I wasn't sure where to put this topic since my issues are really broad, but I felt like I should post here and cross my fingers someone can help me. Basically I'm going to run down my health issues to the letter in hopes someone might have any idea as doctors seem to be at a loss.
About 3 years ago I began suffering from pretty severe acid reflux, which is still ongoing, but during the attempts to treat that issue I also began suffering from occasional joint pain as well as very rapid hair loss. Thinking at the age of 30 it couldn't get any worse, I tried to make peace with what was happening. Unfortunately it seemed like every time I looked in the mirror more hair was gone, so I saw a dermatologist and they put me on Propecia at about 1.25mg a day if my memory serves.
Immediately I noticed I had some kind of foggy thing going on with my brain and some headaches but, that subsided pretty fast. Up to this point I had a really high sex drive which got even more amplified initially. After awhile things felt alright. It wasn't until maybe 6 months in I noticed I was gaining very minor breast fat and overall pretty decent gains in weight, as well as a very difficult time getting an erection or even feeling horny. My energy felt low and I just felt really bad, I spoke to my doctor and she advised me to stop taking the Propecia and go from there.
I stopped taking the medication and i'd say within a few days I was overcome with just a ridiculous feeling of happy, I was extremely sexually active, overjoyed and just felt on top of the world. I was going to work like everything was alright, and I felt I made a brave decision to accept my hair would be destroyed but I would rather be me than to become miserable and have hair. Unfortunately this feeling didn't even last a week, I went from feeling amazing to feeling worse than I ever have. There were times where it got so bad that I wanted to die, I wouldn't say suicide was ever contemplated, just a feeling of hoping I die.
From there on, my libido tanked to nothing, I can basically never get a real erection and when I do it requires constant effort, I have days where I feel alright but low energy mentally, and other days like today where I feel like i'm on the brink of a cliff emotionally, wanting to breakdown and just be done with existing. I get moody, irritable, my hair is rapidly falling out, I can't have sex, i'm still overweight somewhat (190 at 5' 10'', not muscle at all) and in general whenever I look back on how my life was just a few years ago I can't believe how much i've fallen.
I've been browsing lots of forums including this one, i've tried so many supplements and weird things due to it. Berberine, Horny goat weed, magnesium, zinc, tribulus (sp?), caffeine, Vitamin A, Vitamin E, Nico, I just have a medicine cabinet of stuff I have tried over the months i've been off this medication (probably 6 months) and I find nothing helps. I haven't tried a lot of dieting yet because I don't know a safe way to approach that, especially when I don't eat it causes me to reflux even worse.
Right now i'm just at the end of my rope, I can't even make love to my extremely loving girlfriend of a decade, and despite that she has been nothing but understanding. I feel like she's the only thing that has kept me hanging on to life at this point and I really just want to be able to be the person she deserves again instead of this miserable, weak pile of flesh.
I live now to see the good days but knowing the bad days will come, I had a good feeling last weekend and a miserable one this one, there seems to be no pattern, my sleep is also not great anymore.
There is nothing within moral reason I would not do if there is any hope I could fix this issue. I'd do any diet and any exercise regimen, anything. It's just so difficult to do things when you feel this way, I tried to run and exercise but I just feel horrific after the fact. I don't know if I should be running or walking, or weight training, or what.
I haven't been able to get anywhere with my current doctor because she doesn't seem to think this can happen after stopping that medication, I had no idea any of this was even plausible until after this all happened, and I just don't know what to do
While nothing I've read here has helped me so far, I appreciate the effort and knowledge people share to give people like myself some shred of hope, you're all a bunch of wonderful people from what I have read. I apologize if this was too long or not informative enough.
Edit: I will add that my diet has never been particularly good, I don't eat a ton but I don't eat well, I have tried cleaning up my diet but it hasn't really worked, but I don't know what I should be doing outside of avoiding the obvious.
About 3 years ago I began suffering from pretty severe acid reflux, which is still ongoing, but during the attempts to treat that issue I also began suffering from occasional joint pain as well as very rapid hair loss. Thinking at the age of 30 it couldn't get any worse, I tried to make peace with what was happening. Unfortunately it seemed like every time I looked in the mirror more hair was gone, so I saw a dermatologist and they put me on Propecia at about 1.25mg a day if my memory serves.
Immediately I noticed I had some kind of foggy thing going on with my brain and some headaches but, that subsided pretty fast. Up to this point I had a really high sex drive which got even more amplified initially. After awhile things felt alright. It wasn't until maybe 6 months in I noticed I was gaining very minor breast fat and overall pretty decent gains in weight, as well as a very difficult time getting an erection or even feeling horny. My energy felt low and I just felt really bad, I spoke to my doctor and she advised me to stop taking the Propecia and go from there.
I stopped taking the medication and i'd say within a few days I was overcome with just a ridiculous feeling of happy, I was extremely sexually active, overjoyed and just felt on top of the world. I was going to work like everything was alright, and I felt I made a brave decision to accept my hair would be destroyed but I would rather be me than to become miserable and have hair. Unfortunately this feeling didn't even last a week, I went from feeling amazing to feeling worse than I ever have. There were times where it got so bad that I wanted to die, I wouldn't say suicide was ever contemplated, just a feeling of hoping I die.
From there on, my libido tanked to nothing, I can basically never get a real erection and when I do it requires constant effort, I have days where I feel alright but low energy mentally, and other days like today where I feel like i'm on the brink of a cliff emotionally, wanting to breakdown and just be done with existing. I get moody, irritable, my hair is rapidly falling out, I can't have sex, i'm still overweight somewhat (190 at 5' 10'', not muscle at all) and in general whenever I look back on how my life was just a few years ago I can't believe how much i've fallen.
I've been browsing lots of forums including this one, i've tried so many supplements and weird things due to it. Berberine, Horny goat weed, magnesium, zinc, tribulus (sp?), caffeine, Vitamin A, Vitamin E, Nico, I just have a medicine cabinet of stuff I have tried over the months i've been off this medication (probably 6 months) and I find nothing helps. I haven't tried a lot of dieting yet because I don't know a safe way to approach that, especially when I don't eat it causes me to reflux even worse.
Right now i'm just at the end of my rope, I can't even make love to my extremely loving girlfriend of a decade, and despite that she has been nothing but understanding. I feel like she's the only thing that has kept me hanging on to life at this point and I really just want to be able to be the person she deserves again instead of this miserable, weak pile of flesh.
I live now to see the good days but knowing the bad days will come, I had a good feeling last weekend and a miserable one this one, there seems to be no pattern, my sleep is also not great anymore.
There is nothing within moral reason I would not do if there is any hope I could fix this issue. I'd do any diet and any exercise regimen, anything. It's just so difficult to do things when you feel this way, I tried to run and exercise but I just feel horrific after the fact. I don't know if I should be running or walking, or weight training, or what.
I haven't been able to get anywhere with my current doctor because she doesn't seem to think this can happen after stopping that medication, I had no idea any of this was even plausible until after this all happened, and I just don't know what to do
While nothing I've read here has helped me so far, I appreciate the effort and knowledge people share to give people like myself some shred of hope, you're all a bunch of wonderful people from what I have read. I apologize if this was too long or not informative enough.
Edit: I will add that my diet has never been particularly good, I don't eat a ton but I don't eat well, I have tried cleaning up my diet but it hasn't really worked, but I don't know what I should be doing outside of avoiding the obvious.