MitchMitchell
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Hey all. Reporting in. Also started the 250IU hCG EOD protocol (not doing MWF as there's no supporting literature for a resting day) under supervision of an andrologist-urologist. Currently one month in, unfortunately not noticing any effects yet. But we'll see where it goes.
My story:
Sporty 29 year old, athletic build (BMI 23), healthy varied diet since a young age. Used finasteride 1mg for 20 days back in March 2020. I quit immediately after noticing erectile dysfunction, severe loss of libido, watery semen and loss of genital sensitivity. These side effects never went away. Over the course of last year I've also been noticing anhedonia, flat emotions, both positive and negative. Apart from the sexual side effects I'm most worried about the anhedonia and not being able to enjoy life as much as I used to anymore. It's in the smallest of things, for instance: the sharpness of looking forward to and enjoying a cup of good coffee is nowhere near what it used to be.
My pre-hCG lab results. For the record: these are 8 months after finasteride use without trying any treatment yet.
Blood results 15th dec 2020
LH 2,2 U/L 1,0 - 8,4 U/L FAI 75 30 - 85 Free testosteron 398 pmol/L 165 - 655 pmol/L
Testosteron 15 nmol/L 9 - 30 nmol/L
SHBG 20 nmol/L 13 - 71 nmol/L
Prolactin 0,16 U/L 0 - 0,3 U/L
PSA (EPSA) 1,1 µg/L 0,0 - 3,0 µg/L
TSH (TSH) 2,3 mE/L 0,5 - 5 mE/L
Thanks a lot for sharing your story and sticking around Joe. What would be very helpful to know is what exactly you did before you started the low dose hCG protocol. Since PFS is such a serious condition of which we don't know the mechanism yet, it would be extremely helpful to gather all the information we can from people who feel cured. Especially in case low dose hCG turns out to not work for some people.
Hypothetically speaking you could have asymptomatically tweaked something in the brain with medication you used prior to low dose hCG. What were the exact regimens you performed before you turned to hCG?
I will keep everyone updated.
looks like hypothyroidism to me