Hello

I'm a 21 year old from Liverpool England currently suffering with PFS

I took one pill of generic finasteride around early December 2019, I decided to discontinue after taking this one pill due to already having problems similar to these after a course of roaccutane that left me with erectile problems, and I think some definite mental health problems. I recovered from all of these after a year.
After taking fin i noticed my left eye twitching heavily and i couldn't achieve an erection. I stopped and everything returned to normal for a few weeks but then i was hit with very bad sides(this was my crash as it has been labelled).

At first my symptoms were awful, no morning wood, unable to get erections I would try to wank and i would cum whilst flaccid, constant twitching in my left eye, blurry vision, eye floaters, I'd struggle reading a lot and make a lot of mistakes, I had awful insomnia and had to take melatonin and sleeping tablets, I also had tittinus. The worst were my mental side effects I had severe memory problems and brain fog to the point where conversations were difficult. I did very poor in my university exams for third year in January because of this. I discovered propecia help which made me feel like i would be fucked forever and should just top myself. So I'm staying away from that place for good.

Flash forward several months later to the beginning of may and I have definitely recovered somewhat, I achieve morning wood but they are definitely softer, my vision is usually fine but sometimes I still make little mistakes when i read and it can be a little blurry. Unfortunately at the moment I am definitely depressed and feeling hopeless about my situation which is most likely due to the quarantine isolation were all currently doing. I have noticed some days where my condition is better and my erections are firmer and I have had the DHT itch that was very prominent in between my accutane recovery and this crash but those days disappear quickly. I am able to masturbate however it does not feel ass good as it used to which is shit and my morning woods aren't as strong. I still sometimes have slight tinnitus but it comes and goes really quickly. My semen i also more normal despite not a lot being there. I have recovered to this point despite not exercising, eating like shit, smoking weed and drinking alcohol a fair bit.

I'm now at a point where I want to take my recovery fully seriously, I think I will be fine as i completely recovered from a similar situation with accutane. It just fucking sucks that my early twenties are centred around recovering from this bullshit

Questions:

Have guys here maintained regular sex lives whilst suffering from this, I have an easy cheep way to get Viagra from my gym so i was wondering if anyone could give me some benefit from their experiences?

Should I dive head first into the protocol that CD describes or should i slowly build my own based on the dozens of recovery storeys present on the internet?

If i have slowly recovered whilst not taking it seriously am i likely to recover from this faster with healthy living?

Do i have to do a water fast as I'm not really in a very bad situation like some seem to be, I feel a two week juice cleanse would be fine.

If i add some grains into a paeleo diet but only wholegrain ones which are gluten free and make sure to back load should that be fine?

I'm looking into determine sustain/sustain alpha to kick start my testosterone production has anyone tried this?

Do i need all the herbs if I am to try cycling the herbs?

Thank you