll probably see another doctor who has helped Finasteride victims resolve symptoms, including emotional blunting.
I might go to a urologist. But my state of mind, like my overall state, is neutral and unmotivated.
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