[exfinuser]

Hello
I am in my early 30s and suffering from severe ed solely as a consequence of using finasteride for (minimal) hairloss. I can say it worked for the hair, but sadly at the expense of my penis. It's largely my fault as I was self medicating and didn't even tell the doc, although the website which sold me the crap without warning of the sides of proscar takes some blame...
I remember reading of the '1%' who got ed, loss of libido so thought what the heck and then forgot as for a few years I wondered what was happening with my low libido, ed. Even went to a (female) doc who just laughed it off and gave me viagra - ok she didn't know about the proscar but this inappropriate response frightened me away from telling health professionals any more until it was too late.

Last year, having started in 2001, suffered a panic attack which in retrospect was a reaction to stopping fin (supply ran out, the internet spivs were late the delivery by weeks...). I 'recovered' and the effect in retrospect was enormous, felt far more alive and outgoing, getting uncontrollable at times erections. Then my stupid self went back on fin due to hairloss starting up again and things went to hell - depression, testicle pain, one night noticing my balls felt smaller and then finally when wanking this watery ejaculate came out. Finally I put 2+2 together and did a search on proscar sides and was shocked to read propeciahelp.com and learn about hormones, something called hypogonadism and discovering that other sides I had over the years were all linked to finasteride - mild depression, apathy, skin problems...
I decided to quit and stupidly took one last pill - might have been 5mg - last thing at night. Next morning my dick felt disconnected from my body for the first time I could remember. Scanning the stories at propeciahelp it seemed quitting cold caused problems so had set on weening off, but just my luck I mislaid the pills having took them home to parents at Christmas. That and the advice on propeciahelp - at that time- saying manner of quitting made little difference (this is wrong though not proven scientifically yet).
Nothing really happened for a couple weeks then I started to get strong erections again, however this was interspersed with severe anxiety at work that fistfuls of OTC relaxer drugs did not diminish. Felt a bit better away from work but on Friday night went out for drinks and next morning it was like my cock fell off - I am not joking. Felt slightly better with viagra a couple of days letter after being bedridden and near suicidal but the severe ed remains months later and will do in all likelihood until something like gene therapy comes along...

So that's my story. A very extreme and rare case perhaps but an example of how this drug has destroyed many men's sex lives FAR too young.

Yet do you ever hear about this in the media or even in forums about ed and the drugs that can cause it?Hmmm....