Finasteride has destroyed my life

[gh05]

Re: 16 months off and still completely messed up

. No morning erections, ever.

. I can get it up, but it's not the same - the brain to penis connection has gone. I have a bit more luck with a girl than masturbating i guess.

. I produce barely any semen and it's like water

Before finasteride i was probably close to a sex addict. If i had a girl round i would usually stay in and go 6-8 rounds in a day/ evening. I can't remember even a single day where i didn't get a morning erection that i had to piss away before finasteride.

For the record, while i was on finasteride i lost daily morning erections and only had them a few times a week. Erections were slightly affected but never to the point where it bothered me or i classed it as 'erectile dysfunction'.

If you are interested - visit propeciahelp and you will see how it works. Guys come off the drug, crash and that's when the real horror story begins.

Sorry to hear that mate. Must be awful. Do your doctors take you seriously? Do you know 100% it's from finasteride usage? Do your doctors agree with you that it is?

Would you recommend that everyone stays away from finasteride? (I know the answer is probably obvous...just wanted to see)

 

[moderatelyevil]

Re: 16 months off and still completely messed up

If you're already on the drug and don't have side effects, or if the side effects are slight or manageable, but you are worried about long-term effects, I wonder what's more dangerous? To stay on it and hope your body continues to be able to adjust, or to get off it if and have a risk (however small) of a total crash that is very difficult, if not impossible, to recover from? That seems to be a question it is really hard to get an answer to, and I want to figure that out before I totally quit finasteride.

 

[Joe-1991]

Re: 16 months off and still completely messed up

No, i have absolutely no chance with doctors in the UK. It's 100% obvious that it's finasteride, of course it is. I had the documented 'post finasteride crash' and it was 3 weeks after coming off finasteride. I have not once had sexual problems before i touched that drug.

I honestly don't care whether other guys want to take finasteride, go ahead. But if you get ruined by it, don't say you weren't warned by all the anecdotal online reports and now the research that is being done. Suicidal thoughts consume my mind daily now.

I lost my girlfriend, i am losing my education, i am in debt from all the medicines and supplements i have tried to remedy the situation. The whole thing is one big nightmare.

 

[Pyro]

Re: 16 months off and still completely messed up

Hey joe, feel really bad for your situation I also took finasteride, but only topically for about a month, and i took one oral tablet before i came to my senses. Thankfully i'm still functional, (though i lose my erection easily if not 100% aroused) but i never have morning wood... Weird how so little useage of it has partly messed with my system.

How long were you on finasteride for? and how soon after you stopped taking it did you notice a crash?

keep fighting man.

 

[Joe-1991]

Re: 16 months off and still completely messed up

I probably only used about 1-2 full blister packets of finasteride. I often used it in very low doses, i.e. 0.25 mg. I was also often missing weeks of not taking it due to getting scared about the watery semen etc. I quit it for a month or two but because my hair loss began to upset me again i gave it 'a last run' so to speak. I was only on it for a couple of days when i had to visit a doctor for a minor ailment. He was curious about my balding considering i was only 19, which lead to me informing him of my finasteride use. He warned me that anti androgens were a bad idea and suggested topical treatments instead. After this appointment i got home and threw all my finasteride away because i had officially heard it from a doctor; none of this forum business.

Unfortunately it was these last dosages of finasteride that will probably change my my life forever. I have no idea what has happened. Before this i never even thought twice about 'sex drive' or getting an erection. These things were never a problem, i loved girls and i loved sex. Now, sexual fantasies and spontaneous erections are completely foreign to me.

I go through phases of feeling like this problem is incredibly rare and i have had a weird reaction to the drug like the other men on propeciahelp. When i really have a clear head though, i know something is going on here, it isn't THAT rare. If it happened to me, it can happen to anyone else. Whether or not finasteride is a precipitant to a whole host of endocrine issues or it has done something to my genes i don't know. I personally do not believe we will ever know - therefore i just want to get better and get the f*** out of this nightmare.

Since i crashed coming off the drug i have just been taking it day by day. My best guess is that i will carry on 'getting through it' in life but i will have to do a miraculous job not to become some sort of hermit/ failure. I am not one for cheesy quotes but i do agree that 'Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react". Basically, much of life is about attitude. Because of the nature of my problems, i am finding it very difficult to develop a lasting positive attitude to try and beat this. It has left me in a big hole.

 

[Joe-1991]

Re: 16 months off and still completely messed up

Also, do you know what takes the piss?

I was shaving my head to a number 1 all over even before i touched finasteride. I even posted my head after a wet shave with a razor on this very forum. Today i wet shave my head every 3 days and i can still pull very attractive girls when i go out.

Have you guys seen the suicide news report?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXxUpiExMtQ

I really feel for this guy because i feel exactly like him. I want my family and friends to understand what has happened to me, but it just isn't going to happen.

Because the most prominent side effects are sexual in nature, Merck will get away with this and i believe that if something is going on, they know this. It has taken until 2011 for only two men to show there real faces and voices in the videos for news reports.

If i could come away with just straight forward erectile dysfunction that could be treated with cialis or v**** i would be happy. The mental problems that this drug has left me with are crippling, hence i am losing my education. It's the anxiety that is the worst, and obviously anxiety and depression CAUSED by illness are not helped when you get very anxious and depressed over the problems.

 

[king-]

Re: 16 months off and still completely messed up

Also, do you know what takes the piss?

I was shaving my head to a number 1 all over even before i touched finasteride. I even posted my head after a wet shave with a razor on this very forum. Today i wet shave my head every 3 days and i can still pull very attractive girls when i go out.

Have you guys seen the suicide news report?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXxUpiExMtQ

I really feel for this guy because i feel exactly like him. I want my family and friends to understand what has happened to me, but it just isn't going to happen.

Because the most prominent side effects are sexual in nature, Merck will get away with this and i believe that if something is going on, they know this. It has taken until 2011 for only two men to show there real faces and voices in the videos for news reports.

If i could come away with just straight forward erectile dysfunction that could be treated with cialis or v**** i would be happy. The mental problems that this drug has left me with are crippling, hence i am losing my education. It's the anxiety that is the worst, and obviously anxiety and depression CAUSED by illness are not helped when you get very anxious and depressed over the problems.

hey joe remember you from a few years ago , i dont usually post here but i come on once in a while to see if anything interesting is on the forums


i suffer from the same exact side effects 100% i wish i never took propecia ever

as far as the sexual side effects i have the effects still after 2 years but its a LOT better what i pretty much did was get very sexually active even masterbating when im not having sex then stop for a week and its more mental then anything just be positive i know its weird to say but it helped a lot

however the mental issues are brutal , my anxiety is off the roof depression is the worst i always think i have diff diseases every day and look at side effects and find me going to diff clinics to ask if its ok , i totally lost my mind but theres times where i do so good for couple of months but then fall again ( mental issues)

i know someone personally who went through the same and is a lot better
he told me dont ever take anti anxiety pills as it makes it 10x worse in the long run and to accept help talking to a psychiatrist which im gonna do in the next few weeks

keep your head up bro our minds are way stronger then we think yes propecia fucked is up bad but mentally its possible bro stay positive

 

[Joe-1991]

Re: 16 months off and still completely messed up

If your side effects are getting better at the two year mark, me and you are very different unfortunately. I am 17 months off the drug and many things are actually worse than ever, at least sexually. From what i can gather from your story, you just suffered from low sex drive and less erections. I have been hit with the penile shrinkage, loss of colour in penis etc etc.

 

[king-]

Re: 16 months off and still completely messed up

no you see i didnt include everything............i have loss of color down there too i just didnt know that was a side effect and was gonna get it checked out


trust me im still not 100% but being positive

my biggest prob is the anxiety and depression


when u say loss of color? do you mean patches of diff skin color or what ?

 

[Joe-1991]

Re: 16 months off and still completely messed up

What i mean is, my penis is shrivelled up, hard in flaccid state and the tip is not red/ normal color anymore. It is often completely pale as if there is no blood in there. It does occasionally return to normal in it's flaccid state and erections look healthy enough if i can sustain a good one.

The most concerning thing is absolutely NO morning or nocturnal erections, because i think as much as it is scary to see a flaccid penis look so unhealthy. Think about the things that effect a normal penis in it's flaccid state anyway: cold, anxiety etc etc. I don't necessarily think it means i have permanent damage or anything like that. I have a constantly low body temperate often below 36 degrees celcius, which may have something to do with it.

I really could do with finding a doctor to at least TRY to investigate the root cause but it is incredibly difficult. I went to one doctor and he offered me v**** and an anti depressant - at 19 haha. Many of men of the propeciahelp website have seen the best endocrinologists in the world and as much as they throw at it, nothing seems to help the worst affected. Some men have spent well over £30,000. Having said that, it seems some men have recovered by using a few different things: GHB, thyroid treatment, going BACK on propecia as a few examples.

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[Joe-1991]

Re: 16 months off and still completely messed up

You are probably one of the lucky guys who has just made natural improvements. I have had brief 'recovery phases' where i almost felt completely back to normal, but they have only lasted a few days, ever. Generally, the trend for me is worsening.

I am going to try and quit worrying about it and get on with my life soon. A healthy lifestyle involving early nights > early mornings, working out and light cardio in the mornings, juicing vegetables, avoiding sugar/ processed foods etc and just watch the developments over on PH.

I keep in touch with 4 young men from my home country and none of them are getting better, but just moving with life as best as they can.

Reply to my PM dude.

 

[king-]

Re: 16 months off and still completely messed up

You are probably one of the lucky guys who has just made natural improvements. I have had brief 'recovery phases' where i almost felt completely back to normal, but they have only lasted a few days, ever. Generally, the trend for me is worsening.

I am going to try and quit worrying about it and get on with my life soon. A healthy lifestyle involving early nights > early mornings, working out and light cardio in the mornings, juicing vegetables, avoiding sugar/ processed foods etc and just watch the developments over on PH.

I keep in touch with 4 young men from my home country and none of them are getting better, but just moving with life as best as they can.

Reply to my PM dude.

i dont got a msg on my inbox

 

[Joe-1991]

Re: 16 months off and still completely messed up

Still? well, basically..

1) did you experience the documented 'post finasteride crash'?

2) what are your main side effects?

3) for how long have you been getting better? have you always been improving, but slowly?

 

[Joe-1991]

Re: 16 months off and still completely messed up

I looked back as far as 2005 on this forum tonight in the anti androgen and side effects sections. I cannot believe that i never did that before i took finasteride. Guys have been getting fucked over on this very forum for so long.

God damn.