Recent content by ttroy

Good post. At least I have had a testicular ultrasound, a lung xray and a brain MRI to rule out other possibilities. Both came back clean. A pituitary or testicular tumor would have explained it. It's not simply impotence or libido, that could be explained by anxiety, depression, low selfesteem...

amsch: Your TSH is definitely messed up, go to an endo. He will agree. Davidoff: Are you for real? Many guys with finasteride/hormoneproblems have bloodwork to prove somethings is off. "It's in your head" just feels so stupid when someone has his hormones all over the place, has diagnosed gynecomastia...

Well now you know. Now you only need bubka or some other ignoralt guy telling you it's all in your head because he isn't having any issues.. My dick and balls still feel tight and rubbery and it started with the same tingling and numbness you are experiencing. My junk just feels "tight" and all...

Re: Oh? Perhaps you should check out the posted hormone testing results from people on/off it. I don't think especially gyno, the lack of morning erections or having peyronie's disease right after dropping a hormone and prostate altering drug is in anyones head but oh well..and getting all...

" was using finasteride 4,5 long, stopped about 3 months ago. Most of the side effects occured AFTER stoping finasteride/or get worse after quitting." Well this happened to me too. Dropping finasteride cut your T to half and you have highish prolactin as well as your thyroid problem.. it's no wonder you feel and look...

"2. Very very weird scrotum pain for the first month and in the process it got smaller and less sensitive. I was hoping this would go away but it hasn't. This is really what got me to drop it. This really freaked me out. Screw that-- I don't want to wait and see what else happens next..." Less...

Well doesn't DHT have a large effect on the sebacious glands and your DHT has increased since dropping finasteride..so that might have something to do with it. I always had very oily, dark and thick skin but ever since on finasteride and especially after dropping it, my skin has been extremely pale, dry and...

Libido: Well if you get peyronie's, I promise you will notice. Narrowing and shortening of your dick is also a part of PD, with which quite many seem to end up with after finasteride/dropping finasteride....so at least indirectly it's possible.

Yes, it was the worst decision ever for myself as well. Did not expect to get burnt by some hair loss drug. Perhaps things will get better with time? My only major concern now is that I got peyronie's disease right after quitting finasteride, and I'm guessing at least that one is something permanent.

Another one. I too got high prolactin, cortisol and low T after finasteride. T is now fine (actually higher than normal now, 32nmol) and so is prolactin, but am far from my old self. It's been 10 months for me. Are you taking cabergoline to lower prolactin if it's still too high? That might help you...

I'm guessing the sides are caused by an increase in estrogen and a decrease in DHT? AFAIK finasteride has a flat response rate, so your sides and "gains" should be the same no matter if you take 0.25 or 1.25.

Def looks like gyno. Your options are to a) quit finasteride and hope for the best, probably it won't go away b) combat med side effects with more meds(does that sound healthy? c) have it surgically removed. finasteride can def. cause both gyno and weight gain. Good luck.

Ooh yet again quite many having "placebo effects" that don't seem to go away. I too take 100mg of v**** to keep it up after finasteride, too bad it doesn't help with the non existent libido..

Eeh? Like I'm having placebo gynecomastia that had to be surgically removed, a placebo weight gain of almost 15kg in a few months, placebo hypogonadism (blood tests to back it up) and placebo physical changes to my dick (peyronie's)? I must have a very good imagination then. Believe me when I...

Joseph: Yes. It also escapes me why someone would write to a section called "dealing with side effects" only to belittle problems others are having. No-one was talking about a conspiracy, just that history has shown that the FDA(and similar in other countries) make mistakes - sometimes with very...