desperate4hair
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I had been taking finasteride 1.25mg / day for exactly 4 months....
About a month after I started taking it I noticed a slight decrease in my libido. I was thinking its no biggie.. Instead of wanking off once a day I would do it maybe every other day. Then eventually it led to every 2-3 days...and so on.. I can still get an erection and I ejaculate fine for the most part. but I get horny only a handful of times per week..
The sexual side effects weren't the worse for me.. It was the mental side effects.
About a 6-8 weeks ago I started to really take notice some changes. I noticed that I would constantly feel fatigue, no matter how much sleep I would get. My brain would always feel foggy.. I'd be forgetful, confused, and couldn't focus or concentrate. Also I noticed that my anxiety level had dramatically gone up and I ALWAYS feel nervous.. I get irritated easy and mood swings. And I am normally a very mellow person. I was also starting to feel very depressed and extremely low self esteem..
I went to go see a Doctor about all this (at the time I had NO idea it had anything to do with finasteride) and he said that I have ADHD-Inattentive.. I thought that was weird because I am 24 years old and never had that problem when I was younger. He said sometimes the symptoms can show up when you get older. I say ok.. cool.. I was happy I finally had an answer. My semester at school started and it was causing me a great deal of stress, and said it could be possibly due to that. But I've always been an A/B student and done well in school. He prescribed me Adderall and it helps. However, I'm only better only while on the medication, but once it wore off within a few hours, I was back to feeling tired, fatigue, anxious, etc...
So I started doing some research online. Since some adderall users report hairloss as a side effect.. one thing led to another and I somehow ended up reading about the disastrous side effects of propecia. I knew it could cause decreased libido, but I was not aware it can cause hypogoandism, which pretty much described my symptoms and why I had been feeling the way I was feeling.
Needless to say I was furious, scared, even more anxious and depressed.. I am fearing that its too late to go back to normal. I found all this out recently and stopped taking the drug yesterday cold turkey. I am really hoping that I return to normal sexually and mentally, since I am in nursing school and can not fathom how I am going to survive with this brain fog and fatigue i've developed. And the depression is getting worse and worse each day, especially after I found out about all this info.
Please please please.... Warning all the guys out there about this NASTY *** DRUG.... Do your research before you decide to mess with your body's natural hormones and chemistry. A few extra hairs aren't worth it, trust me. The worse part is that the side effects may be perminent. You don't know if you'll be one of the unlucky ones like myself, but if you are, it might be too late and you've already screwed yourself.
Im hoping for the best and hope that I return to my normal self soon. I do feel different, like I am not the same person. My emotions are different and my mental state is different. I am so depressed and sometimes don't want to leave my house, and I have extreme lack of motivation. Its severely impacted my life.
Thanks for reading and I hope this helps someone out there....
STAY AWAY FROM THIS DRUG!!!!!!!!!!!
About a month after I started taking it I noticed a slight decrease in my libido. I was thinking its no biggie.. Instead of wanking off once a day I would do it maybe every other day. Then eventually it led to every 2-3 days...and so on.. I can still get an erection and I ejaculate fine for the most part. but I get horny only a handful of times per week..
The sexual side effects weren't the worse for me.. It was the mental side effects.
About a 6-8 weeks ago I started to really take notice some changes. I noticed that I would constantly feel fatigue, no matter how much sleep I would get. My brain would always feel foggy.. I'd be forgetful, confused, and couldn't focus or concentrate. Also I noticed that my anxiety level had dramatically gone up and I ALWAYS feel nervous.. I get irritated easy and mood swings. And I am normally a very mellow person. I was also starting to feel very depressed and extremely low self esteem..
I went to go see a Doctor about all this (at the time I had NO idea it had anything to do with finasteride) and he said that I have ADHD-Inattentive.. I thought that was weird because I am 24 years old and never had that problem when I was younger. He said sometimes the symptoms can show up when you get older. I say ok.. cool.. I was happy I finally had an answer. My semester at school started and it was causing me a great deal of stress, and said it could be possibly due to that. But I've always been an A/B student and done well in school. He prescribed me Adderall and it helps. However, I'm only better only while on the medication, but once it wore off within a few hours, I was back to feeling tired, fatigue, anxious, etc...
So I started doing some research online. Since some adderall users report hairloss as a side effect.. one thing led to another and I somehow ended up reading about the disastrous side effects of propecia. I knew it could cause decreased libido, but I was not aware it can cause hypogoandism, which pretty much described my symptoms and why I had been feeling the way I was feeling.
Needless to say I was furious, scared, even more anxious and depressed.. I am fearing that its too late to go back to normal. I found all this out recently and stopped taking the drug yesterday cold turkey. I am really hoping that I return to normal sexually and mentally, since I am in nursing school and can not fathom how I am going to survive with this brain fog and fatigue i've developed. And the depression is getting worse and worse each day, especially after I found out about all this info.
Please please please.... Warning all the guys out there about this NASTY *** DRUG.... Do your research before you decide to mess with your body's natural hormones and chemistry. A few extra hairs aren't worth it, trust me. The worse part is that the side effects may be perminent. You don't know if you'll be one of the unlucky ones like myself, but if you are, it might be too late and you've already screwed yourself.
Im hoping for the best and hope that I return to my normal self soon. I do feel different, like I am not the same person. My emotions are different and my mental state is different. I am so depressed and sometimes don't want to leave my house, and I have extreme lack of motivation. Its severely impacted my life.
Thanks for reading and I hope this helps someone out there....
STAY AWAY FROM THIS DRUG!!!!!!!!!!!
