This is my old user, I couldn’t remember my login details : viewtopic.php?f=30&t=5527
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Where are you from (country)? Sweden
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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
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What is your current age, height, weight? 25, 200 cm 155 kg
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Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise? I lift weights, but have stopped to excercise due to depression. I have given up, but I will try again now.
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What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)? I currently eat semi-healthy, but I stopped due to I didn’t notice any benifits.
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Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)? Hair loss
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For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)?
3 years -
How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride?
17 Cant remember date -
How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit?
19 Can’t remember date -
How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)?
cold turkey -
What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic?
Propecia -
What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)?
1 mg/day -
How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects?
I hade sudden pains in groin sometimes all throughout, but after 1 year I noticed lack of morning erections, low libido, penis smaller -
What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation?
Sudden pain in the groin area has disappeared. Some of the anxiety have disappeared.
Put an X beside all that apply:
Sexual
[x ] Loss of Libido / Sex Drive
[ x] Erectile Dysfunction
[ ] Complete Impotence
[ x] Loss of Morning Erections
[ x] Loss of Spontaneous Erections
[ x] Loss of Nocturnal Erections
[ ] Watery Ejaculate
[ ] Reduced Ejaculate
[ ] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[ ] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility
Mental
[ ] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[x ] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[ ] Confusion
[ ] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[ x] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ x] Slurring of Speech
[ x] 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
[ x] Weight Gain
[ ] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[ ] Muscle Wastage
[ ] Muscle Weakness
[ ] Joint Pain
[ ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes
Misc
[ x] Prostate pain
[ ] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[ x] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / “Poo Pellets”
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature
[ ] Other (please explain)
- What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?
4 weeks nolvadex, plus one legal pct from primordial performance. Nolvadex helped while on it, and have permanently raised testosterone a little.
- If you have pre or post-Finasteride bloodtests, what hormonal changes have you encountered since discontinuing the drug (pls post your test results in the “Blood Tests” section and link to them in your post)?
Post Fin
My tests:
P-SHBG 17 nmol/L range 10-80
P-Tesosteron 7.3 nmol/L range 8.0-30
P-Lutropin (LH) 5.1 IE/L range 1.7-8.6
P-Progesteron 3.1 nmol/L range 0.7-4.3
P-Testo/SHBG quota 0.43 range 0.3-1.1
My doctor has taken more tests, this was 2 years ago I think. My testo is currently 11 nmol/L
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Anything not listed in the above questions you’d like to share about your experience with Finasteride?
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Tell us your story, in your own words, about your Finasteride usage and side effects experienced while on/off the drug.
I have chronic prostatitis(constant pain in the groin and prostate area) since five years ago. I used propecia from 17 to 19 and quit due to lack of morning erections and low libido and weak erections. I am now 25. Prostatitis symptoms started about one year after quitting propecia. I had sudden “lightning” pain(very painful over in a millisec) in my groin while I took propecia, which now has stopped. I noticed slight slurring of speech back then which I still have. My penis is also smaller and “retracted” while limp, and my erections are weaker. I also have clear/gray pubic hair.
I also have documented low testosterone, with all the side effects of that. Low libido, no morning erections weak erections etc etc. I have read many posts on this forum but I was so depressed so I gave up and tried to live day by day, single of course. My doctor wants to put me on TRT. I am overweight now mostly to due depression because of this shit.
I take cialis twice a week to see if that helps. I also have tried numerous food supplement but I find L-arginine ZMA and Cernitol to help sometimes.
My worst side effect is the constant groin pain, I almost don’t care about sexual functioning anymore I just want the pain to stop.