We’re about to submit a paper on 120 cases next week, so if you have specific hypotheses and references that we can take into account it would be much appreciated if you could sendTaking Finasteride is the worst decision I ever made in my life it has effected me both mentally physically and sexually. Propeciahelp.com aims to provide a place of discussion for those affected by PFS. Than, J. K., Rodriguez, K., & Khera, M. (2018). i have also a DHT therapy replacement to follow during one year to increase my very low level so my life is very hard and i don’t know if i will survive from this nightmare !! I was given Zopiclone (a sleeping pill) which helped a little with my sleep. They just want their health back after what the drug did to them. In the third month I started to feel down and depressed and even started to write out a suicide note to my partner. I was still impotent and had lost all nocturnal, spontaneous erections. Nothing i havent felt before once or twice every half year after having sex(maybe bad positioning). Some of these men are now pursuing justice and compensation by filing a Post-Finasteride Syndrome lawsuit. The skin on my hands and face is very thin, paper thin.Since taking Propecia, the veins on my hands and penis have become much more prominent. Walf, A. Traish, A. M. (2018). To think that a pill to cure hair loss can induce suicide is truly shocking. In fact, this oral medication is often praised as being the absolute best way to regrow your hair. If a doctor were to ask me the worst side effect I still experience, it would be the cognitive impairment (commonly known as “brain fog”). The best of luck to all of you.I live in the netherlands and i just started using finasteride 5 Mg (spread over 4 days) Teva. You could be in for a very rude awakening.We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. It’s like your body is on autopilot and you try to connect your mind and body but there is a disconnect. I have lost interest in drinking alcohol socially. Garreton, A. S., Valzacchi, G. R., & Layus, O. To learn more, log onto the PFS Foundation’s website at pfsfoundation.orgIt killed my sweet nephew… Stay off this terrible stuff.I feel for this young man. I recently stopped taking it for approx. As we speak, thousands and thousands of men across the globe are suffering similar fates. You’re “rolling the dice” every time you take that chemical castration pill. It should never be allowed to be sold for cosmetic purposes and the warning label/side effects labeling is not sufficient.I thought it was a simple pill that I would take to grow my hair, like people take pills for headaches, except Propecia has the ability to completely alter men’s endocrine system leaving us fixed in a Post Finasteride Syndrome state with no known cure.Men should be told that Propecia is not just a hair loss tablet. After 2 weeks off Propecia, nothing improved. At the time I was naive enough not to question an FDA approved drug. You have brain Fog because you have no connection between cock and head.. Changed the swear word to pics but you can guess what it used to be.Jason, I understand where you’re coming from, this is a terrible, ongoing syndrome with no solutions. We additionally present a contextual mechanistic hypothesis as basis for future investigation. It has been active since 2012 and documents 16,125 cases of post-finasteride syndrome to this day (28.1.2020). Stop NOW!That pain in your balls is your all signal shutting down testosterone production. My receptors don’t even acknowledge the testosterone. How much worse may it get I wonder?Oke, wow. Glad that I have read this article. Clinical characterisation of PFS in literature review is often incomplete and can be highly selective in line with the specialisation or hypotheses of the authors. I feel like I am stuck with a new body type now and permanent disconnection between my brain and penis. Clomid, as mentioned above, is a good one as well to jump start testosterone production, but phenibut was able to resolve all of the neurological symptoms I was having that are caused by finasteride.How are you doing now? Too common as i took it, i would never have taken it such! Hypothesis as basis for future investigation feel entirely out of it, because i been... 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