Propecia problems?

I felt I needed a break from the Propecia so I will let you guys know how it goes if I start shedding really fast I will go back on. I’m just curious to see if the fact I have trouble losing weight and my lack of PE gains since I started Propecia are related to the drug. I can already tell you this that just being off for three days I have had very good flaccid days and I always feel my dick dangling around. I’m hoping with the rest of my hair routine I can maintain what I have which isn’t bad. I also noticed doing a clamping and erect squeezes session last night it was easier to maintain an erection. I may order some of that Dr Lin Xandrox but I’m not sure yet. Also while most of the time my sex drive was maybe off 5% I noticed I went through periods when it was off more than 5%.

So my routine as of now is:

Generic Rogaine 5% at night than after it dries I add Revivogen and rub it into the scalp. In the morning I shampoo with either Revivogen shampoo or Nizoral 1% shampoo. I may add the Xandrox if needed.

Good luck, Dino. As you know, I’ve been a regular propecia user since 1998 and am fortunate in not having any significant issues. This was also prior to my starting PE in 2001. Also, for the past 1.5 years I experimented with cutting my daily dose in half from the typical 1 mg to .5 mg and have still maintained the same good hair results. I may experiment even more in the future and cut the daily dose down to .25 mg.

Peforeal

Thanks Bro if I start to lose some hair I may try the smaller dose like you:)

Good luck Dino, wish you some “Pezzi-gains” as a side effect…

mcn

Are you reading my mind:) I just bumped one of the Dr Pezzi threads. I tell you this much I have been hanging low in the ball department and I have had a great flaccid.

Good luck, and tell us if you feel any better, BUT if you start to feel that your hair is getting worse, get back on it if you wish to keep your hair, I personally think its very risky, but I’m not you lol. I’m interested in seeing your results, to see if propecia really is having an affect on your sex drive, and weight loss. Keep us updated.

I needed to test this theory with weight gain and lack of gains. I can tell you this my balls are hanging way bigger than usual. If I can find anyway of keeping my hair without the drugs I’m going to try. I already knew the Propecia was effecting my sex drive a lot at first but than about a 5% reduction but I think that may have been climbing slowly. So if anybody has any tips on the latest and greatest topicals for hair lost please post them here also if anybody been having the problems with Propecia post them and air them out.

Dino,
You can drop 10-20mg into your minox as a way to maintain some scalp DHT blocking. Much less will get into your bloodstream that way.

p.s. Don’t forget about the placebo effect when assessing your results.

Thanks Bro:)

You think that will actually work? Wouldn’t you think if it did that someone would have marketed it because it would be the answer everyone is looking for.

So far my hair seems to be holding it’s own I’m not shedding at all I’m just hoping my hair doesn’t start to thin at the root. I’m hoping my routine will keep it at bay. So far my observations going off are extreme horniness with a great flaccid all the time and much fuller balls. On the negative my temper seems to be much shorter which could be just by chance. My gym workouts have been excellent and strength has been up. My dick has looked bigger but no measurable difference to speak of that I could say wasn’t caused by just an extreme hard on. So far I really like being off except for the temper thing also things seem clearer to me.

UPDATE!!

I have to say that coming off this stuff as been such an experience this guy Pezzi is right in the fact that you will get a huge hormone rush my testosterone levels must be through the roof right now. I have been a bag of emotions and my temper has been off the scale but I also have been extremely happy and usually all in the same half hour. I also have been a walking hard on and I mean I actually have gotten partial hard ons just while walking and my dick moving around I can’t pee without getting myself excited when I shake my dick dry. My flaccid has been huge and my balls are hanging heavy. I can’t say if any of this will result in a gain as per what Dr Pezzi says in his book but I do think it’s possible. It would be great if my dick stayed in this state and my anger management problem passed:)

Dino,

About two years ago, I decided to stop taking my 1 mg daily dose of propecia for one entire month just to see what if any side effects would happen. I was nervous about the potentiality of starting to thin, but I took the risk. In particular, I was curious about libido effect, the amount of my semen increasing back to levels from 8 years ago, etc. After one month I ended the experiment. I didn’t lose any hair, my libido was slightly improved (but it’s typically high anyway) and the semen quantity didn’t change. I didn’t have the mood swings like you have nor did I notice anything else significant in terms of erections or flaccid size. I also continued to make incremental girth gains through PE but no length gains. It was this experiment which convinced me to reduce my propecia dose to .5 mg daily, which has worked out quite well.

Maybe I’ll join you in the experiment and go completely off the propecia for another month and monitor side effects even more carefully.

Good luck with the anger management issues dissipating in time.

Peforeal

Dino,

are you doing or will you do regular PE while off this stuff?

Thanks and good luck,
mcn

Yeah I’m still doing my hanging and some clamping and squeezes with a bit of full erect jelqing. If anything I have taken the intensity up a notch. I’m really hoping I irk out a small gain:)

Peforeal

I may reduce the amount I was taking if I ever go back on. I’m sure this is just a surge and will balance out in a week or so. I guess we don’t realise we are taking a powerful hormone altering drug I know I didn’t think I would have this reaction at the most I thought I would be slightly more horny.

Well things are starting to get more normal I still have a better flaccid size and my balls are hanging bigger but they aren’t horse balls anymore. I’m still a little more horny than I was while on the drug but it’s starting to level off. I think I may have irked out a small gain but I will measure again in a week. If I did get one it wasn’t much but it would be nice all the same to see that I still can get some.

Dino,

Its funny you started this thread. I took myself off of my propecia about two months ago. I am slowly (very slowly) starting to regain my morning erections. I am a member a propecia group with guys from 18 to 80 ALL complaining about libido issues, lack of ejaculate, tired, foggy thinking, weight gain, inablilty to lose ANY weight etc. Some of these guys have been off for a year or two and are just starting to regain what they lost. This group is in the thousands and want the FDA to relook at the side effects issue with this drug. My improvements have been better clarity in thinking and somewhat better erections. The saga continues…….