This is honestly really worrying. Last week, I couldn’t get it up during sex and that’s never happened to me before. I was on Propecia 1mg a day for three months. While I did get some side effects like softer erections and a bit of difficulty, I could still perform. But now, two weeks after stopping cold turkey, it’s suddenly just gone. And what’s mad is, I wasn’t even thinking about Propecia at the time. Nothing was playing on my mind that should have affected things.
I’m feeling pretty low about it all. I quit the drug because of side effects and now I’m hit with the worst one of the lot.
If anyone’s been through this, please share your experience. Have you had this happen after quitting? What helped? How do I avoid this turning into something permanent? What should I do next?
Truth is, Propecia didn’t even help my hair in the time I was on it. And if it’s caused something like this for good, I really don’t know how to deal with that.
Best thing you can do is stay off it and keep it that way. Sometimes it takes up to a year for your hormones to bounce back and for things to feel normal again. Everyone’s different though, so it could take longer.
Really hope you got blood work done before starting the drug. You should definitely get it checked now, but without baseline results it’s going to be tricky figuring out what’s actually off.
This is something loads of people on here, who really should know better, often forget to mention. Same goes for far too many doctors who put people on this stuff without warning them properly. Wishing you all the best with your recovery.
And seriously, don’t go near it again until you’re properly back to normal.
21, your name rang a bell and I noticed you messaged me a while back asking about my experience. I remember telling you then to get your blood work done before starting it.
Really hope you followed through with that and it gives you something solid to work with during your recovery.
Yeah, I did get my bloodwork done before starting, and I’ve already booked in the next round of tests. Just wondering if there’s anything else I can do to stop this sort of thing from happening again, or maybe help my body get back to normal a bit quicker.
Either way, this is the last time I’m ever touching finasteride.
Propecia messed with my free test levels while I was on it. After the side effects kicked in, I went all in at the gym and upped my protein big time to get my test levels back up.
Make sure you’re not smoking, keep the drinking to a minimum, get yourself fit, eat properly and get loads of sleep. That’s about all you can really do.
I was back to 100 percent in a few months doing all that, so stick with it. You’ve 100% made the right call binning it. Got this horrible gut feeling that drug’s a ticking time bomb and it’ll be a full-on medical scandal one day.
I don’t smoke or drink, and I’m in the gym quite a bit. I’ve been having a decent amount of whey protein too, and was starting to wonder if that might be making things worse downstairs, but I reckon I’ll stick with it for now.
I’ve only been on Propecia 1mg daily for two months, and before that it was more on and off.
Really hoping it doesn’t take months to get back to normal. I just did a quick check and it’s not only hard to get an erection, but I can’t even hold it for more than 30 seconds, even when I still feel properly aroused in my head. I’m just crossing my fingers that this sorts itself out and I’m not one of the unlucky ones stuck with permanent side effects.
Worst case, your doctor can get you on hormone replacement and you’ll be back to normal in no time, so don’t stress too much.
Also, just my two pence, but I reckon 1mg of Propecia a day is way too much. Personally, I think a third of a pill every other day is plenty, or even half every other day. You’ll still get the benefits but with way fewer side effects, if any at all.