Testicle pain after stopping finasteride what to do?

[skyline999]

Have you considered topical finasteride? I know it goes systemic but is it as much as the oral? Which country are you based in?

 

[skyline999]

Whats Zix?

 

[skyline999]

Thanks. So we'll have to make this? Not readily available to buy anywhere?

 

[Jeju]

I would probably only consider something like zix now, but let’s see what kind of desperation the future holds for me.

 

[skyline999]

Are you not going to consider minoxidil? I thought sexual sides weren't reported with minoxidil?

 

[skyline999]

Would working out 3-4 times a week have an effect on recovery?

 

[skyline999]

Would working out delay recovery as the rise in testosterone may effect it?

 

[Jeju]

Are you not going to consider minoxidil? I thought sexual sides weren't reported with minoxidil?

I consider it quite often but that’s as far as it goes.

Would working out delay recovery as the rise in testosterone may effect it?

I doubt it. Exercise improved my mood and libido.
I didn’t check my testosterone levels pre finasteride but 6 months after quitting my results were 10.61 ng/ml.

 

[skyline999]

At a blood level of 10.61 ng/ml your libido was back to normal?

 

[Jeju]

At a blood level of 10.61 ng/ml your libido was back to normal?

Yes. Sometimes I wasn’t in the mood but my job last contact was killing me in July.

 

[Jeju]

At a blood level of 10.61 ng/ml your libido was back to normal?

Do you know your test levels? Pre and post finasteride.

 

[skyline999]

I know my test levels on finasteride but I don’t know them pre finasteride. They were between 29 - 30 which is too high, it was causing SHBG to rise along with elevated prolactin and raised progesterone.

Did you have the ball ache too? When it started to go away did you start having libido?

Did you get any gyno?

 

[Jeju]

I didn’t have ball ache for long. No gyno ever. Libido was just up and down.

 

[MR sinister]

Have any of you tried experimenting with dosage? If so, how much? Did you experience less sides? Did lower doses still have a positive effect on hair loss?

Ive had a love hate affair with finasteride for years. Mostly hate, but trying to lower the dose currently for the first time ever so curious if people have seen results at lower doses. I’ve seen some studies online which shows scalp and serum dht is still lowered by about 20-30% with as little as 0.2mg.

1mg per day gives me sides, so I came off a few weeks ago. Sides have gone away and will now start 0.5 per day and see how I get on. And will repeat the process until I can find a minimum effective dose that works for me... if I do!?

 

[Jeju]

Have any of you tried experimenting with dosage? If so, how much? Did you experience less sides? Did lower doses still have a positive effect on hair loss?

Ive had a love hate affair with finasteride for years. Mostly hate, but trying to lower the dose currently for the first time ever so curious if people have seen results at lower doses. I’ve seen some studies online which shows scalp and serum dht is still lowered by about 20-30% with as little as 0.2mg.

1mg per day gives me sides, so I came off a few weeks ago. Sides have gone away and will now start 0.5 per day and see how I get on. And will repeat the process until I can find a minimum effective dose that works for me... if I do!?

I was using 0.25mg.

 

[skyline999]

Try 0.5mg 3x times a week for a few months and see if you get any sides.

The Hair Loss Show recommend 1mg 3x a week but I’m guessing the 1mg is the problem here for us sensitive to the extra few % DHT gets inhibited by as I was on 0.5mg everyday with no sides and stability but as I was not seeing any regrow the I upped this to 1mg and this is where I headed into problems with side effects but regrowth did occur.

Catch 22 situation if seeking regrowth - damned if I do and doomed if I don’t!

 

[MR sinister]

Try 0.5mg 3x times a week for a few months and see if you get any sides.

The Hair Loss Show recommend 1mg 3x a week but I’m guessing the 1mg is the problem here for us sensitive to the extra few % DHT gets inhibited by as I was on 0.5mg everyday with no sides and stability but as I was not seeing any regrow the I upped this to 1mg and this is where I headed into problems with side effects but regrowth did occur.

Catch 22 situation if seeking regrowth - damned if I do and doomed if I don’t!

So with 0.5 everyday you maintained stability with your hair? And no sides?

 

[Jeju]

So with 0.5 everyday you maintained stability with your hair? And no sides?

As little as 0.25 thickened my hair. Many more report that, too. Just start low.

 

[skyline999]

So with 0.5 everyday you maintained stability with your hair? And no sides?

Yes that is correct, it was only after the dose was upped that I started to get the side effects.

 

[Jeju]

Yes that is correct, it was only after the dose was upped that I started to get the side effects.

That is what happened to me when I increased to 0.5mg, decreasing back 0.25 didn’t make a difference. Sides continued from then on unfortunately.