1-1/2 weeks off finasteride, still LOW libido HELP!!!!!!

[cruiser]

1st i have to say, when i first started reading this sits i thought everybody was full of sh*t about finasteride, some said a lot of sides, some said no sides, some said sides at first. some said sides later. i didnt know who to believe. now ive come to the conclusion everyone was telling the truth and EVERYONE responds differently. i am a mentally strong person with hi self esteem and a VERY hi libido so i thought id give it a shot. HOLY sh*t 1.25mg hit me like a ton of bricks, so bad i went to a doctor and said what the hell happened to me? i was only on it for a month or so and the depression was INSANE for me, iv never been depressed before depite my hairloss (good and bad days but still ok) got frisky the first couple days on it abd then BAM! nothing. well ive been off it for a little over a week and still very low libido, like not much feeling, to be honest im scared shitless, the depression is MUCH better. i know i am ultra sensitive to DHT obviously. im glad to see it work so well for others. anyone have any idea if i screwed in the sex dept or will it level out? Doctor said its half life should only be in your system for 3-4 days max???? i am on mega man multi vitamin and trying a detox system now, any suggestions would be greatly appriciated, thx guys

 

[BadHairDecade]

Sorry to hear that it effeced you so severely....It takes approx two weeks to get it out of your system completely. Probably shorter since you've only been on it for about a month.
You're body however may take a bit longer to get back to wher it was. I'd give it 4-6 weeks before worrying about it too much. Let me give you an example.
I used to take steriods a long time ago(stupidest thing I've possibly done in my entire life). During my last cycle my libido disappeared. I swore off steriods. It took over a year for my libido to fully return, but it returned.

Steriods have a much higher effect on hormones than finasteride. The stuff I was using was strong too. If I was able to recover from that stuff. I have full confidence you'll recover from finasteride side effects.
All the cards are in your favor. You quit soon after experiencing them and you weren't on it that long.

Hope this helps,

BHD

 

[cruiser]

thx for the reply, it does help eith the piece of mind. what else could i try to block dht? topical dutasteride??? thx

 

[jimmystanley]

revivogen is awesome if your scalp can handle it.

 

[Bone Daddy]

I agree, all the sides on finasteride are like a "buffet", some people get the ham, some don't.

It took me a week and a half when I went off of it for the first time (and only time so far). I popped vitamin E, which has always got me stirred up before, and that helped in the mean time. I will say that it took about 2 weeks or so before I felt "normal" again.

I got off for a selfish reason.. to well.. get off. I had a big weekend with my s/o and her friend, and my libido was dropping.

I've been back on for a month, and wish I'd never got off, I might have hit an upslide if I hadn't.

 

[Matgallis]

For me the side effects still carried along for a couple of weeks. But damn once they went away I felt like i had jsut hit puberty again. :shock: