Regular Member otterboy Posted October 4, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted October 4, 2008 Hi, im 26 from the UK, i've been taking Propecia for almost 3 weeks, within a week of starting the 1mg dose i noticed that as i was reaching sexual climax then nothing happened. Im really worried after reading other peoples comments and horror stories. i suffer with despression and my anxiety has rocketted. i cant eat or drink at the moment im so so worried I want to know as i have been only taking a 1mg dose for just under 3 weeks, will the castration go away and will i return to normal? Mainly....should i Ween off the drug, or stop right now... someone said they went cold turkey and suffered permanently! i had a reply on another forum but they wasnt very sympathetic as he told me how his life had been ruined and they didnt care about me. He told me to QUIT cold turkey... but he isnt a doctor and i thought it was bad to do that. i cant ask a doctor as its the weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member otterboy Posted October 4, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 4, 2008 Hi, im 26 from the UK, i've been taking Propecia for almost 3 weeks, within a week of starting the 1mg dose i noticed that as i was reaching sexual climax then nothing happened. Im really worried after reading other peoples comments and horror stories. i suffer with despression and my anxiety has rocketted. i cant eat or drink at the moment im so so worried I want to know as i have been only taking a 1mg dose for just under 3 weeks, will the castration go away and will i return to normal? Mainly....should i Ween off the drug, or stop right now... someone said they went cold turkey and suffered permanently! i had a reply on another forum but they wasnt very sympathetic as he told me how his life had been ruined and they didnt care about me. He told me to QUIT cold turkey... but he isnt a doctor and i thought it was bad to do that. i cant ask a doctor as its the weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Dewayne Posted October 4, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted October 4, 2008 I've never heard that it's permanent, but I'd take it until Monday just in case. Furthermore, check out Dr. Cooley's recent response to a post down below under "shampoos, etc." about another option for men who suffer side effects. 100? 'mini' grapfts by Latham's Hair Clinic - 1991 (Removed 50 plugs by Cooley 3/08.) 2750 FU 3/20/08 by Dr. Cooley My Hair Loss Website - Hair Transplant with Dr. Cooley Current regimen: 1.66 mg Proscar M-W-F Rogaine 5% Foam - every now and then AndroGel - once daily Lipitor - 5 mg every other day Weightlifting - 2x per week Jogging - 3x per week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member otterboy Posted October 4, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 4, 2008 i know for sure that the people on the other board i was directed to...they are extremely angry men. its probably not the best place i should have gone for help... I want to Half my dose from tonight... and talk to my doctor on monday.. I definitely wont stop them like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Hair to Style Posted October 4, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted October 4, 2008 I had a problem and it took months to go a way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member otterboy Posted October 4, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 4, 2008 what did you actually do? How did you reduce your dose? Please do tell me more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Dewayne Posted October 4, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted October 4, 2008 Originally posted by otterboy:what did you actually do? How did you reduce your dose? Please do tell me more I take Proscar, but generally my only problems are being 42 and married to the same woman for 17 years. I'd definitely call my doctor first thing Monday. 100? 'mini' grapfts by Latham's Hair Clinic - 1991 (Removed 50 plugs by Cooley 3/08.) 2750 FU 3/20/08 by Dr. Cooley My Hair Loss Website - Hair Transplant with Dr. Cooley Current regimen: 1.66 mg Proscar M-W-F Rogaine 5% Foam - every now and then AndroGel - once daily Lipitor - 5 mg every other day Weightlifting - 2x per week Jogging - 3x per week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member otterboy Posted October 4, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 4, 2008 so i guess i shouldnt worry too much....? on the other board they scared the living day lights out of me.... i can say i feel alittle better....though. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member aaron1234 Posted October 4, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted October 4, 2008 I had pretty intense pain in the testicles for the first 2-3 weeks on Propecia. I was about ready to quit. I decided to give it another couple of weeks. Fortunately, the sides vanished and I haven't experience anymore pain or issues in the 2 and a half years I've been on the drug. It seems common to lessen the dosage. Like cut the pill in half. Maybe stick it out for another couple weeks and if nothing changes I would try a lower dosage. Dr. G: 1,000 grafts (FUT) 2008 Dr. Paul Shapiro: 2,348 grafts (FUT) 2009 ~ 1,999 grafts (FUT) 2011 ~ 300 grafts (Scar Reduction) 2013 Dr. Konior: 771 grafts (FUT) 2015 ~ 558 grafts (FUT) 2017 ~ 1,124 grafts (FUE) 2020 My Hair Transplant Journey with Shapiro Medical Group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member otterboy Posted October 4, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 4, 2008 am i right in thinking the longer i take the drug (then decide to stop) the longer its going to take to go back to normal? So being in it for 3 weeks.. reducing the dose now. to eventually stop in a say a week... if i did that.. i guess it would be a matter of weeks until i noticed i was back to normal. Thanks Aaron for telling me about that. I wish i could carry on but im too scared after the horror stories i was reading.. I'm seriously thinking not to go with such a radical drug, and maybe stick to the Male Nourkrin herbal alternative i have been on for a long time. i think it helps. but it doesnt really make me grow more hair. Anyway...thanks for the help, it means alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member aaron1234 Posted October 4, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted October 4, 2008 From what I hear, some who lower the dosage manage keep their hair and lose the side effects. I would try that before any herbal remedies. Dr. G: 1,000 grafts (FUT) 2008 Dr. Paul Shapiro: 2,348 grafts (FUT) 2009 ~ 1,999 grafts (FUT) 2011 ~ 300 grafts (Scar Reduction) 2013 Dr. Konior: 771 grafts (FUT) 2015 ~ 558 grafts (FUT) 2017 ~ 1,124 grafts (FUE) 2020 My Hair Transplant Journey with Shapiro Medical Group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member aaron1234 Posted October 4, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted October 4, 2008 Also, if you plan on quitting the medication, don't bother to ween off it. Most likely at 3 weeks, you haven't had seen any benefit from it. I didn't really see any noticeable difference from propecia until at least 12 months. So the hair loss you have after quitting will most likely be your normal hair loss pattern, as opposed to the "catch-up" loss those experience after seeing benefit from the drug. Dr. G: 1,000 grafts (FUT) 2008 Dr. Paul Shapiro: 2,348 grafts (FUT) 2009 ~ 1,999 grafts (FUT) 2011 ~ 300 grafts (Scar Reduction) 2013 Dr. Konior: 771 grafts (FUT) 2015 ~ 558 grafts (FUT) 2017 ~ 1,124 grafts (FUE) 2020 My Hair Transplant Journey with Shapiro Medical Group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member otterboy Posted October 4, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 4, 2008 I've read its best not to go "cold Turkey"...as someone said they suffered after doing so. id rather do that and completely stop but my partner was worried i may suffer in doing so...tonight i have just taken Half of the 1mg dose.... i really want to talk to my doctor to find out what is officially best for me to do. I would do as you say and stop right now, but i have read more people saying to ween off the drug that people saying to just completely stop right now.... as the drug is so powerful i want to do it properly...but i am honestly in 2 minds as to what that is thanks for continueing to reply to me about all of this i will sleep better tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member indian_balding26 Posted October 5, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted October 5, 2008 the drug is definitely "so" powerful, if ur so worried, u can simply stop it right away.... its just a drug to block the enzyme 5???±-reductase which converts test to DHT.As long as the drug is in ur blood stream it blocks enzyme 5???±-reductase, else nothing happens, i don't think there is problem stopping it cold turkey...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member otterboy Posted October 5, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 5, 2008 tonight ive been convinced to take a quarter of the 1mg dose instead of the half i had last night... until i speak to an emergency doctor tomorrow and i'll do what they think is best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Blond Posted October 5, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted October 5, 2008 I have spoken to a doctor about this... he suggested to just stop taking it straight away. He said that there are loads of people who take 5mg/day for an enlarged prostate and he'd never heard of any problems after stopping it cold turkey.. Blond. ----------------------------- PhD (Experimental and Clinical medicine) 1.25mg Finasteride Minoxidil 5% (EOD) Nizoral 1% (x3/week) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balderdash Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Hey Otterboy, I'm nearly 28, started taking finasteride 1.25mg daily when I was 26. I was getting crazy side effects too (couldn't get it up, had sore nuts and a general miserable feeling) and found what was probably the same board you're talking about. I think visiting the propecia side effects board gave me more psychological side effects than the drug was giving me. I posted on a few boards and asked some questions, found out that it's quite common to have some side effects at the beginning and I just stopped worrying about it. I did find out that taking the drug every other day is just as effective so you should probably do that. Anyway, long story short, my side effects went away very quickly (3 -4 weeks) and 1.5 years later they haven't returned. My advice personally would be to talk to a doctor but I wouldn't give up on propecia too soon. Try not to worry about it, I think a lot of the people who talk about long term side effects from propecia are either scare mongering or have it in their heads that propecia destroyed their lives. Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member otterboy Posted October 5, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 5, 2008 Firstly i must say i am desperate not to lose my hair. if i lost my hair i would crumble, and probably just go around with a wooly hat on all the time! I noticed the start of it happening to me in my late teens and started the male formula of Nourkrin...it doesnt contain any drugs and i never got any side effects from it. I beleive it definitely stopped the hair loss, but it did not make me grow new hair..maybe made the existing hair thicker but thats about it... Propecia was reccomended on morning tv here in the UK so i wanted to try it. it is an expensive drug, as was the Nourkrin man. Anyway i want to continue if i knew for sure the side effects would go away. But since i went onto those other boards i've been scarred S*%??less by it. I have just came up to the 3 weeks now. from week 1 i noticed the frightning side effect where you cannot feel an orgasm. I didnt think much of it... as in the paper that comes with the drug it says the side effects would wear off if you continue, or if you quit. But what if it doesnt...? Its the not knowing that really scares me. I will continue for now. Anyway i will see what my doctor says about this tomorrow and report back... thankyou for the support, it means alot to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member otterboy Posted October 6, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 6, 2008 My doctor said that some side effects do wear off but others "come with the drug" so its a matter of put up with the side effect or dont take the drug. I know ive been told in some cases the effects have worn off, but all the side effects ive read seem to really vary... Mine is probobly the worst one you can have to be honest. Ive been told to ween off as i am, but i dont need to do this beyond tomorrow when i can actually stop. side effects should go away within the week. Now i just have to ask...... What else can be recommended to me? Apart from the Nourkrin Man... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member indian_balding26 Posted October 6, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted October 6, 2008 try saw palmetto, stinging nettle herbal medication.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaDavis Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 When taken as recommended Propecia side effects are usually mild and generally have not caused the men to stop taking the medicine. You can find more information about Propecia here http://www.x-cheap-pharmacy.com/drugs-info/propecia.html?kid=411 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member otterboy Posted October 15, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 15, 2008 well i have stopped taking it.. for over a week now. im gradually getting back to normal. my doctor.. who i have to say is the best in the north west of the UK told me its more of a side effect that comes with the drug instead of one that wears off... and from what ive read it seems that is the case as so many people still suffer the same debilitating side effect over a year on. Really i may have continued had i had hope that they way wear off. but im going back to the Nourkrin Man now as i was before... it is highly recommended to men, and it has helped without those gastly side effects. i will check out your link.. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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