Help! finasteride has made me impotent.
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Well I couldn't help it, I just took 1mg of finasteride today after one day's rest.
I can get an erection. But it isn't as easy as usual. Sometimes even thinking about something dirty could give me an erection.
I watched some p**rn yesterday and managed to knock one out. That seemed to have improved things quite a bit. I'm gonna abstain for a few days and see if my libido is high on Tuesday. A gap of 5 days usually makes me v horny.
I think my general tiredness had something to do with it. Sleeping late on weekends really ruins my sleeping patterns during weekdays. So I've made a pact to go to sleep the same time on weekends and weekdays. No more staying up til 3am.
I think Etho is right, the more you think about it the worse you feel and the more you panic. I'm gonna enjoy the weekend, stay away from this board for a few days and just chill out.
I'll continue with finasteride and hopefully will be back to my usual self within a couple of weeks. I've read from quite a few sources that these effects usually subside after a while.
I can get an erection. But it isn't as easy as usual. Sometimes even thinking about something dirty could give me an erection.
I watched some p**rn yesterday and managed to knock one out. That seemed to have improved things quite a bit. I'm gonna abstain for a few days and see if my libido is high on Tuesday. A gap of 5 days usually makes me v horny.
I think my general tiredness had something to do with it. Sleeping late on weekends really ruins my sleeping patterns during weekdays. So I've made a pact to go to sleep the same time on weekends and weekdays. No more staying up til 3am.
I think Etho is right, the more you think about it the worse you feel and the more you panic. I'm gonna enjoy the weekend, stay away from this board for a few days and just chill out.
I'll continue with finasteride and hopefully will be back to my usual self within a couple of weeks. I've read from quite a few sources that these effects usually subside after a while.
Just thought I'd provide an update. It's been one week since I experienced these side effects, my libido has returned and erections are pretty much normal, maybe at 90% to what they were like before. Thanks to Etho, Timi and Hoppi for your advice and encouragement to continue the treatment. I was almost ready to throw in the towel.
Let's hope I never have to return to this part of the forum again.
Mew please don't post a scare story.
Let's hope I never have to return to this part of the forum again.
Mew please don't post a scare story.
Hey, if he wants to roll the dice and risk the possibility of destroying his life, health and vitality due to permanent side effects, no matter how "rare"... then who am I to say no!
Have fun inhibiting 5AR2, DHT and neurosteroids, we'll see how long you last.
Eureka
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Actually that's Mew at his cheeriest.
Try not to obsess over the sexual sides. I doubt finasteride makes you more apathetic, that would be depression, which can also cause sexual dysfunction. Although an increase in your estrogen levels could also make you more susceptible to depression/apathy/aggression/irritability.
Try not to obsess over the sexual sides. I doubt finasteride makes you more apathetic, that would be depression, which can also cause sexual dysfunction. Although an increase in your estrogen levels could also make you more susceptible to depression/apathy/aggression/irritability.
timbo said:
This is what has happened with me. I took one day off finasteride, then continued the treatment and now all the sides have pretty much gone.
Everyone reacts differently. Some people will die if they eat peanuts or even flour.
The depression and not caring about anything could have been the finasteride or it could have been the lack of sleep I was getting. The libido issue I had was 100% definitely due to finasteride, I've never felt like that before. However this has now gone away.
Hoppi
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I don't recommend taking the risk. I think I'm still recovering from my last lot of finasteride and I never, ever intend on taking it ever again.
Just use equol. Fingers crossed it will outdate finasteride anyway.
and yeah I know what you mean Mew, I do. Thing is I think finasteride is a tremendous and fantastic step forward in terms of male pattern baldness treatment and understanding. But I do think it is sloppy and harmful (to many) and we need to move oral treatment on somehow. I do very much hope equol will prove itself as a viable alternative.
Just use equol. Fingers crossed it will outdate finasteride anyway.
and yeah I know what you mean Mew, I do. Thing is I think finasteride is a tremendous and fantastic step forward in terms of male pattern baldness treatment and understanding. But I do think it is sloppy and harmful (to many) and we need to move oral treatment on somehow. I do very much hope equol will prove itself as a viable alternative.
Hoppi
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Equol binds to DHT and makes it inactive. It doesn't touch 5ar, so doesn't affect nitric oxide levels and doesn't give sexual sides (or not that have been observed to date). There may be some mild estrogenic sides in some but I do think something like DIM should take the edge off those, and one could simply take vitamin D and a ginseng to optimize T levels. But anyway yeah the idea is that it merely "mops up" the DHT in your system, making it unable to activate the androgen receptor.
Products such as Densiti give your body the live bacteria etc required to produce equol naturally from soy. I'm not sure about ways to directly take equol, I think it is trickier. But yeah, combined with beta-sit and borage oil I think that should be equal to finasteride, possibly superior, and without the sides
At the very least I very much hope that will be the case - no more finasteride-ruined lives! heh
Products such as Densiti give your body the live bacteria etc required to produce equol naturally from soy. I'm not sure about ways to directly take equol, I think it is trickier. But yeah, combined with beta-sit and borage oil I think that should be equal to finasteride, possibly superior, and without the sides
At the very least I very much hope that will be the case - no more finasteride-ruined lives! heh