Hyposexual and panicking!

Hello there, I am new here.

Just three weeks ago I took two pills of finasteride 5mg, Saturday 5 mg, Sunday 5 mg. I experienced total destruction of everything that made me a man, at least half a man I used to be. I have no thoughts of lust and desire for sex. My erections are weak if not non-existent. Sometimes I do succeed to climax but not anymore. I did few days before. Now it's impossible.

Have I destroyed my life forever? I heard one pill can "kill" you. On top of all that I am already very suicidal. Please help me I think it's endocrine crash and things will never be same again Please help me

Hello destroyedlife: I'm sorry you have had this distressing experience. I'm afraid there's not much I can offer with regard to what you are experiencing. I know that your symptoms are in keeping with the warnings that are out there regarding this medication. But I don't know if what you are experiencing could be expected given that you took 2 pills. And I also don't know to what extent you symptoms would be likely to be permanent. I really think these are things you need to discuss with a physician.

You mentioned you're feeling suicidal. One thing I do know is true is that depression & anxiety can have a major impact on a man's sexual ability. So it is certainly possible that your suicidal feelings are at least in part responsible for your symptoms. But in addition, suicidal thinking is nothing to mess around with. (I've been there.) Please reach out, in real life, for the support you need during this difficult time in your life.

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Hey thank you Skeezyks for support and greeting. I do seem to get better erections sometimes and in higher frequency. Could that mean that I am recovering? Will I crash? But people who crash describe that they feel great for a week to month than they crash totally. Maybe I did not crash, just side effects that are slowly subsiding. Also would anyone have anything to tell me if this supplementation would help:

L-Citrulline
Zinc
Lecithin
Pygeum
Butea superba - heard that it's Thai herb that raises DHT drastically

So, would it be wise to buy this stack from eBay? Please advise.

Thank you for all support and compassion. I'll try to stay active!

Fina is doing what its supposed to do. You aren't destroyed. If you stop the Fina, the effects will stop.

Were you expecting a different effect?

I had experienced almost total recovery last week, but this week it's again zero. Is this that crash? How long will it last? I felt horrible for 3 weeks, then got better 1 week, now again zero. What's happening ?

I'd suggest learning to calm yourself. Anxiety can do exactly the same thing fina can do to your sex drive.

Okay, maybe anxiety can make erectile dysfunction problems... But what about me not thinking about women not for a 10 seconds per day? Only if I force myself into thinking. It sure isn't anxiety since I am quite calm. One side effect of finasteride is insomnia? WHAT? I sleep 20 hours a day!!! Posted on sleep disorder subforum. So I am not feeling anxious. But why I can't think about women? It's like they're gone. Like they don't exist. In fact I think about living things really little. Or maybe I think about everything much much less. I am empty head. Once there was thunderstorm of thoughts in my brain, now it's dead silence. Will I ever think about women again? Of all post finasteride syndrome side effects I seen the least curable is sexual thoughts. What is happening? What have I done? I am taking supplements, but still nothing. Should I consider HRT? I am going to check my hormone levels tomorrow. I really didn't mean to erase my mind totally!

Depression will also suppress your libido. If you are sleeping 20 hours a day you may have a medical issue Have you seen your medical dr? Maybe start there?

It's been 2 months since I stopped taking Proscar, that two pills of 5 mg.

Maybe these two pills intensified my depression and apathy?

But what I feel is complete loss of interest in basically everything, especially sex (i.e. porn). I have absolute no urge of masturbating even if I see hottest girl in the city. I have only feeling of beauty, like for beautiful red rose... But as with rose that doesn't make me horny, just amazed by beauty, same is for any extra sexy girl. Spontaneous erections are gone, maybe once in a leap year they happen. I never wake up with an erection. I never again fantasize about sex or even imagining kissing a girl. These thoughts abandoned me 2 months ago. And never returned. Erection is maintainable, although it tends to weaken. I can get an erection watching porn. What I literally cannot is orgasm. Ejaculate. Before month or so I was able to do so, hardly but eventually I did. Now I just cannot. My lungs and throat start being "bloody" like if I run 1 mile without stopping. I get so exhausted, I stop, erection subsides... And nothing from ejaculation. I am "testing" my ability to perform every second day or so. But it's basically null.

I have been taking loads of supplements including L-Citrulline, Zinc, Butea Superba, Lecithin... I have seen just about no change. Like I permanently transformed my life... From horny young adult looking for someone to have sex with and messing on the internet for 10 hours per day just to chat one more girl to a lazy guy who enjoys sleeping, enjoys good food, listens to music, sometimes melancholic (guess depression) and not more suicidal, but rather looking for pastimes and things that will help me pass quality time. And yep, girls aren't there anymore. I posted on some other subforum here that I was ready to relocate to Philippines to seek wife etc. etc. jada jada...

That was month before... Now I am not saying I am not depressed. I feel quite pulled down and depressed. Again, depression worsened after taking 2 pills of Proscar. Will it really resolve by time? Will I suddenly get horny again? Fantasize? Will I ever regain that zest for women? Will I ever have easy time ejaculating? I am taking antidepressants, but I see no change.

Final thought is that I noticed I became much more emotional on one side and destructive on other side. I cried on one movie, couldn't stop the tears... On other occasion I look into buying weapons and slaughter people. Really... Weird... And in fact, if I regain interest in any activities I had been doing before, excluding porn and sexual stuff, I would actually be more happy than when I couldn't sleep because of sexual thoughts.

So?

Any advice?

Thoughts?

Anybody?

TSH: 5,070 mIU/L
Estradiol: <92 pmol/L
Testosteron, totali: 12.2 nmol/L
Testosteron free: 2,6 %
SHBG: 18 nmol/L
Prolaktin: 668 mIU/L
Prolaktin after sedimenting: 375 mIU/L

T&E are in normal male range. Seriously, anxiety is no joke, there's very little it can't do to you.

You are describing what sounds like sever depression and anxiety. These things manifest themselves differently for everyone. Medication changes can also cause changes in libido. Yeah depression can pretty much put your brain on hold, also I wouldn't be taking anything even supplements without confirming with my Dr that they didn't clash, or were contraindicative.

Damn... I know I've been pain in the ***. But I still can't believe than my own mind made me totally impotent, without thoughts of women and without emotions of love! Is it really really possible? And if, how? How could I turn from sex machine to 90 year old man's sexual life in less than 4 months? Even tho, how could I lose emotions? What happens? Some trigger shut downs all sexual thoughts and anything involving love? I got reassuring answer and took burden of my chest, although I quarreled with my general health doctor and he almost sent me to psychiatry for hospitalization, he said it's in my brain receptors and I need therapy change. After I calmed him down so he told I go tomorrow to my psychiatrist and ask for change in therapy. I am taking Fluvoxamine and Geodon (ziprasidone). Do you think both AD and AP should be changed? And please try to explain me how could brain do this to me? I mean, my stress, psyche, anxiety, depression, whatever?

Anxiety is more than sufficient. Your brain runs EVERYTHING. Your brain on anxiety can wreck EVERYTHING.