New finasteride victim, advice needed
Hi guys, this is my first post on this forum so if this is in the wrong section then I apologize.
So I'm 18 years old and have been dealing with hair loss for the past year. Visited a dermatologist last month who gave me Fin like it was candy. I foolishly bought the "only 2% get sides" thing, and am now paying the price.
After taking two doses of generic finasteride, 0.625mg each, I felt the sexual side effects. Stopped immediately and expected things to resolve within a few days/weeks at most.
Four days after discontinuing I might have had a small "crash", not sure. I got extremely, soul crushingly tired at 6pm, and had to go to bed at 8. Slept for 13 hours and still felt tired. Looking back, I can remember my sleep being really terrible and not refreshing at all.
The sexual side effects still persisted at this point, plus over the next couple of days I developed heavy brain fog and difficulty concentrating. This went away after about a week.
My libido and spontaneous erections bounced back about three weeks after stopping the finasteride, but at the same time my brain fog came back. It was weird, the sexual sides went away but the mental sides came back. During this time I noticed that I had lost noticeable muscle mass, however I'm not sure if this is due to the finasteride or the fact that I hadn't been working out at all since my initial crash, and also just couldn't get myself to eat properly. My appetite was gone. Also my joints have started to feel weak and make a lot of clicking noises.
However, in the past four days, my libido has lowered again and on top of that I've been having some intense suicidal thoughts. I'm not depressed at all (possibly due to being emotionally blunted by the finasteride), but I just get urges to end my life everyday now. Obviously I won't do it as I know it's not the "real" me thinking these thoughts. Also I've been breaking down crying for no reason at all every day, sometimes multiple times a day. Obviously my hormones are all over the place.
As of today I'm 4 weeks off the drug.
I discovered this website after reading hairlosstalk and seeing posts by Maxout777. I've read CD's website and his protocol multiple times now, and am considering starting it. I worked out 4-6x a week before this whole finasteride mess and have never had difficulty sticking to diets or regimes, so I feel like I'm not ready to give up just yet.
However, I'm wondering whether or not I should keep waiting for a couple of weeks to see if my state returns to normal on it's own? As I said I'm four weeks off the drug at this point. Or should I just start the protocol right away?
Thanks guys.
New finasteride victim, advice needed
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Cdsnuts
The longer, the better. It is a labor intensive practice but worth every minute of prep. Make sure you're drinking enough...4-6 quarts daily and don't forget to drink water as well. Good luck to you.
Day 3 almost finished, feel pretty good.
As far as sides go, my biggest worries are the muscle wastage and a total lack of libido. Scary stuff, especially at my age.
However I’ve been reading the Recoveries section like crazy and am willing to sacrifice the next 6 months, a year, 2 years - however long it takes to get back to being healthy. I just curse the day I ever took the poison called finasteride, can’t believe it..
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Also been doing the breathing exercises and cold showers, and man are they amazing..
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jacknap
I got pretty much all my muscle in 4-6 weeks post fast/juice feast least of your concerns
and obviously when you're taking in little food your body isn't gunna prioritize having libido/sex hormones lol
Yeah but I’ve had muscle wasting/absolutely no libido ever since my crash, not just during the feast lol.
Had the classic couple of days of recovery, followed by a crash
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Seems like I’m hitting a bit of a downswing, feeling a bit stressed and depressed today... stupidly masturbated for the past three days in a row, which could have caused this. I just missed feeling sexual desire after not having it for almost two months. Gonna go on NoFap for now.
Oh well, nothing good was ever accomplished by wallowing in misery... gotta push forward
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I know I’m spamming this thread a lot, but whatever...
Sleep was pretty bad last night, went to bed at 10pm after a freezing cold shower. Woke up at 3am and only had light and restless sleep until my alarm at 6.
Also today I had some coffee again with my herbs and reacted really well to it. No brain fog like last time, just increased energy.
Also having raging libido and hard ons everytime I’m talking to a girl im seeing or just seeing an attractive girl in general. Feeling very confident as well... I'll be honest, I've never been really confident around women, but I've had a few gfs... but I feel super calm and confident now... Not sure if it's the protocol effecting me so soon, or if this is the "rush of DHT" that some experience after quitting finasteride. Either way, feels great. What a rollercoaster this journey is but hey I’ll take it.
Gonna see how this journey progresses and update again in a week or two.
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It's absurd to listen to random theories from emotional people. People talking about epigenetic changes, autoimmune disease, blah blah blah..... half of them still have no problem using steroids, AIs, abortion pills though. There were a few people whose stories I followed because they made youtube videos. Well, they both bitched and moaned for a couple years, saying how hopeless it all was, etc etc... but both ended up recovering. Neither of them came back on to add any positivity though....THAT'S why PH is so toxic and deserves no attention.
5-htp helps with occasional depression too :p
Thanks man, I might give the 5-htp a go. Thankfully I don’t get the horrible pfs depression that I used to, but I do feel pretty hopeless on downswings.... just gotta ride it out lol
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Ran out of pine pollen powder already, and can’t get any more for a few weeks at least. Sucks because i feel like it was a major contributor to the return of my libido. It was like I was going through a second puberty, lol.
Since stopping the powder my libido has gone back down quite a bit. Not sure if its the powder or just a downswing, or both.
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