I have Post-Finasteride Syndrome

[tall0ner]

I am in similar situation as u dude, I started balding at ~18 and got on fin and minox at 19. In the beginning I had a boost of libido the first couple of months and I felt pretty good. I was watching kevin mann, reading r/tressless and didn't even look much into PFS as I thought its bs. Also I've always been very serious with the gym, dieting and overall healthy lifestyle, so I believed I won't get any side effects.

Later down the road, my libido started getting a little worse, but I didn't pay much attention to it. I kept on living a healthy lifestyle and watching Kevin Mann, however my side effects started getting progressively worse and worse with time.
After the 2nd year I started getting brain fog, waking up in the middle of the night with anxiety and panicky feeling and unable to fall back asleep. I couldn't concentrate at work and my libido got worse and worse to the point I felt asexual. Suddenly my penis felt numb, I could get a hard on but even jerking off with death grip I wouldn't feel any satisfaction. Orgasms felt completely sensationless.
(With cialis I could get rock hard, but there was still almost 0 sensation in my penis and orgasms were muted)

That's when I got scared asf. I didn't even imagine fin could cause sides like that. I took a break for a couple of weeks and the mental/cognitive sides improved a lot, whereas libido improved only slightly. I tried to get back on it with much smaller dosages and even small dose topical, but eventually I'd always get sides. I'm now probably about 3 months completely off of it and my mental and cognitive sides have subsided but libido is still nowhere close to pre-fin state.

I'm eating 100% clean, hitting the gym for 6+ years(naturally, even tho many people think I'm on roids because of my physique),
35+ days of nofap, getting sunlight, walking in nature, meditating, breathing exercises, taking vit D3+k2, vit C, probiotic, collagen, l-arginine, l-carnitine tartrate, electrolytes.

Honestly it still baffles with me how much this drug can fuck you up even if you have a 100% healthy lifestyle.
Very scary. I saw many people on subreddits and pfs forum in similar situation as me.
Also many people say if you get any sides, they might subside with continued usage, but for me the sides kept getting worse and worse to the point I felt asexual and like a braindead zombie at work, the brain fog and anxiety was unbearable.

To anyone who's read my story, just be very careful of fin/accutane/saw palmetto. Some people can be very unlucky, even if you don't expect it to be you. My guess is that due to lookism, the usage of such drugs is increasing.
More and more people are gonna experience scary sides and PFS, so PFS will be undeniable soon enough.
Let's hope there are gonna be better drugs for acne and hair loss in the future..

Very similar to what i'm going thru, currently 20 in college and around nw2.5 rapidly thinning. i was on topical / oral fin and topical minox since 18 years old and have slowly lost ground and I don't know what to do. I feel like a wreck daily and the issue is I'm super underweight and have a pretty boy look. I am 6 ft 5 but only 160 pounds and i know i can't pull off a bald look right now because of my recessed maxilla, lack of masculine eye area and jaw. very tough spot.

 

[got.daim]

Hi guys, it’s been a while. I only returned to warn you guys of finasteride.

I started balding in my mid teens so I started taking finasteride a bit over a year ago at the young age of 18. I started with 1.25mg every other day and did this for two weeks. I got no side effects other than watery semen which I was ok with since I was certain it would go away after stopping the medication. Then I moved up to the prescribed dose of 1.25mg and after a few days I started noticing drastic loss of libido, erectile dysfunction and a lack of sensitivity in my genitals. I thought the side effects might be temporary so i kept taking the pills for a few days but the side effects became unbearable and I hopped off.

For the first couple weeks after discontinuation I was still very optimistic since I didn’t believe in PFS. I started losing hope at the 1 month mark and It didn’t take long for me to become a complete wreck. I avoided friends and family, cried and wondered why me? At the age of 18 I should be living my best life and now I’m gonna be a virgin for life cause I’m pretty much asexual because of my libido I thought to myself.

4-5 months after discontinuation I tried to book an appointment with my doctor but she didn’t believe me and indirectly said that it’s all in my head. So I had to go to a private doctor and he luckily knew his shit and believed me. I did a hormone test and unfortunately nothing was off. I say unfortunately because an out of whack hormone profile would have been easy to fix. He also prescribed me cialis which has helped with erections.

Roughly 6 months after discontinuation I accepted the situation for what it was and grew a pair of balls. I started living normally again, seeing friends, doing activities and so on. I also started trying natural treatments and soon I will start trying unnatural ones.

Now one year after discontinuation I know I have a long way to recover and it won’t be easy but I’m going to give it my all.

List of side effects:

- Low libido
- ED
- Short-Term Memory Loss
- Inability to focus
- Watery semen
- Cold testicles

If you’re currently on finasteride and haven’t experienced side effects I don’t want to scare you into thinking you’ll get PFS. You’ll most likely be fine since PFS is very rare. But I’d still hop off the drug because it’s not worth the risk.

Please take my advice and avoid the drug at all cost. You don’t want to end up in the situation I’m in.

Never take your health for granted like I did and care for your health. Have your priorities in check. I wish you all the best.

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[theinhibmaxxer]

Fuck I was just planning to go onto dutasteride at 17 if I don't go on that shit I won't have any hair by 20

 

[SA889]

did u recovered ?