This could be totally unrelated to finasteride, I always did get tight calves despite them being very strong, but it seems to have worstened to the point where I get totally numb. I suspect it may be due to the finasteride because of muscle aches, or the fact that people on here have had there nerves affected and circulation possibly. It seems like one problem after the other now, and any doctors going to think I’m a fucking hyperchondriac. I hope it isn’t the finasteride because it’s ruining my running and football. I get a really bad lower back when I’m running too all of the sudden. I have always been one to have a few aches and pains even though I’m in good shape, but it’s almost as if those small aches and pains have gotten really bad and aren’t actually tolerable anymore.
Hey Joe - I have also been battling tingling in my hands and feet for the past 4 months. It seems to finally (thank God) almost gone away. I thought I read in one of your earlier posts that your were using an anti-fungal medicine. The reason I mention it is that my tingling started the day after I used Nizoral for fungus (recommended by my dermatoligist). I have used it before for fungus and it was effective. This time though the next day my entire body was tingling. It then slowly went to hands and legs/feet only, then to legs and feet only then to feet only, finally the last couple weeks only in my big toe on my left foot. What ever happened it has slowly been healing. Although Mew has said not to blame everything on fin, I’m convinced that this has something to do with my messed up endocrine system. Hang in there. My advice is to minimize the stuff you are putting into your body for awhile.
I do still use nizoral on my head maybe once a week if that, it’s just there so when I see it I put it on. I will leave that out, I’m using some cream to get rid of some eczema at the moment so I sort of have to keep using that for a while. At least this only occurs during hard exercise, so it isn’t a major problem right now. It just gets me thinking, can finasteride totally fuck up nerves all over your body.