Before Propecia I weighed right around 170 lbs. While on Propecia I gained a bunch of weight getting up to around 190 lbs. I then quit Propecia (weened off over 3 months) and during my 1 month recovery period I lost ~20 lbs. getting back to 170 lbs. Now - almost two years after quitting, I can’t lose weight and am stuck around 190 lbs.
Does this sound like your experience with regards to weight gain? I guess its another joy of PFS…
I possibly gained a handful of pounds early days on fin but my weight was pretty much stable on it. Coming off I lost twenty pounds in around six weeks in muscle loss and possibly lack of appetite, yet by the end of the first year had gained fourteen on my normal weight. Over the next couple of years gained a ridiculous amount of maybe another forty to fifty pounds despite not really overeating at all. I’ve now shed half of that by being a lot stricter with calorie intake yet still my metabolism is painfully slow and I am not where I want to be.
Weight gain is a common symptom of androgen deprivation unfortunately.
i have gained a ton of weight since i started using finasteride, and it appears to be in a “female fat pattern” (hips, ass, thighs, chest etc. etc. etc.) … this is one of the first side effects i noticed while on the poison … exercise absolutely destroys me since i used fin, so it is very difficult to lose weight for me anymore … my body fucking hurts
Yep, same here. Wicked hard to loose weight. It appears to be mostly like water weight.
I gained 20 lbs. in the months going off of Propecia (after I went off the drug). Around 2 years later (being off Propecia), I am still 20 lbs. heavier. In the last year and a half, I changed my diet to mostly raw foods, paleo diet, but have not lost any weight. What is most concerning is that my body shape has changed (love handles, weight in hips, chest, overall fat distribution).
I’m the opposite, I’ve lost almost a stone in weight in 4 weeks
Are you out of the mental hospital already? That was fast…