Paranoid about sides despite not actually getting them?

[Fundi]

Firstly, this isn't about the sides itself so I don't want to hear any more horror stories :mrgreen: . But did anyone get paranoid about the sides?

I'm being stupid, I'll sit there watching the football and think 'Hang on, why aren't I thinking about sex right now? I might have a decrease in libido!'. I'll think about sex for 10 seconds and think 'Why don't I have an erection?'. I get a slight twinge in the my lower stomache/chest area and think I'm getting ball ache/gyno. I'll masturbate once and then wonder why I don't have the urge to do it again an hour later (Despite not doing this before or thinking of sex while doing random other activies). The even stupider thing is I had these thoughs BEFORE I'd even taken my first dose of finasteride just because of the expectation of taking it. :woot:

I am exaggerating a bit here slightly of course but what I can see happening is pulling a girl and either be drunk/performance anxiety, not get it up and then blame the physiological effect of finasteride.

All this despite still easily being able to masturbate 1/2 times a day and still getting morning wood.




Did anyone else go through a spell of paranoia like this? Any tips on how to overcome it apart from remembering that it's all in my head and that sides affect a small minority?

 

[Petchsky]

Just the fact that you still get continuous erections should dispel the paranoia.

 

[Fundi]

Anyway, I do know that I'm being a complete idiot. It's just I suffered from performance anxiety/brewers droop anyway on occasions before finasteride, so the thought of taking something which possibly harms erection quality/libido just makes be even more anxious.

I'll overcome it as soon as I meet a girl and have no problems, it's just before that stage I'm worried that it might happen in future.. worried I won't get it up as easily/ at all etc. Just how I am, I worry too much.

 

[Petchsky]

Don't worry kid, you'll get over it, i used to suffer from the same thing, don't let it stop you, and before you know it, you'll wonder what the problem was.

What i found to help was buying books on oral sex techniques and ways to turn women on, it all helps and the more you know, the more comfortable you become.