Hey I'm 29 and have been on finasteride for 7 to 9 months I haven't experienced anything until just this last week noticed less ejaculation and now I have really bad testis ache and am soft also less girth. I'm obviously freaking out about this but my question is has anyone gotten sides and then stopped and been totally fine or is it once you get sides your going to have complications one way or another
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Experiencing Finasteride Sides Have Question
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This all hit me hard this weekend and it just overall looked a lot smaller and flaccid and It all just dosn't feel right. I'm also struggling to find any definitive info on how to stop finasteride I haven't taken it in two days and don't know if I should take mapper or just quitFrom anecdotal forum responses, most seem to shake the side effects when they drop finasteride.
Also, how do you know you’ve lost girth? Tape measured at full erection before and after? No scientific evidence for penile shrinkage.
Also thank you for the quick reply
Hey dude, honestly there's no correct way to get off finasteride. If I were you since you skipped 2 days, take a .25 of finasteride today and again in another 2 days after that, space it out until u get to ice every 7 days and then you can just stop.
I personally never heard of someone with pfs who tapered. But I'm also noticing pfs becoming more and more rare.
I should also add that maybe this will pass and it may be worth maybe sticking it out as it might fix itself
I dunno this has been enough to scare the sh*t out of me and not ever want to possibly dance around with the it happening again. Also is .25 breaking the quarter pill in half?
Don't get off of it cold turkey that can make things even worse, lower your dose to every two days and 0.2mg, then 0.1mg then 0.05mg (only possible if you crush it up and use alcohol, so if you were to take a 1mg tablet and dilute it in 10ml, every half ml would be 0.05 mg) etc until you taper off. maybe the sides will go away once you lower your dose and you could use a small dose to maintain the gains you've gotten it.
Don't get off of it cold turkey that can make things even worse, lower your dose to every two days and 0.2mg, then 0.1mg then 0.05mg (only possible if you crush it up and use alcohol, so if you were to take a 1mg tablet and dilute it in 10ml, every half ml would be 0.05 mg) etc until you taper off. maybe the sides will go away once you lower your dose and you could use a small dose to maintain the gains you've gotten it.
So you split the already tiny 1.25 into another half and that's .5mg?
That would be 0.625mg, but you should really go down to 0.2mg and lower because there's been studies that for hair 0.2mg daily is nearly equal to 1mg daily. Get a dropper and bottle, crush up the proscar tablet into a fine powder, disperse it in a cup of vodka, let it dissolve for at least several hours, then if you did 50ml every half ML would be 0.05mg and every ml would be 0.1mg.So you split the already tiny 1.25 into another half and that's .5mg?
Since you have the 5mg tablet it's harder to cut the already small pieces like you said, so I'd go the liquid route.
edit: also concerning hair, if you're not already, start taking 10,000 mcg biotin, I cut it in half and take 5,000mcg in the morning and in the evening for better absorption. it helps a little bit and definitely for the eyebrows and lashes.
Also how long do you taper off forSo you split the already tiny 1.25 into another half and that's .5mg?
I've only ever taken a microdose to maintain, but I have read of many people having endocrine system crashes and so I wouldn't want that to happen to you, I don't have any evidence other than many anecdotes but it seems logical that it'd be better to taper off rather than quitting cold turkey as the dose you were taking was reducing 70% of your DHT, your body needs to get used to the changes.Also how long do you taper off for
That would be 0.625mg, but you should really go down to 0.2mg and lower because there's been studies that for hair 0.2mg daily is nearly equal to 1mg daily. Get a dropper and bottle, crush up the proscar tablet into a fine powder, disperse it in a cup of vodka, let it dissolve for at least several hours, then if you did 50ml every half ML would be 0.05mg and every ml would be 0.1mg.
Since you have the 5mg tablet it's harder to cut the already small pieces like you said, so I'd go the liquid route.
edit: also concerning hair, if you're not already, start taking 10,000 mcg biotin, I cut it in half and take 5,000mcg in the morning and in the evening for better absorption. it helps a little bit and definitely for the eyebrows and lashes.
How am I sapposed to know what 0.2mg looks like. Jesus the amount of bullshit you have to go through with this drug and the fear of sides is not worth it. Wish I knew all this before
Hey buddy most likely you're gonna be fine, many people have gone through this and recover after a few weeks or months. So as I explained before if you have a 5mg tablet, and you disperse it into 50ml ofHow am I sapposed to know what 0.2mg looks like. Jesus the amount of bullshit you have to go through with this drug and the fear of sides is not worth it. Wish I knew all this before
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Hey buddy most likely you're gonna be fine, many people have gone through this and recover after a few weeks or months. So as I explained before if you have a 5mg tablet, and you disperse it into 50ml of water, you're just dividing 5 by 50, which means 1mL=0.10mg, 0.2mg would be 2mL, half a mL would be 0.05mg and so on and so forth. If you wanna taper off this is the only route I can recommend because cutting it into tiny pieces will be way too difficult(but better than nothing).
Hey buddy most likely you're gonna be fine, many people have gone through this and recover after a few weeks or months. So as I explained before if you have a 5mg tablet, and you disperse it into 50ml of water, you're just dividing 5 by 50, which means 1mL=0.10mg, 0.2mg would be 2mL, half a mL would be 0.05mg and so on and so forth. If you wanna taper off this is the only route I can recommend because cutting it into tiny pieces will be way too difficult(but better than nothing).
Tha k you for your input I tally do appreciate it just frustrated my last question to you is do I have to use alcohol or can it be water like you just mentioned
I made a mistake there, I meant to write "liquid". From what I've read it can be done with brine (saltwater), propylene glycol mix, but 70% alcohol (DRINKABLE), so 140 proof stuff is what I have seen that is proven.Tha k you for your input I tally do appreciate it just frustrated my last question to you is do I have to use alcohol or can it be water like you just mentioned
I made a mistake there, I meant to write "liquid". From what I've read it can be done with brine (saltwater), propylene glycol mix, but 70% alcohol (DRINKABLE), so 140 proof stuff is what I have seen that is proven.
OK I wouldn't be able to do the alcohol do to allergies but did you mean the saltwater and propylene mixed together?
Either one or the other, but not both!OK I wouldn't be able to do the alcohol do to allergies but did you mean the saltwater and propylene mixed together?
Either one or the other, but not both!
OK Thanks very much for all your Info