Day 8, baaaaaaad. About an hour after my last post, I suddenly felt my erectile function and libido crashing down. I tried as hard as I could to hold an erection, but it soon became impossible. I tried to manually work it up (got about halfway) and ended up ejaculating. The sensation was very weak and dull. Strangely though, everything else operated normally. The ejaculation was fairly intense, the amount of semen was normal, and its thickness was exactly how it always was.
Within a few minutes my libido and erectile function hit zero. Even my emotions went completely flat, and all I could feel was fear and anxiety. I cried for hours and prayed my heart out, it was absolutely terrifying. After a few hours of being too worked up to sleep, things started shifting around again. My erectile function and libido started coming back online, but at the same time my dizziness and sick feelings started coming back too. I finally felt okay enough to sleep.
I woke up with a morning erection, which was a good sight to see. I tried manually working myself up again and it worked much better. The sensation from the ejaculation was very close to how it normally feels, and the pressure/amount/consistancy of the semen was about normal. Throughout the day I felt about 1/3rd as bad as I did during the 2nd day I came off finasteride. I took some zinc, multivitamins, and took a long walk. I’m not feeling great right now, but at least nothing’s at zero. I’d say I’m probably back to 70% overall.
It feels as if my body is trying to re-learn how to ride a bicycle. It keeps falling off, but it keeps getting back on too.