Welcome to our community. Please fill in the following template as a way of introducing yourself, and helping others to understand your background and situation.
- Where are you from (country)?
Sweden
- How did you find this forum (Google search – if so, what search terms? Via link from a forum or website – if so, what page? Other?)
Google, can’t remember the search terms.
- What is your current age, height, weight?
42, 184cm, 72kg
- What specific drug did you use (finasteride, dutasteride, saw palmetto, isotretinoin/Accutane, fluoxetine, sertraline, citalopram, leuprorelin, etc…)?
Finasteride
- What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)?
1mg/day
- What condition was being treated with the drug?
Hairloss
- For how long did you take the drug (weeks/months/years)?
About 1.5 months
- How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start the drug?
I was 41 years old when I started on the 1st of February 2019
- How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit?
I was 41 years old when I quit the drug around the first of April 2019
- How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)?
Cold turkey
- How long into your usage did you notice the onset of side effects?
About two months
- What side effects did you experience that have yet to resolve since discontinuation?
Less ejacualtion and reduced force for when ejaculating.
Watery sperm while on the drug that has now completely has changed to very thick sperm instead. Still no force when ejaculating.
- Check the boxes that apply. You can save your post first, then interactively check/uncheck the boxes by clicking on them. If your symptoms change, please update your list.
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 or Difficulty to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[ ] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility
Mental
[ ] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[ ] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[ ] Confusion
[ ] Memory Loss / Forgetfulness
[ ] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ ] Slurring of Speech
[ ] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[ ] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[ ] Severe Depression / Melancholy
[x] Suicidal Thoughts
Physical
[x] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled)
[ ] Penis curvature / rotation on axis
[x] Testicular Pain
[ ] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[ ] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[ ] Weight Gain
[ ] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[ ] Muscle Wastage
[ ] Muscle Weakness
[ ] Joint Pain
[ ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes
Misc
[ ] Prostate pain
[ ] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[ ] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Tinnitus (ringing or high pitched sound in ears)
[ ] Hearing loss
[x] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature
[x] Other (please explain)
I have developed very prominent veins on my penis and top of my hands and feet. I also have developed spider-veins om my penis and they gradually increase over time. Looks crazy when erected whit all these veins.
I have also developed stretch marks on my ass.
- What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?
Solvezink, Sildenafil, Cialis
- If you have pre or post-drug blood tests, what hormonal changes have you encountered since discontinuing the drug (please post your test results in the “Blood Tests” section and link to them in your post)?
I’ve had post-drug blood tests done. According to the doctor the values where normal. Will try and see if I can link to them later even though the results are written in Swedish. Link to my blood tests
- Anything not listed in the above questions you’d like to share about your experience?
No
- Tell us your story, in your own words, about your usage and side effects experienced while on/off the drug.
I took a total of 45 pills between the 1st of February and around (I don’t remember the exact date) the 1st of April 2019. I wasn’t at all checking for side effects because I was mentally in a very bad state because of my hair loss. I wasn’t masturbating at all. There was a gap in March when I didn’t take any medication because they ran out so I “quit” the medication for a week or so before I started again.
The reason I quit the drug was because my ejaculations all of a sudden where pathetic. Very low amount of watery sperm that had no force behind it. I quit the drug immediately (around the 1st of April) hoping the ejaculation would normalize but instead came the crash on the 13th of April.
I could no longer get an erection. My penis was completely numb. I panicked and ordered an appointment to see a doctor.
Since then this has happened:
I am no longer completely impotent and can get an erection but there’s very little libido so I have to work for it. I sometimes use Sildenafil or Cialis and that helps. I can’t get multiple erections in a row so after I orgasm I have to wait for at day or so before trying again.
My semen has changed and is no longer watery but instead very thick. The ejaculation force is almost zero and I have to squeeze the semen out of my penis when I orgasm. If I abstain from masturbation for about a week the ejaculation changes so then when I orgasm there’s quite a lot of very watery semen at first before the very thick semen comes. It’s like there’s a problem with the “mix” of watery and thick semen.
I sometimes get completely dry ejaculations. Literary nothing comes out when I orgasm. I think it’s called “Retrograde ejaculation”.
I have developed very thick and prominent veins on my penis and on top of my hands and feet. Even in flaccid state they are very visible on my penis.
My voice has completely changed for the worse (I used to sing a lot but now I find no pleasure in it). I used to be able to sing high notes in falsetto but now no sound comes out when I try. It’s like the notes gets stuck in my throat.
My penis is thinner than before in erected state and whit a lot more veins.