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#1

Hello,

So my journey began 2 years ago when I took finasteride for 3 weeks. I returned to normal 3 weeks later only to crash. This is my story so far.

After quitting propecia I was bad but not that bad. I feel I have made myself worse over the years.

First doctor I say was an endocrinologist. Told me everything was fine. Recommended Biafra.

Next I saw a urologist. He recommended a penile ultrasound. Said I had no fibrosis but then let me leave with an erection. I was sitting in his office talking to him for hours and even when I left he saw I had an erection but told me to not leave the city until it was gone.

2 more hours passed and it still hasn’t subsided so I went to the emergency room for a very painful drainage.

Later I went to see Goldstein. He recommended another ultrasound and told me I had fibrosis. I also got priapism from his papaverine injection and had to get drained. He recommended a PRP shot. This cost a lot of money and left me terribly bruised. I also started clomid and arimidex at the time. Both didn’t help and one of the clomid, adex, or PRP made me even worse off in the sensitivity department and in general.

I took those for 3 months then quit and my levels returned right to normal. My dick was in the complete dumps. No sensitivity. No morning erections. Weaker erections. I also just felt bad all the time.

I also saw two other urologists. One said it’s depression, and the other said to do nothing and just exercise and live healthily and hope for the best. I have also had an MRI done which showed nothing.

Next up I tried TRT. Tried this for 8 months at varying dosages. I found I felt better at lower dosages lol… so I eventually agreed to the theory there is something wrong with my AR and quit cold turkey. It’s been about a month since I quit. I didn’t really feel much different. Better if anything.

Now my latest drug I am taking is Wellbutrin and for the first time in a long time I have found something that works. I feel much better mentally after only a week. Brain fog is clearing up. I don’t feel in the dumps constantly. For the first time in a long time I actually feel somewhat normal.

However it has don’t nothing for me sexually. My dick is still dead. No sensitivity. Weaker erections. This has been like this for coming up on 2 years now. So I don’t know if it will ever get better or reverse itself.

I’m starting to work out again and have adopted a vegetarian diet. I have put on about 40 pounds since this mess started and I hope I can lose it. So that’s my current game plan. Rock the wellbutrin for a while and exercise and eat healthily. I tried having sex a while ago but it was a pretty big disaster and was very discouraging.

I really hope I can regain my penis function. I don’t know I’m only a week into Wellbutrin but I really hope that this is largely brain related and if I can balance that out then I might return to normal but who knows.

I just want to add that I still get bouts of low mood but they are less and less. When I do I just lay down for a little while and feel better.

Any encouragement welcome. I’ve accepted the fact that I will probably never have a working dick again but I really hope that’s not the case.

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#2

Hey,

I took wellbutrin for over a year and a half after PFS and just recently stopped because the 150mg XR dose wasn’t available in the country anymore. After some attempts to source it in a few other countries failed, I just decided to go off and i’d say i’ve improved quite a bit after a big crash at the beginning of this year. I don’t wanna jinx it but thought i’d offer you some hope.

#3

How long after quitting did you start the wellbutrin?

#4

What kind of improvements did you experience with wellbutrin?

#5

I’d been on it prior as it helped with the dysthymia I used to have (probably as a result of SSRI use), as well as attention issues so I decided to stay on it. I just didn’t go off until very recently, and it wasn’t because I felt my depression had gone, rather I didn’t have a choice as my required dose wasn’t available. The local pharmacies simply stopped importing the 150mg tablets as they felt there wasn’t much of a market.

#6

I don’t know what to attribute to wellbutrin and what to attribute to time, but I was able to start college and although i still don’t have a completely normal libido and some sensitivity issues, I still have an orgasm about once a day and have been confident regarding sex for close to a year now.

#7

Well how was your erectile function with propecia and after? Did you lose morning erections and stuff.

Mine has gotten worse over the years and I feel a lot of that is self induced unfortunately. Doctors fucked me. 2 priapisms while getting tests done. I don’t know if it permanently caused damage or not. Still not sure on that one.

Super choked if I actually have fibrosis caused by doctors. Unfortunately have never gotten a straight answer from the doctor.

Wellbutrin has helped me massively in only 2 weeks. So I don’t know what it will do in six weeks. Or 3 months. Looking for experience and I just really hope my sick turns around.

I also did just quit TRT a month ago.

#8

Well before it was great, but i had a lower libido and definitely had lower sensitivity since i took a short course of SSRIs at 15/16. Also had some emotional blunting at the time but never made the link unfortunately.

I was really happy and in a good place, though, in all areas i’d say.

During I experienced some ED and impotence towards the end of my short use, so I quit. In the months following, it was quite bad but improved dramatically and to this day i’ve been doing alright sexually (inconsistent morning erections though) although mentally i’m inconsistent. Sometimes i’m alright, sometimes i’m ok, rarely i’m amazing and rarely i’m bad.

#9

Good luck with the wellbutrin, glad to hear it’s helping so far.

#10

I still don’t get what your saying about wellbutrin and how it helped. Seems like your saying it helped more when you quit it.

My dick is pretty fucked. I don’t think it’s recovering. Sensitivity is in the shitter big time. I’ve had 2 priapisms after ultrasounds on the advice of my urologists but I think he just made me worse cuz priapism is terrible for erectile function.

#11

I’m not sure whether wellbutrin helped or not. All i know is that i quit it a few weeks ago and sometimes i feel better, sometimes worse, sometimes the same. More or less the same as it was before I quit. The fact that it’s having good effects on you mentally though is a positive sign.

#12

Well it’s just gotten rid of the burning brain fog. Hopeless feelings lol

#13

Rereading your messages really makes it sound that bupropion made you worse but maybe I’m misunderstanding things.

It has really helped my brain fog. Been on 3 weeks now. However has done absolutely nothing for my sexual dysfunction. My genital anesthesia is still worse than ever and has not improved whatsoever. It got bad after quitting fin but then for way worse after a bout of adex with clomid. I don’t know if it will ever heal as almost everything I find on the internet says it’s permanent.

#14

As I said in my post, I don’t know. I was on it mostly because i’d been on it on and off prior to pfs starting for some minor dysthymia and mild adhd, so i just continued on so as to not shake things up.

If it’s giving you any sort of benefit without any real downside, then if I were you i’d continue. It’s your choice.

#15

Did anyone have any noticeable change in sexual function with wellbutrin or antidepressants?

#16

I initially had a much improved orgasm feeling. A few weeks of strong morning erections. I’ve been on it for months and think both have returned to pre-wellbutrin state. I think it still helps me sleep straight through the night… but, I have really dry eyes and I think wellbutrin makes it worse… blurrier vision.

I am thinking of quiting it but not sure. I wish we could solve the mystery of why something works than loses some or all effectiveness.

#17

What dose were you on? How long did you take fin for and how long you been off?

How early on from starting did you feel these sensations. Because everything I read says wellbutrin takes months to work. I’m only on one month and the moment and the only thing it has improved for me is my sleep, energy, motivation, mood, and concentration.

#18

150 time release tablet.

Over 10 years on.

Off 10 years.

It worked right away for me. If not for dry eyes I’d probably stay on… just want to see how much it improves if at all.

Yesterday I stopped. I’ll see how it goes.

#19

You were on finasteride for 10 years? 10 years later and you still haven’t recovered? Is there any light at the end of the tunnel man. Doesn’t give me much hope I took it for 3 weeks been off for 2 years and I think I’ve gotten worse with the treatments I’ve tried as well as the doctors have made me worse.

#20

There is improvement. It’s slow. The beginning was hell. Hang in there man.

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