Endo prescribed for my mildly elevated prolactin and low testosterone. Did not help and made genital numbness, erections, libido worse. Also right after taking it I had the worse derealization, insomnia, dizziness, and anxiety. Just a warning to anyone who is thinking of trying in the future

I was 23 years old when I started finasteride 1 MG proscar every other day and I had been taking it for 6 months.
I had no idea if I had libido issues during that period of time, because I had no partner in that time and I’ve never noticed some drastic loss of interest toward women.

The reason why I stopped, was the fear, that finasteride could cause prostate cancer.

So After 6 month I stopped and there was already passed around 7-8 months since off when I started sexual life with my Girlfriend(GF) and I’ve never noticed any issues regarding libido or ED. So there was around 1.5 year since I stopped finasteride and everything was fine.
Then I wanted to get my hair back again and started taking finasteride again.
After 3-4 months, I remember, I had sex with GF and I noticed my penis dropped during sex, that was first time in my life and I thought I got tired. After that such cases were frequent. I noticed How I lose sex drive and libido over time. Looking naked woman was very weak stimulation for me.
I can compare my libido when you are full of food, you see a lot of delicious food on the table, you know it delirious but don’t feel hungry anymore.
I remember days before fin, I was hungry, I wanted women.

But I was taking it because I was obsessed with my hair loss. The finasteride and minoxidil has miracle effect for my hair.

Now I’m 29 years old, stopped finasteride 7 month ago and I would say, ED got 20% better, libido is 10% better. It fluctuates, there are days I feel slightly horny, and there are days I have zero libido.

I still use minox every other day.
I don’t lose hope, I still fighting.

#PFS #finasteride #ED

First and most significant I worked a night shift job for 6 months as well as a lot of bad habits and stress. Literally nuked my dick and energy way worse like an inch loss. Then doing weed finished me off I genuinely wish I could go back to the early days of this condition I still had white semen and my dick still worked enough that sex was possible. Now its like under 4 inches on viagara (6.2 at the peak) and literally is a pencil no thickness.

My mental side effects have mostly recovered but my sexuality has not

Is receding gums are permanent symptoms from pfs and anyone can heal with this.

Please suggest anything that can help with this symptoms or does it go away or this is lifetime symptoms

HI all, I'm writing this post because I believe at least a few of you are in the same position as I was a few months back. I genuinely thought I had post finasteride syndrome, but it turns out it was all in my head.

Now I wholeheartedly believe post finasteride syndrome is real, and that most of you probably do have it. I was experiencing some symptoms, mainly including loss of pleasure during sex and GI issues. I now realize I self sabotaged myself into obtaining these symptoms.

I first heard of PFS in a TikTok I watched, 2 months into taking finasteride. I was shocked about how serious the condition was, and proceeded to doomscroll reddit for the next 3 weeks fearing that I would get it.

I was so stressed and scared of all the symptoms I learned about, especially the sexual ones. I jacked my dick multiple times a day for 3 weeks straight to check if everything looked and felt okay. Turns out, if you nonstop touch your dick for 3 weeks straight, you're gonna start to loose some sensation. As soon as I noticed the smallest bit of sensation loss, I convinced myself I had PFS and that my life was over.

Shortly after this, I started experiencing chronic constipation and a burning pain in my stomach. This confirmed (in my head) at the time that I had PFS. With a shit ton of fiber supplements and completely changing my diet, I was able to pass a stool, but it was still extremely difficult. I eventually went to a GI doctor, and he recommended a colonoscopy to rule out colon cancer.

This is where my mentality started to turn around. After the doctor found nothing during my colonoscopy, I started to calm down a bit. I started to accept the "reality" that I had some mild PFS symptoms, and, if they didn't go away, I would still be able to function well enough. Soon after this, I went on a group vacation to a resort out of the country with some old friends. I had an amazing time and felt normal for the first time in a while. I also didn't get a chance to touch my dick at all.

Finally, I get back from the trip and get to see my girlfriend for the first time in a week. We have sex and it is the most pleasurable its felt for many months (go figure). I start to believe, maybe this whole PFS thing was in my head. In the following weeks, all the sex we had felt much better than before. I also started to taper off of my fiber supplements to see if my GI symptoms would come back. Unsurprisingly, my stomach and bowel movements are pretty much back to normal.

Now I have always been a mildly autistic, OCD, type A person who always pays attention to detail. If you fit this archetype, I really encourage you to reflect on the toll you are putting on yourself mentally, and if that may be causing any of your symptoms. Browsing this sub made me feel absolutely terrible 24/7, and getting away from it drastically improved my mental health.

For those of you who actually have PFS, I know you probably won't like this post. I just can't help but think that there has to be a few members here who were in my boat a few months ago.

Can we fully replace how we use *Crush* terminology, i propose use Crush in case when symptoms appears for frist time or got permanently worse after something like (taken again SSRI's/5ari and got crushed) and to other stuff like (i got worse after some kind of 'X' supplement vitamins etc), refer this to ("Flare", "Flare-up") when PSSD symptoms got worse for some time, but overtime they get back to baseline, this can reduse confusion overall without affecting meaning and give more precise meaning what happened, especially who look retrospective -comments/reports

I feel like we could all use a little bit of humor among all this darkness

I pretty much have never been able to give it up longer than 30 days. Had this dysfunction for 4 years is there any chance this is crashing me?

Caffeine helps me function with all the brain fog and exhaustion which is why its so hard to give up.

Has hcg helped erection quality, libido, derealization ? Did you have side effects from taking hcg?

I feel like my short term memory isn't as good anymore. Anything that helped recover that? Any vitamins or anything

The question is if pfs are something planned or if it’s not.

IMO you need to be seriously naive to think that a guy with perfect health is rotting up on every spect of his body because of a pill to fix your hair.

In the end the only problem mankind has is that we are to many people on earth so is pfs just something unlucky or is it a calculated torture from inside from the people that really runs the society.

And is it someone with a great mind willing to look into it, maybe we will get some actual answers🤔

Im from Norway so do not mind my English.

​"Has anyone here treated their pelvic floor tension and experienced an improvement in their erectile dysfunction?"

If my symptoms improved after PFS at 8 months, but for the past month I've gone through a major period of stress and now—even though it's over—I feel like I'm back to day 0 post-cessation? Please reassure me, is this temporary? Did the crash from this intense stress period completely wipe out the partial recovery I made over those 8 months?"

These are the supplements I’ve been taking to try and aid with the side effects Ive been experiencing from accutane damage (brain fog, sexual dysfunction, Anhedonia)

Recently started lithium orotate, so I’m excited to see if that does anything

Let me know your thoughts 💭

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (ACTH): 19.9 pg/mL (Lab Normal: < 46 pg/mL)

PROLACTIN: 17.7 ng/mL (Lab Normal: Men : 4.04-15.2 ng/ml)

TESTOSTERONE: 526.63 ng/dL (Lab Normal 240.24 - 870.68 ng/dL)

FREE TESTOSTERONE: 19.92 pg/mL (Lab Normal: 1.00 - 28.28)

SHBG: 17 nmol/L(Lab normal: 10 - 57 nmol/L)

ESTRADIOL/OESTROGEN (E2): 23 pg/ml (Lab Normal Males : 11 - 44 pg/mL)

DHEA - SULPHATE (DHEAS): 238.8 µg/dL (Lab Normal 106-464)

HOMOCYSTEINE: 18.13 µmol/L (Lab normal: <15)

Please help me, I’m begging you. 😔 I’m asking from the bottom of my heart.

My only symptoms are erectile dysfunction when standing and problems with ejaculation when standing.

I stopped taking finasteride 8 months ago.

I’m mentally exhausted. For an entire week, I’ve been sleeping under the effects of Valium and reading people’s stories here.

Is there genuine hope for recovery? Or at least for improving by 70%?

Eight full months have passed, and I’m still struggling.

Has anyone recovered from these specific symptoms? Please share your experiences with me. I desperately need some hope.

I live in a third-world country where nobody seems to know anything about post-finasteride syndrome. I feel completely lost, with very little access to doctors who understand this condition, and I don’t know where to turn for help. It makes this whole experience even more frightening and isolating.

Please, if anyone has experienced something similar and recovered or significantly improved, I would be incredibly grateful to hear your story.

Hello, I know many guys here are struggling to find a job, while still there are employed / running their own business and may share their experience.

I also used to work for big4 and IT company, presently, trying to adjust to new reality.

Some are not into IT / tech, found themselves in security jobs, photographer, etc

I believe that would be useful survival guide at job market

Also, as far as I know some even managed to receive constant social/security assistance

Has anyone experienced ejaculation problems and recovered?

My ejaculation has lost its force. Instead of shooting out forcefully, the semen just flows out slowly in one continuous stream, almost like a single mass.

Has anyone experienced this and recovered? I’d really appreciate hearing about your experiences

I will never be able to explain fully how devastating it was for my brain, my thougths are 10x slower , i can't mantain focus for long anymore, i always run out of words etc... having weak erections is really nothing compared to the brain damage it has done to me. I wish i will be better in a next life

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My libido is very high, but my problem is weak erections.

I don’t experience any psychological symptoms or brain fog. My only issues are erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation.

I stopped taking finasteride 8 months ago. Previously, whenever I stopped taking it, I would return to normal within a month. But this time, it’s been 8 months, and I still haven’t returned to normal.

Clarify the timeline and dosage

Make the medical wording more precise

Add a clear question for reader

Please share experience

Are there any regular smokers here and how does smoking affect your symptoms?

Do you experience headache after taking glycinate for sleep??

Hello, I’m writing today to report that I’ve noticed an improvement in my sex drive.
Lately, I’ve been keeping my distance from Reddit in an effort to completely forget about PFS. Then, last night, I practiced with my band at the studio and had ramen on the way home. In Japan, it’s common to add garlic as a topping. Yesterday, I put a huge amount of garlic in my ramen, along with a generous amount of green onions. I usually hold back because it upsets my stomach, but yesterday I decided to give it a try and loaded it up. Then, when I woke up this morning, I suddenly felt a surge of sexual desire—something I haven’t felt since I developed PFS. Driven by that desire, I masturbated about twice, and honestly, I felt like I could have gone one more time, but I stopped for fear of crashing.
I’m not sure if this is due to the garlic. I’ve been having erotic dreams lately, so maybe it’s just my turn to recover. Well, this sex drive might be gone by tomorrow, but just knowing that my ability to feel aroused hasn’t disappeared is enough for me. I highly recommend garlic. I think the risks are relatively low. However, people with digestive issues should be careful,I had a bit of diarrhea myself. Still, that sense of anxiety from PFS has always lingered faintly inside me, and once that disappears and my sex drive returns, I’ll be fully recovered!

I'm trying my luck here, hoping the PFS moderation is better than the PSSD subreddit moderation, which removed my post without even giving me a reason.

To put it simply, I developed the same symptoms associated with PSSD and PFS after undergoing an FMT to help treat my Crohn's disease, and I wanted to know if this has happened to anyone else here.

My symptoms include anhedonia, emotional blunting, feeling empty, a complete loss of libido, a total inability to experience orgasm, and erectile dysfunction. I also have other symptoms, such as insomnia and memory problems, but these are not the worst ones.

If anyone has developed these symptoms after an FMT, please send me a private message. I'm hoping to find others in the same situation and, hopefully, a solution.