PROPECIAHELP: Persistent Finasteride Propecia Proscar side effects info & discussion forum

0) Where are you from (country)?
UK

1) How did you find this forum (Google search -- if so, what search terms? Via link from a forum or website -- if so, what page? Other?)
Google

2) What is your current age, height, weight?
27, 5ft11, Dunno

3) Do you excercise regularly? If so, what type of excercise?
Run once a week

4) What type of diet do you eat (vegetarian, meat eater, raw, fast-food/organic healthy)?
Meat eater

5) Why did you take Finasteride (hair loss, BPH, other)?
Hairloss

6) For how long did you take Finasteride (weeks/months/years)?
3.5 years

7) How old were you, and WHEN (date) did you start Finasteride?
24 - Jan 2008

8) How old were you when you quit, and WHEN (date) did you quit?
27 - August 2011

9) How did you quit (cold turkey or taper off)?
Cold turkey

10) What type of Finasteride did you use – Propecia, Proscar, Fincar or other generic?
Proscar

11) What dose did you take (eg. 1 mg/day, 1 mg every other day etc.)?
1mg a day

12) How long into your use of Finasteride did you notice the onset of side effects?
After 4 months

13) What side effects did you experience while on the drug that have yet to resolve since discontinuation?

Put an X beside all that apply:

Sexual
[ ] Loss of Libido / Sex Drive
[ ] Erectile Dysfunction
[ ] Complete Impotence
[x] Loss of Morning Erections
[x] Loss of Spontaneous Erections
[ ] Loss of Nocturnal Erections
[x] Watery Ejaculate
[ ] Reduced Ejaculate
[ ] Inability to Ejaculate / Orgasm
[x] Reduced Sperm Count / Motility

Mental
[ ] Emotional Blunting / Emotionally Flat
[ ] Difficulty Focusing / Concentrating
[ ] Confusion
[ ] Memory Loss / Forgetfullness
[ ] Stumbling over Words / Losing Train of Thought
[ ] Slurring of Speech
[ ] Lack of Motivation / Feeling Passive / Complacency
[ ] Extreme Anxiety / Panic Attacks
[ ] Depression / Melancholy

Physical
[ ] Penile Tissue Changes (narrowing, shrinkage, wrinkled)
[ ] Penis curvature / rotation on axis
[ ] Testicular Pain
[ ] Testicular Shrinkage / Loss of Fullness
[ ] Genital numbness / sensitivity decrease
[ ] Weight Gain
[ ] Gynecomastia (male breasts)
[ ] Muscle Wastage
[ ] Muscle Weakness
[ ] Joint Pain
[ ] Dry / Dark Circles under eyes

Misc
[ ] Prostate pain
[ ] Persistent Fatigue / Exhaustion
[ ] Stomach Pains / Digestion Problems
[ ] Constipation / "Poo Pellets"
[ ] Vision - Acuity Decrease / Blurriness
[ ] Increased hair loss
[ ] Frequent urination
[ ] Lowered body temperature

[ ] Other (please explain)


14) What (if any) treatments have you undertaken to recover from your side effects since discontinuation of the drug?
Zinc & Vit C

15) If you have pre or post-Finasteride bloodtests, what hormonal changes have you encountered since discontinuing the drug (pls post your test results in the "Blood Tests" section and link to them in your post)?
n/a

16) Anything not listed in the above questions you'd like to share about your experience with Finasteride?
n/a

17) Tell us your story, in your own words, about your Finasteride usage and side effects experienced while on/off the drug.
I want my semen back!

Right, can you tell us in more detail what issues you had while on drug and since quitting? Please provide us your story. Check others' posts if you are unsure of what I'm referring to.

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OK. I started Fin and had ED after about 6 months. I recovered naturally and my ED went. (Still on Fin at this point). However I had watery semen. After 3.5 years my erections were softer, but I could still get them. It was harder to get erections and morning wood had gone, completely. By this point my semen was not only watery but contained a jelly worm. A jelly worm in water. Awful

I decided to stop when this year when me and my wife decided we wanted a baby and she could not after 3 months, get pregnant. I figured the watery semen played a part. I stopped and erections went back to normal (super hard) and morning wood returned.

Then about 2 months later I noticed morning wood was gone again. I started taking Zinc and Vit C 3 times a week and morning wood returned, but only semi.

My watery semen is still there, but it is improving. It is white and thicker and the jelly worm has gone. Still not as thick. I decided to get a semen analysis done. My motility is low 39% (>50%) and Normal sperm is low 4% (>15%). The sperm count was very high 75million (>20million).

I am hoping that mobility and normal sperm are improving. I imagine they were a lot lower when I was on Fin.