Took fin for 8 days, bad side effects 6 days later, scared

[wonderingnow]

Hi everyone,

I read a number of posts from this forum before starting finasteride. I got a prescription for 5mg pills and chopped them into eights to get about 0.6mg each, then took one each for eight days. At about the fourth day I started to get side effects of moderate ED and a feeling like I had to pee all the time. I kept taking it until the eighth day, then stopped. It’s been six days after and my side effects have gotten worse: now my ED is at 100% (can’t get it up even a little bit) and I am starting to get really scared. How long should I expect to wait before it gets better? Has anyone else had this experience before?

I can give more information if it helps.
Thanks.

[THETIGERSHULL]

@wonderingnow

Hi everyone,

I read a number of posts from this forum before starting finasteride. I got a prescription for 5mg pills and chopped them into eights to get about 0.6mg each, then took one each for eight days. At about the fourth day I started to get side effects of moderate ED and a feeling like I had to pee all the time. I kept taking it until the eighth day, then stopped. It’s been six days after and my side effects have gotten worse: now my ED is at 100% (can’t get it up even a little bit) and I am starting to get really scared. How long should I expect to wait before it gets better? Has anyone else had this experience before?

I can give more information if it helps.
Thanks.

I think we’ve all had this experience

You should try to relax and give it at least 3 months to see if things improve

If they don’t then you have PFS

[Scotsman]

@wonderingnow

Hi everyone,

I read a number of posts from this forum before starting finasteride. I got a prescription for 5mg pills and chopped them into eights to get about 0.6mg each, then took one each for eight days. At about the fourth day I started to get side effects of moderate ED and a feeling like I had to pee all the time. I kept taking it until the eighth day, then stopped. It’s been six days after and my side effects have gotten worse: now my ED is at 100% (can’t get it up even a little bit) and I am starting to get really scared. How long should I expect to wait before it gets better? Has anyone else had this experience before?

I can give more information if it helps.
Thanks.

You knew about this site before trialling propecia?