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Hproscar(1.25mg) from the 21st. having erection problems(no early morning erections and surely not as strong as it was).

You're noticing erectile dysfunction after 4 days?

I think you should try to meet up with an endocrinologist. They ARE the experts on the endocrine system and the hormonal imbalances that we all create by taking this med!

When I was having some acne last spring, I was taking both low-dose accutane + Propecia. I was so annoyed by the acne, I decided to see an endocrinologist and get a comprehensive test. All signs were very healthy/normal.

I appreciate the feedback, guys. I think you'd be surprised to hear my experiences of the last 4 days, though. Erections and libido have returned. I have been doing breathing exercises and shutting out all stress. I also spoke with an old friend who has never taken finasteride who had the exact same thing happen during his divorce. He had all the symptoms of inflammation and issues with prostate, but no actual infection or abnormalities. He basically worked on stress and hydration for a month and was right back to normal. Also spoke with my father (internal medicine doctor) and he wasn't the slightest bit surprised I had experienced this and also said it was highly unlikely to get that side effect out of nowhere from finasteride.

Keep in mind, I have been on finasteride for 10 long years and never had a side effect. Now, did the combination of major stress combine with what Propecia does to your hormones to make the situation worse? Possibly. But how would that explain the many people who get stress-induced symptomatic prostatitis that have never taken Propecia ever?

In all, I've spoken with 3 top docs and none of them could find any other evidence of side effects typically caused by finasteride, other than softer erections. BTW, I was able to get erections again with 24 hours of speaking with the doctor, reevaluating the stress in my life and relaxing with a Klonopin. Your opinions may differ, but I'm inclined to believe this is mental since the symptoms cleared up so quickly.

I really dont think we should keep this particular thread going, anyone agree?

Personally I could watch this thread for months. We have a guy demanding transparency from his critics but won't post his own name; he'll bully anyone who complains about poor results but can't produce convincing photos of his own; he's so inept at understanding the nature of his own legal threats, he's eventually going to backtrace our accounts and call the cyber-police. I don't remember the last time I saw someone so completely un- self-aware hang himself with his own rope for so long, I say keep the thread alive. It's like a soap opera. Don't take away my stories!

Sorry to hear..trying to fix one problem only to create two is a tough pill to swallow in my experience..how short can you wear yours?if you dont mind ne asking how wide is your scar?

 

I cant wear my hair that short and leave my house without a hat,i need at least 12mm thats a 4 guard,im confortable in most situations at that length but not all it looks moth eaten a bit at a 4 guard even, its a large area nearly the entite back of my head.

 

Why the hell have dhi a legal department to begin with?i think we can all put 2 and 2 togother here.

 

And fair play to pat also!!!!

Have you approached another doctor about getting another minor harvest of FUT and closing up the scar? My scar from 1999 isn't great, but was told by a recommended doc recently that if we did another small procedure, he could reduce/improve the scar.

we are here for 41 years because we care ..LOL

Every time I think this thread can't get any funnier, it outdoes itself.

Thanks Brent, I'm going to follow up with my urologist tomorrow and ask him about the blood test, although I don't anything will show up. He didn't mention a saliva test. Again, he showed no interest in the finasteride aspect, just focused completely on the mental aspect. In retrospect, the stress I've been under has been unthinkable. Was on the verge of a nervous breakdown in mid-December.

Explain how you can cut the skin and not make a scar (it's impossible by the way) and put up a list of your doctors. Two very simple questions that must be answered.

 

Answer these questions please, no more avoiding questions, these should be easy to answer.

Excellent question. I don't see how the conversation could go much further without this fundamental question answered.

Also, DHI, would you mind posting your first and last name in the interest of transparency, as you said?

On prostatitis "biofeedback" scenario:

The Prostatitis Foundation

One more thing. The feelings of retraction/restriction and numbness only occurred starting Saturday afternoon right after I did some online reading at PropeciaHelp. Prior to that, I had just noticed slighter softness during erections. So for 4 days now I've had nervous butterflies and no sleep which I think has exacerbated things.

Thanks buddy. I do hear where you're coming from. I will say that reading message boards has gotten me into trouble a lot in the past with various medical problems because people post the worst possible experiences and suddenly I'm projecting them onto myself, and next thing I know I'm convinced I have them...

So, today I visited what the internet considers the top urologist in Manhattan. Brilliant and nice guy. I told him about changing from 1MG to 1.5MG and he said that wouldn't have done anything. Penis, testes and prostate checked out fine.

Then I told him about the sky-high levels of stress in my life (separation from wife, new city, a new job that could make or break my career). His eyes got big and he said by far more common a case than post-finasteride syndrome (which he thought was largely mental) for people in their mid-30s was self-induced stress to the point where things in the body really shut down for a bit. He took my blood just in case and wrote me scripts for Kolonpin for the next couple days and also Cialis if I wanted to try it. He also recommended a therapist which I'd already considered.

In any case, I felt my body more relaxed after the appointment was done. I hope he's right. I am extremely high stress and have never had side effects from Propecia before. I'm going to really take it easy for the next 2 weeks and report back. Keep your fingers crossed and thanks again for the feedback.

I hope you're right, my friend. I'm just feeling very confused. I feel a numbness and constriction down below that I've never felt before. Even a little burning during urination which makes me think I may have an infection. I have read horror stories about people 'crashing' from stopping the medication and maybe that fear has gotten to me and is psychosomatic. It has been 2 weeks now and no morningtime or involuntary erections.

In any case, I have an appointment scheduled with a top urologist this week. I cannot figure out how I've gone over a decade with zero side effects only to feel them now. I can't make sense of it.

Can I ask how long the libido issue lasted before normalizing?

Has anyone messaged TTP to let him know this thread exists?

Well, I dropped all finasteride 2 weeks ago and I'm not sure if I've seen any great difference. I can get erections but not as sustained. I even have a slight numbness.

This is really confusing because I took fin for 10 years and experienced zero side effects whatsoever. My libido has always been high as a teenager.

How could a one-week experiment affect me like this? Should I expect to be off fin altogether for a month before things are back to normal?

Shouldn't you have to know a little something about what you are writing about?

Not if you work for Fox.

Looks good so far. I would think another 2000 FUT procedure would give improved coverage, esp with that curly hair type.

I'm coming up on a year and my hairs are still wiry, wavy, and course...and the spaces between the hair is large to my ye, and the overall density is much less than the hair in back...the whole thing (3,000 follicles) is a lot thinner than I thought it would be, or had hoped. Not completely happy with it becuase I used to, and wanted to gel my hair back, but can't because you can see the scalp when I do.

Who did you surgery? What was your Norwood?

I believe I've seen pics of black men with FUE and FUT. Great results from what I remember since the hair was short and tightly curled. Gave a nicer illusion of density than straight hair.

Crap, video no longer available. There are some vids on youtube. It seems treatments average around $9000.

Which treatment? The stem cell thing doesn't even sound available yet. I would think it'd take years to get it right, get approved...

That is an amazing amount of coverage for 4115 grafts.

Looking good man, and good luck to you. I was confused what you meant when you said you got "strip FUE". I thought FUT was always strip and FUE was extraction? From the pics, it looks like you got a strip. Is the current length of your hair enough to cover it up?

why don’t you just post your DHI results for all of us to see ?

and also post the response to your complains by DHI every intelligent human will appreciate facts and not your agenda to hurt the dhi global image post results pls ANY MORE SLANDER will not be acceptable

 

Just curious, are you a DHI representative? At what level?

I'd like some elaboration here, too. Seems like a weird comment.

When I got surgery, the shock loss I experienced didn't fill in until nearly a year later (some didn't return, but 80% did).