So, this is gonna be a bit longer.
I took Finasteride 1mg since 2001 without any sides what so ever. In May this year I saw that my hair suddenly has worsened after 15 years of complete maintainence.
Since May I also have servere anxiety and depression. I know that this is said to be a side effect of Finasteride, but I had episodes even before finasteride. There is a reason for these, they are because of certain circumstances in my life, the sudden hairloss being one of them. I got a neuroleptic for this from a Doctor and have been taking it since.
So I added RU in August and hoped it would do something. In late August I suddenly had an episode where I noticed erectile dysfunction. Couldn't get it up. After talking to my doctor it subsided after 2 days. He also told me this is most likely because of my mental state.
So in September I added 2x dutasteride a week to my Fansteride since the hairloss continued very fast.
After 2-3 weeks I had a hormonal check done. I know i should have done it before starting.
It revealed too high estrogen, very low test and free test. DHT was at 200 (300 being the low reference for this).
In March of this year I had bloodwork done and my test came in high. At this time I felt great, no mental problems.
I thought that maybe my mental state, which was and still is horrendous was to blame for this. So I did nothing and wanted to reevaluate in a few months with a new test.
I could still get erections, when I stimulated, I remember even a few spontaneous erections. I didn't get morning wood and thought nothing of it. To be honest I don't remember how often I got morning wood during the last few years. I remember that I had it once or twice in August after the short ED thing.
Now last week I kind of felt that I wouldn't get hard like a few weeks before. I do use Sidenafil when having sex, because my anxiety would stress me out too much without it. And I noticed that Sil didn't work as well.
Also my Doctor put me on an SSRI a few days ago, which surely doesn't help.
I could still masturbate though. However I got curious if I would get nocturnal erections and did the paper test with a piece of tape. On the first night I woke up and felt the tape being a bit tight, but I wasn't erect. On the second night it finally ripped apart, but the erection was weak.
So I paniced. And suddenly I couldn't get hard at all. On the day before the paper test I still managed to maturbate but now it's no use. It stays flacid.
I deceided to throw out the dutasteride and go to a doctor to get my hormones back to what they where.
But I don't want to quit finasteride. I used it for 25 years without problems! The thought of quitting it and seeing all my hair go within a few months is just horrifying. But I also don't want this ED to persist.
What to do? I mean the psychological component surely factors in as well. For instance I took Sil to see if it would help. I could get erect and masturbate. A few hours later I tried again but failed. But then I talked to my girlfriend on the phone and suddenly got an erection. So the stress also makes this difficult.
Is it the right thing to throw out dutasteride? How long will it stay in the body, if I took 1mg a week for 2 months?
Can I try staying on finasteride?
I took Finasteride 1mg since 2001 without any sides what so ever. In May this year I saw that my hair suddenly has worsened after 15 years of complete maintainence.
Since May I also have servere anxiety and depression. I know that this is said to be a side effect of Finasteride, but I had episodes even before finasteride. There is a reason for these, they are because of certain circumstances in my life, the sudden hairloss being one of them. I got a neuroleptic for this from a Doctor and have been taking it since.
So I added RU in August and hoped it would do something. In late August I suddenly had an episode where I noticed erectile dysfunction. Couldn't get it up. After talking to my doctor it subsided after 2 days. He also told me this is most likely because of my mental state.
So in September I added 2x dutasteride a week to my Fansteride since the hairloss continued very fast.
After 2-3 weeks I had a hormonal check done. I know i should have done it before starting.
It revealed too high estrogen, very low test and free test. DHT was at 200 (300 being the low reference for this).
In March of this year I had bloodwork done and my test came in high. At this time I felt great, no mental problems.
I thought that maybe my mental state, which was and still is horrendous was to blame for this. So I did nothing and wanted to reevaluate in a few months with a new test.
I could still get erections, when I stimulated, I remember even a few spontaneous erections. I didn't get morning wood and thought nothing of it. To be honest I don't remember how often I got morning wood during the last few years. I remember that I had it once or twice in August after the short ED thing.
Now last week I kind of felt that I wouldn't get hard like a few weeks before. I do use Sidenafil when having sex, because my anxiety would stress me out too much without it. And I noticed that Sil didn't work as well.
Also my Doctor put me on an SSRI a few days ago, which surely doesn't help.
I could still masturbate though. However I got curious if I would get nocturnal erections and did the paper test with a piece of tape. On the first night I woke up and felt the tape being a bit tight, but I wasn't erect. On the second night it finally ripped apart, but the erection was weak.
So I paniced. And suddenly I couldn't get hard at all. On the day before the paper test I still managed to maturbate but now it's no use. It stays flacid.
I deceided to throw out the dutasteride and go to a doctor to get my hormones back to what they where.
But I don't want to quit finasteride. I used it for 25 years without problems! The thought of quitting it and seeing all my hair go within a few months is just horrifying. But I also don't want this ED to persist.
What to do? I mean the psychological component surely factors in as well. For instance I took Sil to see if it would help. I could get erect and masturbate. A few hours later I tried again but failed. But then I talked to my girlfriend on the phone and suddenly got an erection. So the stress also makes this difficult.
Is it the right thing to throw out dutasteride? How long will it stay in the body, if I took 1mg a week for 2 months?
Can I try staying on finasteride?
