Hello, im Luca from Chile and i'm 19, going to be 20 soon enough. Been on finasteride since late march from 2017 and i've been lately tappering it down slowly, currently on 0.15 mg of fin every 3 days, planning on lowering this amount through time.
Since I started to take Fin i noticed a loss in libido and in sexual potency regarding boners, also my morning woods died off instantly -but i took it anyway. I'm so fucking mad I took this poison just for hair.
Since i started to tapper of the medication, a week and a half ago to be completely exact, I noticed a lot of bad things going on: Couldn't sleep, anhedonia, brain fog, muscle weakness, tiredeness, moodyness, extreme passivity, depression and panick attacks, alongside the same symtoms which i was exhibiting with fin. Also my cognitivity was severely hindered and my personality from 2 months ago compared to now seems to have been transmutated.
I did some lab work and my testosterone was at 480, pretty low for my age. I asked an endocrinologist about the possibility of this being hypogonadism and he discarted it. Also an urologist exhamined my balls and they don't seem to be micro balls either.
Now things have gotten a bit better, got aroused yesterday and i jacked off with a boner to it's 70%, currently i can sleep properly, anhedonia has cleared up a bit alongside with the depression. Thank god. Also my libido seems to have gotten up a little bit, i notice more the fine ladies around me.
I'm really sad that this is what's going on with my life right now, on october i was planning on other things and not exactly worrying about this, but i guess this are the cards that have been dealt at the moment.
Since yesterday that sometimes i get a tingly feeling in my scrotum and balls. I don't know if it's numbness really, because I can technically feel my balls and scrotum, so i might as well call it a tinglish sensation. Is this a good or bad thing?
I'm trying to follow some of CDs protocol. Cold showers, eating healthy and some exercise plus sun is what i'm starting with. In the near future i'm planning on buying some of the specified herbs and supplements.
Because of what i'm telling you and my age, do you guys think my recovery process will be fast?
What other ways are there aside of CDs protocol?
How can I deal psychologically with this without becoming obssesed or a social hermit?
Is the testicular tingling a bad symptom?