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Thought I would check back in here with my story on getting my life back together after getting side effects from Propecia, I hope it gives some guys some hope, as for me in the early days I was frantically searching for positive recovery stories but wasnt finding many.
I'm just at the year mark since I took finasteride for a very short period of time, less than a week was my usage, this is a true story, no bullshit. Basically my side effects were numbing of penis, loss of touch sensation (that was particularly distressing to me) that was the first, then came the rest, severe anxiety and depression not like anything I'd experienced, collapse of sex drive/libido, severe insomnia days without sleeping, bad curvature of penis to the left (i had a straight penis before touching finasteride) basically a total system crash.
The early months were hell and I became suicidal as all i was reading were horror stories and getting the sh*t scared out of me by guys telling me they've been suffering for years and that I was fucked, there's not much light in the Propecia side effect world, I basically was facing living years as half a man, something I could not accept, I almost took my life, doctors could not help me, doctors were useless in fact and I wasted a lot of money on them, please note I was a stable guy before this, doing well in personal life, I wasnt in great physical shape at the time but definitely not severely out of shape, my diet was pretty sh*t, life wasn't perfect but I was content but hairloss bothered me for some time and thats what brought me to take finasteride.
The turning point for me was finding a website called swole source and a regimen by a guy called cdsnuts, the site is awesome, theres no fear or negativity , I completely shut myself off from visiting any sites with horror stories, the mind is a big part of bouncing back, I knew if i stayed at my computer everyday wallowing in the misery I could not get better so I made the decision to cut off any negativity and go at cds method, I fully got on board with this since early summer and the last couple months my sides are fading, sensitivity much better, curvature much better, i feel very close to being back to my old self. The regimen is basically an initial juice feast, then paleo diet and t boosting herb rotation, exercise, weights, no fap, no alcohol, along with mindfulness techniques, thats a simplified version anyway.
Why im posting this is to tell guys who get severe sides DO NOT go near any other propecia side effect sites, you will only traumatise yourself, DO NOT f*****g listen to guys saying its irreversible and you cant get better, thats a weak approach and if you go down that road it's very hard to come back from, if you do get severe sides go straight to swole source follow what the guys are saying and you will eventually get better, it does take time but you will get your old self back.
I don't fully understand the science of what happened to me and honestly now I dont care, again I read so much on PFS in early stages but nobody really agrees on what causes it, the scientific community haven't cracked it and have published reports which offer differing opinions, it was all a complete headfuck to me, and for me parking trying to understand it and just focusing on bringing my body back to health has worked for me anyway, Im not 100% but feel very close.
Finally, I now look back on the past year and think how the f*** did that happen to me, I think the psychological scars from this whole episode will stick around for a while but they are fading and I know they will be gone in time. I see so many do well on it and never encounter a problem with finasteride, its crazy especially because I took it for a short period, I see guys saying they take it for years without issue, all i can say is good for them and I wish them well most don't seem to have a problem but after my experience I can say PFS is very real HOWEVER you can definitely get better from its effects, it just takes work. My days of treating hairloss with drugs or with anything are over, I couldn't possibly recommend it after my experience but for guys who are considering taking it I'd say get yourself in very good physical shape beforehand also if you are a worrier about health anxiety etc best to avoid it.
Thats it from me fellas, again if youre suffering from its effects dont listen to the horror, focus on positivity and hold onto the thought that you will come out of it a better stronger version of you.
I'm just at the year mark since I took finasteride for a very short period of time, less than a week was my usage, this is a true story, no bullshit. Basically my side effects were numbing of penis, loss of touch sensation (that was particularly distressing to me) that was the first, then came the rest, severe anxiety and depression not like anything I'd experienced, collapse of sex drive/libido, severe insomnia days without sleeping, bad curvature of penis to the left (i had a straight penis before touching finasteride) basically a total system crash.
The early months were hell and I became suicidal as all i was reading were horror stories and getting the sh*t scared out of me by guys telling me they've been suffering for years and that I was fucked, there's not much light in the Propecia side effect world, I basically was facing living years as half a man, something I could not accept, I almost took my life, doctors could not help me, doctors were useless in fact and I wasted a lot of money on them, please note I was a stable guy before this, doing well in personal life, I wasnt in great physical shape at the time but definitely not severely out of shape, my diet was pretty sh*t, life wasn't perfect but I was content but hairloss bothered me for some time and thats what brought me to take finasteride.
The turning point for me was finding a website called swole source and a regimen by a guy called cdsnuts, the site is awesome, theres no fear or negativity , I completely shut myself off from visiting any sites with horror stories, the mind is a big part of bouncing back, I knew if i stayed at my computer everyday wallowing in the misery I could not get better so I made the decision to cut off any negativity and go at cds method, I fully got on board with this since early summer and the last couple months my sides are fading, sensitivity much better, curvature much better, i feel very close to being back to my old self. The regimen is basically an initial juice feast, then paleo diet and t boosting herb rotation, exercise, weights, no fap, no alcohol, along with mindfulness techniques, thats a simplified version anyway.
Why im posting this is to tell guys who get severe sides DO NOT go near any other propecia side effect sites, you will only traumatise yourself, DO NOT f*****g listen to guys saying its irreversible and you cant get better, thats a weak approach and if you go down that road it's very hard to come back from, if you do get severe sides go straight to swole source follow what the guys are saying and you will eventually get better, it does take time but you will get your old self back.
I don't fully understand the science of what happened to me and honestly now I dont care, again I read so much on PFS in early stages but nobody really agrees on what causes it, the scientific community haven't cracked it and have published reports which offer differing opinions, it was all a complete headfuck to me, and for me parking trying to understand it and just focusing on bringing my body back to health has worked for me anyway, Im not 100% but feel very close.
Finally, I now look back on the past year and think how the f*** did that happen to me, I think the psychological scars from this whole episode will stick around for a while but they are fading and I know they will be gone in time. I see so many do well on it and never encounter a problem with finasteride, its crazy especially because I took it for a short period, I see guys saying they take it for years without issue, all i can say is good for them and I wish them well most don't seem to have a problem but after my experience I can say PFS is very real HOWEVER you can definitely get better from its effects, it just takes work. My days of treating hairloss with drugs or with anything are over, I couldn't possibly recommend it after my experience but for guys who are considering taking it I'd say get yourself in very good physical shape beforehand also if you are a worrier about health anxiety etc best to avoid it.
Thats it from me fellas, again if youre suffering from its effects dont listen to the horror, focus on positivity and hold onto the thought that you will come out of it a better stronger version of you.
