Propecia 9 Month Regret, Been off it for 2 months..

[jas021]

After being of Propecia for 2 months I'm still feeling depressed, and a low sex drive. I can still have sex, and everything like that but nothing like before. As I was taking Propecia for 6-7 months, then the sides starting kicking in...

I was an emotional wreck(crying) when I saw my pharmastict and he suggested I get on an anti depressant to fix the depression problem for a short term. I will do this. My sex drive is relatively low, and the pharmasist suggests it will go back to normal after some time... I'm still waiting for this...

I think this drug is marketed way too positive, and people out there are getting burnt... It's destroying lives.. I hope that 6 months on the drug, everything will be reversible.. I'm one of those go getters, active, lively people, done a degree and been to asia to teach english, and now im back in Australia feeling like this... It's one of the biggest hardships in my life.. I hope I can pull through..


Anyone else been able to recover from Propecia?? Love to hear from you.

Thanks

Jason

 

[Fender89]

I feel really bad for you man. I've never taken oral finasteride before, and everytime i read stories like this, I ask myself is hair worth the risk ;/

 

[bladio]

I feel really bad for you man. I've never taken oral finasteride before, and everytime i read stories like this, I ask myself is hair worth the risk ;/

That's what I ask too.

Really sorry for you jas021. And thanks to post your story.

I just started taking proprecia 1 day ago... and after reading this stories I just want to quit it. Having hair doesn't worth this!!! It doesn't!!!!

 

[jonsie150]

im not here to judge, but i must say, i think youre either suffering from a placebo effect, or your body is just super sensitive to everything.

i mean, you claim that finasteride has given you brain fog (you stated this in a previous post), extreme depression, and loss of sex drive. and you also stated that minoxidil made your eyes sore. so sore, in fact, that you had to go to the doctors to get an eye ointment. it just seems like really bad luck that you went through all this. but seriously, if half the people who use finasteride or minoxidil get the sides you get, then those products wouldnt even be FDA approved

 

[jas021]

It's FDA approved because it had sucess in the trials it did.. That means nothing.. I did have brain fog, feeling low, low sex drive, breathing problems, at around the 6 month mark, and that's the reason I stopped. I grew back a lot of hair.. This drug effects the hormones in a big way.. I still have these problems after 2 months off propecia.. Brain fog isn't so bad.. I was taking the proscar brand.. Not any generic brand.. No excuses here, the fact is Merck the Billion dollar drug company just relys on it's trials and doesn't give a sh*t about all the real horror stories that have happened using propecia.... People wouldn't write on these forums if the product just simply worked with out sides..

Anyways

I will try brocoli straight away..



You can check out this forum to see other people with propecia side effects..
www.propeciahelp.com/

 

[recede]

do you think the depression could be because of the psychological affect of hairloss? when i first started noticing my hair falling out, i immediately went into a deep depression. i didnt want to get out of bed or go to work or even see my family. needless to say my libido was low because of hairloss and finasteride hasnt made it worse....if anything it is giving me hope which has lifted my spirits quite a bit. i have only been on finasteride for 2 weeks so i cant really tell if i have any sides or not. i hope you feel better soon.

 

[Fanjeera]

I took it for 9 days half a year ago and I still can't feel my dick properly.

 

[jas021]

Nah, I'm a positive person, and I wasn't at all in a deep depression when I saw my hair thinning. I was just more anxious to see what I could do about it. I didn't feel any side effects from propecia until about 2 months, which was a lower libido that was all.. Everything else came at the 6-7 month mark... (feeling low, edgy, breathing, nervous and so forth) I would suggest that you just take a .1 or .2 MG that way you won't consume as much propecia. It's much safer, and the statistics show that at .2MG your cutting down just as much DHT... My brother has been on Propecia .1-.2 and it has been good for 2 months..

 

[jas021]

Found this from the Merck Site:

DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION
The recommended dosage is 1 mg orally once a day.
PROPECIA may be administered with or without meals.
In general, daily use for three months or more is necessary before benefit is observed. Continued use
is recommended to sustain benefit, which should be re-evaluated periodically. Withdrawal of treatment
leads to reversal of effect within 12 months.

Hopely this is good news, that it will reverse within a 12 month period..

http://www.merck.com/product/usa/pi_cir ... car_pi.pdf

 

[emery]

no kidding.
f*** propecia

 

[TheBigThree]

No sides from 1 mg Propecia here. As a matter of fact, it'd be nice if my sex drive went down a bit cuz I'm always freaking horny lol

 

[Fanjeera]

Something from another forum, this man's also in trouble after quitting finasteride.

Hi Sarah,

I had these mental side effects too. I only got better after i changed my diet. I found out that after propecia, pasta and anything containing gluten gave me headaches. Caffeine and sugar worsened my depression. That happens because Propecia affected our Adrenals somehow. So i switched to an all natural diet, only fruits, rice, beans, meat/fish/poultry, vegetables, corn, potatoes, milk, low fat cheese. No processed foods at all, no sugar, no gluten, no caffeine, and everything lowfat. I can honestly say i feel like my old self 80% of the time. But libido is still low. Anyways, it is an improvement. Ask him to observe if his mental side effects get worse after he eats.