I used Propecia and Finsteride for a total of 7 years and my recovery began in 2010 when I stopped.
This is my beginning of year 5 recovery. I’ve tried diet, exercise, vitamins and supplements of 50+ different items as recommended on this forum.
There are times when I see improvements in side effects, then they reappear. Most recently I’m struggling through major fatigue, even though I’ve started the methylation protocol and continue to take many recommended supplements and continue to work out with heavy weights to the point of injuries.
The most recent trauma is that my wife accused me of domestice violence which I did NOT commit. It has become apparent that her motive is to keep my home and kids and everything I worked for over the past 22 years. I am consumed with grief, sadness, depression and despair.
The divorce began in Oct of 2013 and I’ve hit the gym really hard since then. 70 workouts in 5 months, not counting the hiking and biking outside the gym.
The most recent changes I’ve made:
Finished Andractim (topical DHT)
Started Progesterone topical
Started Methylation protocol
These changes have resulted in extreme fatigue, more sadness, more depression and hopelessness.
There were many times I felt like I was on the mend, only to experience another onslaught of side effects.
My questions for those who took Propecia, Finasteride or Proscar for 5+ years (I took these for 7 years):
What have you found to be the most beneficial remedies or relievers of side effects?
What have you found to be unhelpful?
Do you feel like you have recovered and to what percentage of your former self?
Which methods, protocols, vitamins, supplements and/or medications would you contribute to your recovery and why?
Yes, a Divorce is brutal, especially since my wife knows full well what I’m going through. The ultimate betrayal.
I just want to get healed and as far as I can tell, what I’ve done has not produced the desired results yet.
Please PM me or reply with any specifics. I just can’t imagine putting a suicide onto my own children to handle for the rest of their lives, so I’m stuck with this battle no matter what.
PS: Merck is going to pay dearly for our suffering.