Hi all,
Im 25, from the UK and took Finasteride from 24th July 2019 - September 30th 2019. I stopped as my side effects were extreme fatigue, depressive thoughts, lack of motivation, social anxiety and mild sexual side effects (not quite impotence, but a lack of sensitivity) - I would absolutely keel over if I didn't have a nap at 15:00, I just simply could not function an entire day without a nap.
It has been 11 months since my last Finasteride pill and I would say I have recovered to about 80% of my natural level. Then again, I can't even remember what my natural level is anymore. The reason for this thread is to seek help to find the last 20% of me.
I have terrible sleep quality, sometimes only getting between 10-30 minutes of REM sleep per night - I don't wake up, just bad quality and consequently have been living with terrible eye bags, a lack of motivation to work, general fatigue, lack of energy through the day and muscle weakness. Despite my best efforts, I cant get over 7 hours sleep, even if I give myself 10 hours from lights out to awaking the following morning.
I would like to say I don't have any sexual side effects, I can achieve a good erection and maintain it for a while and sensitivity isn't too bad (although I don't even know what 100% is anymore). I have been researching Post Finasteride Syndrome for a long time and out of luck stumbled upon Haidut's post surrounding 5a-DHP after I researched the metabolites from 5ar.
I bought some from IdeaLabs and it has raised my sleep quality (slightly) and I don't have depressive thoughts or anxiety anymore - however this is by no means the miracle cure I thought it was going to be. I have since been scouring this forum to find a potential avenue that will cure this condition for me and I have come across a lot of very knowledgeable people using many different medications.
I'm not going to list all the medications here as you all know what they are Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, HCG, Androsterone, Pansterone, etc .. and honestly .. I don't want to take the wrong stack and cause more damage to my body than has already been done. I had a blood test done and they said my testosterone was within normal levels so not sure why other hormones haven't balanced out. I trust its because low 5ar prevents metabolism into many other hormones (DHT, etc) therefore many hormones are out of balance.
My current regime is:
- 5a-DHP - 3-8 drops per day (haven't decided on a dosage as of yet)
- Tongkat Ali Root Extract (1200mg) - 3 * 400mg per day
I have read about this miracle hormone called HCG (JoeKool has apparently completely cured his PFS with this) - it apparently rebalances all hormones after a 6 month cycle and removes the need to continuously cycle things like Pansterone/Androsterone/Prog/Preg etc.
I want to start to begin my journey and really hope you can all provide support to help me out of this hole.
Thanks,
Dehdly
Im 25, from the UK and took Finasteride from 24th July 2019 - September 30th 2019. I stopped as my side effects were extreme fatigue, depressive thoughts, lack of motivation, social anxiety and mild sexual side effects (not quite impotence, but a lack of sensitivity) - I would absolutely keel over if I didn't have a nap at 15:00, I just simply could not function an entire day without a nap.
It has been 11 months since my last Finasteride pill and I would say I have recovered to about 80% of my natural level. Then again, I can't even remember what my natural level is anymore. The reason for this thread is to seek help to find the last 20% of me.
I have terrible sleep quality, sometimes only getting between 10-30 minutes of REM sleep per night - I don't wake up, just bad quality and consequently have been living with terrible eye bags, a lack of motivation to work, general fatigue, lack of energy through the day and muscle weakness. Despite my best efforts, I cant get over 7 hours sleep, even if I give myself 10 hours from lights out to awaking the following morning.
I would like to say I don't have any sexual side effects, I can achieve a good erection and maintain it for a while and sensitivity isn't too bad (although I don't even know what 100% is anymore). I have been researching Post Finasteride Syndrome for a long time and out of luck stumbled upon Haidut's post surrounding 5a-DHP after I researched the metabolites from 5ar.
I bought some from IdeaLabs and it has raised my sleep quality (slightly) and I don't have depressive thoughts or anxiety anymore - however this is by no means the miracle cure I thought it was going to be. I have since been scouring this forum to find a potential avenue that will cure this condition for me and I have come across a lot of very knowledgeable people using many different medications.
I'm not going to list all the medications here as you all know what they are Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, HCG, Androsterone, Pansterone, etc .. and honestly .. I don't want to take the wrong stack and cause more damage to my body than has already been done. I had a blood test done and they said my testosterone was within normal levels so not sure why other hormones haven't balanced out. I trust its because low 5ar prevents metabolism into many other hormones (DHT, etc) therefore many hormones are out of balance.
My current regime is:
- 5a-DHP - 3-8 drops per day (haven't decided on a dosage as of yet)
- Tongkat Ali Root Extract (1200mg) - 3 * 400mg per day
I have read about this miracle hormone called HCG (JoeKool has apparently completely cured his PFS with this) - it apparently rebalances all hormones after a 6 month cycle and removes the need to continuously cycle things like Pansterone/Androsterone/Prog/Preg etc.
I want to start to begin my journey and really hope you can all provide support to help me out of this hole.
Thanks,
Dehdly