Thinking Of Taking A Break From Propecia ?

[Baldingat188]

i sort of want to compare my libido . I've been on it for about 2 months and I still can get an erection but it seems to take more effort . If I took a 1-2 week break would it mess things up ?

 

[Roberto_72]

This is not a question anyone can answer. These precise "experiments" have not been documented.

In my opinion you would not screw up your treatment, but it is just my gut feeling. No one tested the effects of a short break with a consistent study.

 

[g.i joey]

i sort of want to compare my libido . I've been on it for about 2 months and I still can get an erection but it seems to take more effort . If I took a 1-2 week break would it mess things up ?

If you're gonna take a break, make it a month or longer as your body sort of goes through an adjustment phase once you get off the drug. Ive came off it three times, this was the outcome. First 1 week libido is low(lower than when on treatment, mine is fine on treatment), 2nd week libido starts rising back up and by the beginning of the third week i feel exactly as i did pre finasteride. 2 week break will only cause a shed and wont really let you assess the sides or not. Minimum 1 month, expect to lose a little hair the next month or 2 after that as thats when your body will take the hit, even if you get back on finasteride.

 

[Baldingat188]

If you're gonna take a break, make it a month or longer as your body sort of goes through an adjustment phase once you get off the drug. Ive came off it three times, this was the outcome. First 1 week libido is low(lower than when on treatment, mine is fine on treatment), 2nd week libido starts rising back up and by the beginning of the third week i feel exactly as i did pre finasteride. 2 week break will only cause a shed and wont really let you assess the sides or not. Minimum 1 month, expect to lose a little hair the next month or 2 after that as thats when your body will take the hit, even if you get back on finasteride.

do you think its worth taking a break? I feel like its hard for me to become sexually aroused and im not sure if its due to Propecia or due to me over thinking it

 

[g.i joey]

do you think its worth taking a break? I feel like its hard for me to become sexually aroused and im not sure if its due to Propecia or due to me over thinking it

If its gonna give you peace of mind then yes i think you should do wtv to maintain that, everyone here told me id be bald if i took a break for a month or 2, i did lose some hair but still far from bald, i really just took the break for my own peace of mind. I also think your body will adjust if you just give it a couple more months.

Hand to god, my libido was a little lower the first 2-3 months, once i started reaching the end of month 5, its alot higher than pre finasteride.

You should also understand if every sexual thought comes with "i hope propecia wont give me ed, i hope ill get it up, i hope i stay hard" then it will be very hard to be horny. Sex should be correlated with pleasure and not looked at as a chore and hoping to be horny. My advice, forget about your libido for a couple days, wait till you're genuinely horny and rub 1 out and see how that pans out for you.

 

[Baldingat188]

If its gonna give you peace of mind then yes i think you should do wtv to maintain that, everyone here told me id be bald if i took a break for a month or 2, i did lose some hair but still far from bald, i really just took the break for my own peace of mind. I also think your body will adjust if you just give it a couple more months.

Hand to god, my libido was a little lower the first 2-3 months, once i started reaching the end of month 5, its alot higher than pre finasteride.

You should also understand if every sexual thought comes with "i hope propecia wont give me ed, i hope ill get it up, i hope i stay hard" then it will be very hard to be horny. Sex should be correlated with pleasure and not looked at as a chore and hoping to be horny. My advice, forget about your libido for a couple days, wait till you're genuinely horny and rub 1 out and see how that pans out for you.

yea I know that theres a good chance its because me thinking about it. But its still really hard to combat cause I have alot of anxiety about it.

sucks man =/

 

[g.i joey]

yea I know that theres a good chance its because me thinking about it. But its still really hard to combat cause I have alot of anxiety about it.

sucks man =/

Can't blame you, the internet is a brutal place. I personally take comfort in reading the tresless section on reddit and bodybuilding forum and reading numerous stories about how finasteride helped all these young guys retain their hair with minimal sides.

You should always consider the demographic each forum is trying to market to. Reddit is used by young guys in their late teens and early 20's, even late 20s, and it's very similar for bodybuilding. I feel like I can relate to a lot more people on there in terms of my situation, and there's way less fear mongering going on around there imo.

 

[Kidbako]

do you think its worth taking a break? I feel like its hard for me to become sexually aroused and im not sure if its due to Propecia or due to me over thinking it

May be due to you needing a hotter chick.

 

[Baldingat188]

May be due to you needing a hotter chick.

Lol

 

[Baldingat188]

May be due to you needing a hotter chick.

Or maybe I'm secretly going gay

 

[abcdefg]

I dont think its a big deal to take a week or two break. Whether that is enough time to get back to what you had originally though who knows. Could take longer.