Hey guys, I just recently had to make the hard choice of quitting finasteride 4 months in. I was taking 0.5mg a day and progressively became more and more numb mentally/ physically. Ive thought about suicide for the first time ever in my life, Lost ~20 lbs and stand at only 148lbs now, muscle gone. No energy to workout, hair continues to shed like nobody's business- diffuse pattern. Now i find out I now have low free t and I'm practically about to break down completely. here are my labs from the past.
9/30/2017 (pre finasteride)
Free T-4 - 1.34 ng/dl
Free T-3 - 4.02 pg/ml
Testosterone Total - 736 ng/dl
Testosterone Free - 130 pg/ml (? measurement seems off)
SHBG - 41.1 nmol/l
5/17/2018 (on finasteride)
Testosterone, Serum - 482 ng/dl
Free Testosterone - 6.7 pg/ml (LOW 9.3 -26.5 range)
SHBH - Not tested (but most likely high)
TSH - 1.910 uIU/ml
7/5/2018 (on finasteride)
Prolactin - 11.4 ng/ml
Testosterone, Serum - 603 ng/dl
SHBG - 71.5 nmol/l (HIGH, 16.5 - 55.9 range)
Testosterone Free - 7.5 (Low)
progesterone - 0.1 ng/ml
Estradiol - 11.6 pmg/ml
TSH - 2.110 uIU/ml
I don't know what to do, my diffuse hair shedding hasn't slowed at all since starting finasteride, when I first went to the doctor pre finasteride i was hovering around 165 and losing weight, fatigued, etc. but not NEARLY as bad as now. I am 148 and have no energy. finasteride basically sucked the life right out of me and I was constantly told I was crazy and my "test levels were normal" and to "ride it out until the medication starts working". While i think it was to early to see results it was strange the mental sides, the shedding, the scalp pain, libido loss, it wasn't worth it. Now I find out that my free T is to the floor, and I'm shitting my pants.
Its been about 1 week since quitting finasteride and so far nothing has changed, my shedding has gone slightly up but I did just start minoxidil all over so its possible that is contributing. I can just tell that my body is missing something and I'm afraid it might be permanently stuck this way, exercise is nearly impossible, I'm more depressed than I've ever been, can't focus at work, low drive in general. I still get erections but they are not as strong and more difficult to keep up.
tl;dr - Has anyone experienced here experienced low free t due to finasteride and recover their levels once they quit? I could really use some positive reenforcement- Thanks.
9/30/2017 (pre finasteride)
Free T-4 - 1.34 ng/dl
Free T-3 - 4.02 pg/ml
Testosterone Total - 736 ng/dl
Testosterone Free - 130 pg/ml (? measurement seems off)
SHBG - 41.1 nmol/l
5/17/2018 (on finasteride)
Testosterone, Serum - 482 ng/dl
Free Testosterone - 6.7 pg/ml (LOW 9.3 -26.5 range)
SHBH - Not tested (but most likely high)
TSH - 1.910 uIU/ml
7/5/2018 (on finasteride)
Prolactin - 11.4 ng/ml
Testosterone, Serum - 603 ng/dl
SHBG - 71.5 nmol/l (HIGH, 16.5 - 55.9 range)
Testosterone Free - 7.5 (Low)
progesterone - 0.1 ng/ml
Estradiol - 11.6 pmg/ml
TSH - 2.110 uIU/ml
I don't know what to do, my diffuse hair shedding hasn't slowed at all since starting finasteride, when I first went to the doctor pre finasteride i was hovering around 165 and losing weight, fatigued, etc. but not NEARLY as bad as now. I am 148 and have no energy. finasteride basically sucked the life right out of me and I was constantly told I was crazy and my "test levels were normal" and to "ride it out until the medication starts working". While i think it was to early to see results it was strange the mental sides, the shedding, the scalp pain, libido loss, it wasn't worth it. Now I find out that my free T is to the floor, and I'm shitting my pants.
Its been about 1 week since quitting finasteride and so far nothing has changed, my shedding has gone slightly up but I did just start minoxidil all over so its possible that is contributing. I can just tell that my body is missing something and I'm afraid it might be permanently stuck this way, exercise is nearly impossible, I'm more depressed than I've ever been, can't focus at work, low drive in general. I still get erections but they are not as strong and more difficult to keep up.
tl;dr - Has anyone experienced here experienced low free t due to finasteride and recover their levels once they quit? I could really use some positive reenforcement- Thanks.
