Friends,
I feel compelled to tell you my finasteride sorry. Around the middle of August I began to take generic finasteride that I purchased online from a foreign company. I can’t say for certain, but it was most likely from India. My girlfriend had been teasing me about losing my hair and being an overly sensitive and vain person I decided to try the drug. After around two to three weeks I began to get the sexual side effects. I wasn’t really losing my hair that badly so I promptly dropped the medication. It was the standard 1 mg size. My last dose was round September 10. After the last dose nothing really happened. I felt that everything was the same as on finasteride, but then one morning I woke up and my penis had shriveled up to almost nothing. My testicles were tight as a drum and my when I tried to flex my penis it would retract into my body. It looked like I was in puberty. The following seven weeks can only be described as complete castration. I remember being out and thinking that this what it feels like to be completely asexual. Scariest moment I have ever had. After about seven weeks I began a slight recovery. The worst symptoms went away. The extreme shrinkage and retracting into the body, but I had almost no libido. I think I had three night time erections in the first seven weeks, but started to get them more frequently after. I can feel my penis much better than I could a month in a half ago. However my libido is almost zero. I have no sex drive at all. You could show me the hottest girl ever and I will not feel anything. Trying to masturbate is a huge chore and my penis feels like rubber and has low sensitivity. When I force myself to masturbate my orgasms are fine and it pleasurable. This is better that the first seven weeks. As of now I have not recovered my libido at all. My penis continues to fluctuate between an upgraded looking puberty state and a flaccid state that often has massive scrotum skin hanging off my testicles.
About me. I’m 6’0 feet 215 pounds and am very muscular. 33 years old. I had zero libido problems before finasteride. I have never taken steroids and use basic vitamins. My exercise routine is 4 to 5 times a week with spinning and lifting. Neither has done anything to bring my libido back. Something I find shocking. Mental sides never happened or gyno. Cialis and other ED drugs do not work because my sexual function remains so extreme. Imagine going to gym, working out and coming home but still not feeling your sex drive appear. I have been to the doctor to have hormone tests. Only testosterone, but it was well within the average range.
I am here because I want people to understand how crazy the side effects can be if you get hit hard by the drug. Do not take your sexual health for granted if you are on the drug. It can collapse almost overnight. You will not care at all about your hair if you get sexual sides as bad as I have. I still hold out hope that things will get better, but it gets more difficult as time goes on and patience wears thin. In my spare time I read a lot. Luckily, I have done a lot of reading about the history of medicine and the huge amounts of mistakes that I have been made. Just think about how wrong the thermodynamic thesis of weight loss has played out. A diabetes epidemic. I only bring this up because finasteride has only been around for 15 years. It is still not long enough to know what longterm sides could be. I pray every night that my sex life returns and it probably will, but there doesn't seem to be much I can do. T replacements and other hormone altering drugs are too scary right now. Even if this does happen to you you can still go out and live life. Enjoy times with friends and family. If you are out there suffering my heart and prayers go out to you.
Regards.
Bob
I feel compelled to tell you my finasteride sorry. Around the middle of August I began to take generic finasteride that I purchased online from a foreign company. I can’t say for certain, but it was most likely from India. My girlfriend had been teasing me about losing my hair and being an overly sensitive and vain person I decided to try the drug. After around two to three weeks I began to get the sexual side effects. I wasn’t really losing my hair that badly so I promptly dropped the medication. It was the standard 1 mg size. My last dose was round September 10. After the last dose nothing really happened. I felt that everything was the same as on finasteride, but then one morning I woke up and my penis had shriveled up to almost nothing. My testicles were tight as a drum and my when I tried to flex my penis it would retract into my body. It looked like I was in puberty. The following seven weeks can only be described as complete castration. I remember being out and thinking that this what it feels like to be completely asexual. Scariest moment I have ever had. After about seven weeks I began a slight recovery. The worst symptoms went away. The extreme shrinkage and retracting into the body, but I had almost no libido. I think I had three night time erections in the first seven weeks, but started to get them more frequently after. I can feel my penis much better than I could a month in a half ago. However my libido is almost zero. I have no sex drive at all. You could show me the hottest girl ever and I will not feel anything. Trying to masturbate is a huge chore and my penis feels like rubber and has low sensitivity. When I force myself to masturbate my orgasms are fine and it pleasurable. This is better that the first seven weeks. As of now I have not recovered my libido at all. My penis continues to fluctuate between an upgraded looking puberty state and a flaccid state that often has massive scrotum skin hanging off my testicles.
About me. I’m 6’0 feet 215 pounds and am very muscular. 33 years old. I had zero libido problems before finasteride. I have never taken steroids and use basic vitamins. My exercise routine is 4 to 5 times a week with spinning and lifting. Neither has done anything to bring my libido back. Something I find shocking. Mental sides never happened or gyno. Cialis and other ED drugs do not work because my sexual function remains so extreme. Imagine going to gym, working out and coming home but still not feeling your sex drive appear. I have been to the doctor to have hormone tests. Only testosterone, but it was well within the average range.
I am here because I want people to understand how crazy the side effects can be if you get hit hard by the drug. Do not take your sexual health for granted if you are on the drug. It can collapse almost overnight. You will not care at all about your hair if you get sexual sides as bad as I have. I still hold out hope that things will get better, but it gets more difficult as time goes on and patience wears thin. In my spare time I read a lot. Luckily, I have done a lot of reading about the history of medicine and the huge amounts of mistakes that I have been made. Just think about how wrong the thermodynamic thesis of weight loss has played out. A diabetes epidemic. I only bring this up because finasteride has only been around for 15 years. It is still not long enough to know what longterm sides could be. I pray every night that my sex life returns and it probably will, but there doesn't seem to be much I can do. T replacements and other hormone altering drugs are too scary right now. Even if this does happen to you you can still go out and live life. Enjoy times with friends and family. If you are out there suffering my heart and prayers go out to you.
Regards.
Bob
