I've been on Finasteride now for almost 20 months with excellent results.
Over the last few months I've been thinking more about sides (I blame the internet).
Though I can't say that I've had any sides at all, I do acknowledge that finasteride has made my jizz watery, though not always. I have also had OCCASIONAL (totally random, "a couple of times a year" type thing) bouts of low libido, soft erections, anxiety (more often), mood swings (more often), brain fog, and testicular pain (more often), but I suspect these things to be all part of the normal ups and downs of most men's lives, as they all existed BEFORE I start treatment. They've not really been serious..
However, let's say (theoretically) that I was SURE that my problems were caused by Finasteride. What exactly causes these things?
Here are my guesses:
Watery jizz & testicular pain - low DHT in the testicles?
Low libido, soft erections, anxiety, mood swings - with lower DHT the body compensates by elevating T, much of which is converted to estrogen, leading to competition with T for the receptor sites. Not necessarily low T, just high E?
Brain fog - no idea, same as above?
I'm pretty hopeful I'll get some good responses here. If anyone is is confident that they know what they're talking about, please post.
Over the last few months I've been thinking more about sides (I blame the internet).
Though I can't say that I've had any sides at all, I do acknowledge that finasteride has made my jizz watery, though not always. I have also had OCCASIONAL (totally random, "a couple of times a year" type thing) bouts of low libido, soft erections, anxiety (more often), mood swings (more often), brain fog, and testicular pain (more often), but I suspect these things to be all part of the normal ups and downs of most men's lives, as they all existed BEFORE I start treatment. They've not really been serious..
However, let's say (theoretically) that I was SURE that my problems were caused by Finasteride. What exactly causes these things?
Here are my guesses:
Watery jizz & testicular pain - low DHT in the testicles?
Low libido, soft erections, anxiety, mood swings - with lower DHT the body compensates by elevating T, much of which is converted to estrogen, leading to competition with T for the receptor sites. Not necessarily low T, just high E?
Brain fog - no idea, same as above?
I'm pretty hopeful I'll get some good responses here. If anyone is is confident that they know what they're talking about, please post.