Update: I've stuck with the finasteride, and thankfully the pleasureless orgasm has mostly seemed to have gone! I still feel my libido is a bit lower overall and my orgasms aren't as "wow" as before maybe, but it's definitely way better than it was.
Another update: I've been on the med for a month at this point. I had a week where my semen was watery and lowered in volume, but that has quickly gone away. However, the pleasureless orgasms are still there, though I have managed to have some okay orgasms a couple times in the past week. Really...
I know you are right. I have kind of an anxious/indecisive personality, and I just went off the drug the first time for the assurance the side effects would go away. But I do want to at least give this a full try before giving up on it. I just don't know how long to keep taking it if the side...
Just wanted to give an update--the pleasureless orgasm totally went away about two weeks after stopping the med.
However, I'm desperate about my hair loss and also was wondering if the effects could've at least been partially anxiety and psyching myself out. I've been on it for a week again...
So I have been off the drug for about 10 or so days to see if it would go away, and unfortunately I'm still experiencing totally pleasureless orgasms (ejaculating with no feeling). Admittedly, I have a problem with tight pelvic floor muscles that has caused this to occur once in a blue moon, but...
Jeez, how long did you take finasteride for, and how long did it take for sides to appear? Have any of the sexual sides shown any signs of improving over the past two years you've been off?
I've been taking finasteride for about a week and a half. The first few days I actually felt higher libido, but of course that could've just been a coincidence or placebo. However, now the past few days I've noticed my libido is lower and especially that there's little to no pleasure when I...
Dang, I know that's probably the truth. :/ It just feels like such a catch-22, since my hair loss has elevated my depression and anxiety a ton. But I know messing with yourself chemically/hormonally can possibly mess with that on a whole other level...
I'm really desperate to save my hair; however, I have had severe anxiety and depression most of my life and have had some ED for the past few years due to pelvic floor dysfunction/tension. Has anyone with issues like these taken the med without worsening of these conditions? I've gotten mixed...