Year 4, the beginning of the dreaded ED. It happened December 2015 two months after I returned from the Middle East. I was hooking up with a beautiful woman, just absolutely sexy. But for some reason, I wasn't getting hard. I thought it was anxiety, and I didn't equate it to finasteride. Well later that night, I had some sample v**** pills. I took a quarter of a pill. My dong acquired its mighty strength and the night was saved, however I was bewildered. The dreaded ED was off and on, and became more persistent with lovers who became relationships. The urge and excitement of new women every once and while would overcome the ED. And p*rn was always able to get me up. I just figured it was a p*rn addiction, or I was some kind of crazy mysgoginyst and needed new women partners to keep me excited and hard. Well, enter year 5. I was taking 1.25 mg of finasteride, (proscar quartered). When one day I woke up and felt.. I don't know how to explain it. I felt some type of shift in my hormones and realized my c*** wasn't receiving or transmitting signals. It was like rubber, useless f*****g rubber. I panicked. I absolutely lost my mind for a few horrible moments. I didn't realize how important my sexual health was until that moment. I quit using finasteride that day. The side ed went away. I thought, "oh great, just a temp side effect" so I lowered the dosage to 1 mg. This strategy worked for exactly 8 days. Boom, ED back and worse than ever. I stopped taking it altogether. This was 5 days ago. The first 2 days my c*** wasn't completely dead, but it wasn't getting hard (with p*rn, with manual stimulation). What was worse was the hormonal crash. I didn't realize how much finasteride was increasing my testosterone. With the crash, came low test levels which are absolutely a nightmare. A simple task like running the dishwasher was comparable to fighting the Japanese on Iwo Jima. Just no motivation to do sh*t. Day three, my hormones started to kick back on, with waves of brain fog, extreme fatigue and general anxiety. Day four post finasteride, life is starting to normalize, and now Day 5, c*** works again, balls have returned to a size I have not felt in probably 2-3 years. c*m has returned to its thick white serum, versus the watery and paltry amount of ejaculate. The downside is the return of hair loss is already happening. My muscular build is getting smaller each day. I again want to emphasize how much finasteride was increasing my testosterone. I guess maybe 15-20% bump.
So, to all you would be Finasteride takers I would caution you. It could strike fast or years later like me. Either way, once the sides start it is absolutely terrifying. Like, 'is life worth living?' type of terrifying. I get it, being seen as unattractive is a b**ch. The loss of female attention is a b**ch. The treatment of others and the quick glances from strangers to your hairline while holding a normal conversation is a b**ch. But none of that petty sh*t compares to the very real and terrifying possibility that your dick may just one day stop working, and not ever return. Not a week, not a month or 5 years down the road. You have to willing to play Russian roulette with your sexual health, and that is an extremely large bet to place. Good luck.