Thinking of going back on Finastride. Suffering from "Withdrawal Symptoms"?

[Hairpotter]

I have been on 0.25mg of finastride the past week and clean for 3 days now. Since I cut back on my finasteride dose I have been feeling wonky. All the side effects are present. I have no sexual desire, extremely tired and can't get my dick up. I am freaking out and thinking of going back on 1.25mg of finasteride. I have been a user of propecia for 10 years and have never had any side effects.

So how come I am experiencing side effects now when I am quitting? Has my body gotten so used to having finasteride in my body that it is having "withdrawal symptoms"?

Will going back on propecia solve my side effect issues and give me back my libido?

 

[RhinestoneHLT]

I would give it more time to adjust. Unfortunately that kind of sounds like PFS. I pray for you it isn't.

 

[Norwood One]

Here's something that might help. Take 50mg zinc 2x a day. Do HEAVY load squats and leg press exercises. Releases a boatload of testosterone to your body.

 

[Pequod]

It may be due to the drop in testosterone that now gets converted to DHT. When I first went on finasteride I noticed the extra testosterone in my system so if i went off of it i would expect to notice the loss again.

 

[Massive]

I was on propecia for 8+ months and last few months also added duta.
I quick cold turkey and for me actually the first 2 weeks were AMAZING. I felt like I'm a man again, random boners were back, and finally had wet dreams with a much higher frequency (no fap). I remember listening to music and singing on my way to the gym, I felt happy, everything felt better.
Well after 2 weeks this feeling faded away, and I was just feeling 'normal', I guess I got used to it. But only after taking Propecia I could appreciate how not being on propecia was better.

Ultimately the thing that made me feel more and more depressed with time is my male pattern baldness was progressing and every few weeks I realize I how to use more and more concealer. Honestly I didn't have any Problem with propecia it's just that it didn't do anything for me and even after I quit I was still shedding.
What I'm trying to say is that ultimately what really caused (and still causes) me depression, fatigue, lack of power to do anything is not much of the effect of propecia, but rather the effect of watching my hair disappear week by week and the inability to even halt the shedding and that I'm terrified to leave my house without a concealer.

edit: after 6 months break or being 'clean' I'm back on propecia ed for over a month now. my hair is still so fragile all i got to do is press my finger on my scalp and almost every time a hair will fall off. all i got left is to use lots of hair fibers and forget that i'm balding.

 

[g.i joey]

we feel great the first couple days because our dht comes rushing back, youre muscles will feel firmer, boners will feel huge, but once your hormones level out you'll go back to prefin levels.

In OP case, give it at least 2 weeks for your hormones to normalize.