Finasteride Debilitating Side Effects...

[MikeW]

1. Noticed hair loss about 2 months ago, panicked and freaked out. Went to to a hair transplant specialist in my city. Assessed my head and said I need to go on Propecia to stabilize the loss and that I would have good success. Told me to take it for a year and to reassess a year later in regards to a transplant.
   
   I of course had heard of the horror stories regarding Propecia. But my hair is important to me and I wanted to save it at all costs. The surgeon assured me side effects were rare and to just stop taking it if I had any.
   
   I took it for a month. Noticed side effects about the 4th week in. Severe fatigue and lethargy, ED, as well as confusion brain fog and memory issues. It scared the sh*t out of me.
   
   I stopped the drug and about a week later the symptoms got worse. I had a complete endocrine system crash about 2 weeks off the drug.
   
   I am suffering from extreme anxiety, panic attacks, bone crippling depression,memory loss, confusion, severe fatigue, complete erectile dysfunction. A complete cognitive shift.
   
   I had to go to ER due to the panic attacks and brain fog.
   
   I am praying these symptoms improvewith time and that I didn't permanently f*** myself over.
   
   This drug completely fucked me up, I feel like a complete vegetable. I can barely function. I had blood work done and had severely elevated liver enzymes as well as low Testosterone. I am waiting to see an Endocrinologist to do further hormone testing.
   
   I honestly could give 2 fucks about my hair if I have permanently damaged myself.
   
   This drug can seriously mess you up.
   
   Has anybody had a similar experience and recovered???
   

 

[MikeW]

I'm ""only" suffering from ED and severe fatigue, maybe a bit of memory loss and brain fog. Oh, and finasteride did not even stop my hair loss.

Man.. Why are you still on it?

 

[ahmed wolf]

first of all i am sorry u experienced these sides and i know this will sounds weird but better get sides after one month than get them after one year of use cuz ur are properly fine and all the damage can be fixed
what were ur test levels ?

 

[MikeW]

190 ng/dl. I literally have no energy and cannot focus or concentrate. In this severe brain fog 24/7

 

[michel sapin]

man this is really strange this post finasteride syndrom . Me i got the sides while on it . now i am 24 days off because of small gyno , and i have morning wood back, more energy and strenght because of hgher dht level and lower oestrogen .

 

[michel sapin]

i have the same mindset as you dante . propecia didnt work and cause me sides , but i am too scared to stop ad have red study where it shows that i can stabilize you loss after 5 years on it . i want to restart it asap

 

[ahmed wolf]

190 ng/dl. I literally have no energy and cannot focus or concentrate. In this severe brain fog 24/7

do u have any test levels before taking the drug what is ur life style in general also how old are u?
u need dht shbg free t estrogen t3 t4 and tsh

 

[ahmed wolf]

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man this is really strange this post finasteride syndrom . Me i got the sides while on it . now i am 24 days off because of small gyno , and i have morning wood back, more energy and strenght because of hgher dht level and lower oestrogen .

very one responded differently to the drug i always have estrogens level at 30-32 yet no gyno even when i was bodybuilding and took steroids with out an AI

 

[MikeW]

Too scared of going bald, still hopeful it will eventually stop my hair loss.

Destroying your sexual and cognitive function possibly permanently is not worth any amount of hair on your head.

If all of your self worth as a person is based on your hair than you really have some issues you need to sort out.

 

[MikeW]

do u have any test levels before taking the drug what is ur life style in general also how old are u?
u need dht shbg free t estrogen t3 t4 and tsh

I'm 26, I had no blood work done prior to starting. I was fit, healthy, active, into working out.

My strength has greatly decreased as well as experiencing muscle loss.

Jesus...

 

[ahmed wolf]

I'm 26, I had no blood work done prior to starting. I was fit, healthy, active, into working out.

My strength has greatly decreased as well as experiencing muscle loss.

Jesus...

again bro take it easy u will be fine
first thing is stop worrying cuz it will only make it worse and focus on healing ur self take the tests wrote add on them lh and fsh level do this in the morning after good amount of sleep.
how long u have been working out?

 

[MikeW]

I've been working out for about 4 years. This drug has completely messed up my system..

I have been taking omega 3's, a multivitamin, a b12 complex and have been looking into natural T boosters.

I am positive I am suffering from primary or secondary hypogonadism.

 

[ahmed wolf]

I've been working out for about 4 years. This drug has completely messed up my system..

I have been taking omega 3's, a multivitamin, a b12 complex and have been looking into natural T boosters.

I am positive I am suffering from primary or secondary hypogonadism.[/QUOT

I've been working out for about 4 years. This drug has completely messed up my system..

I have been taking omega 3's, a multivitamin, a b12 complex and have been looking into natural T boosters.

I am positive I am suffering from primary or secondary hypogonadism.

if u have been working out for 4 years that means ur test levels should be normal or at the top of the normal range and its only shock to ur body cuz of finasteride
do the rest of the tests to get the full picture about ur condition if its only s hormone issue a light pct like bodybuilders do will fix it but some times its more complex than that

 

[rafiles]

1. Noticed hair loss about 2 months ago, panicked and freaked out. Went to to a hair transplant specialist in my city. Assessed my head and said I need to go on Propecia to stabilize the loss and that I would have good success. Told me to take it for a year and to reassess a year later in regards to a transplant.
   
   I of course had heard of the horror stories regarding Propecia. But my hair is important to me and I wanted to save it at all costs. The surgeon assured me side effects were rare and to just stop taking it if I had any.
   
   I took it for a month. Noticed side effects about the 4th week in. Severe fatigue and lethargy, ED, as well as confusion brain fog and memory issues. It scared the sh*t out of me.
   
   I stopped the drug and about a week later the symptoms got worse. I had a complete endocrine system crash about 2 weeks off the drug.
   
   I am suffering from extreme anxiety, panic attacks, bone crippling depression,memory loss, confusion, severe fatigue, complete erectile dysfunction. A complete cognitive shift.
   
   I had to go to ER due to the panic attacks and brain fog.
   
   I am praying these symptoms improve with time and that I didn't permanently f*** myself over.
   
   This drug completely fucked me up, I feel like a complete vegetable. I can barely function. I had blood work done and had severely elevated liver enzymes as well as low Testosterone. I am waiting to see an Endocrinologist to do further hormone testing.
   
   I honestly could give 2 fucks about my hair if I have permanently damaged myself.
   
   This drug can seriously mess you up.
   
   Has anybody had a similar experience and recovered???

Nope it's not permanent. But you should also check your blood pressure and diabetes (blood sugar), and wait 2 - 3 months

 

[hairblues]

I don't know anything about this but posting so hopefully more people will see it and chime in.

 

[hairblues]

OP keep posting and let us know how you are doing i know this can be potentially serious at least emotionally.

 

[MikeW]

It literally feels as if my brain isn't functioning correctly. I was only on the drug for a month, I hardly think that is enough time for the drug to do permanent damage.

 

[hairblues]

Im so sorry i know its a thing that can happen but i have not talked to anyone on here whose had it but i think the consensus is that it can and does happen--how long it lasts i don't know.

 

[rafiles]

1. Noticed hair loss about 2 months ago, panicked and freaked out. Went to to a hair transplant specialist in my city. Assessed my head and said I need to go on Propecia to stabilize the loss and that I would have good success. Told me to take it for a year and to reassess a year later in regards to a transplant.
   
   I of course had heard of the horror stories regarding Propecia. But my hair is important to me and I wanted to save it at all costs. The surgeon assured me side effects were rare and to just stop taking it if I had any.
   
   I took it for a month. Noticed side effects about the 4th week in. Severe fatigue and lethargy, ED, as well as confusion brain fog and memory issues. It scared the sh*t out of me.
   
   I stopped the drug and about a week later the symptoms got worse. I had a complete endocrine system crash about 2 weeks off the drug.
   
   I am suffering from extreme anxiety, panic attacks, bone crippling depression,memory loss, confusion, severe fatigue, complete erectile dysfunction. A complete cognitive shift.
   
   I had to go to ER due to the panic attacks and brain fog.
   
   I am praying these symptoms improvewith time and that I didn't permanently f*** myself over.
   
   This drug completely fucked me up, I feel like a complete vegetable. I can barely function. I had blood work done and had severely elevated liver enzymes as well as low Testosterone. I am waiting to see an Endocrinologist to do further hormone testing.
   
   I honestly could give 2 fucks about my hair if I have permanently damaged myself.
   
   This drug can seriously mess you up.
   
   Has anybody had a similar experience and recovered???

These side effects are normal. Now you know, how balding people suffer.
1. How do you know it's from finasteride.

Noticed side effects about the 4th week in.

2. Did you take it everyday. (And by taking it, 10 minutes after, did you notice something)
3. What happens, if you take it again (testing)
4. You should wait, again 2 - 3 months min.
5. But it's still suspicious to me, because side effects from finasteride appear much earlier.

 

[Smallville]

These side effects are normal. Now you know, how balding people suffer.
1. How do you know it's from finasteride.

2. Did you take it everyday. (And by taking it, 10 minutes after, did you notice something)
3. What happens, if you take it again (testing)
4. You should wait, again 2 - 3 months min.
5. But it's still suspicious to me, because side effects from finasteride appear much earlier.

You're a moron.