>>16602659Don't take Finasteride if you're mentally ill like I am. I only took it for a single month back in 2017, and I woke up one morning with zero blood flow to my penis. Me peen shrunk to half its length, half its girth, and was cold to touch. I couldn't get a semi-chub to save my life. And my balls shrunk and tucked in super close to my body like I jumped in ice cold water. Most uncomfortable feeling I've ever experienced in my entire life.
I stupidly waited for it to go away on its own because that's what the internet said always happens if you're one of the "rare" people who experiences ED from Finasteride. I also didn't call a doctor because I was embarrassed and didn't want to show a doctor my shrunken and dead dick. After 6 weeks of it not getting any better, I freaked out and called my family doctor. He referred me to a urologist and I had to wait over 3 months to see him.
Show up to my appointment almost 5 months later and he had never heard of this happening before and didn't know what to do. Asked me if I wanted a prescription for generic Viagra and sent me on my unmerry way (typical doctor moment).
Forced to do my own research online. Turns out this is way more common than doctors want to realize. It's called Post Finasteride Syndrome (PFS) and is poorly understood. But it seems to happen in men who are mentally ill like me.
Went to several other urologists since then, and only 1 of them had ever even heard of PFS, but still didn't have any helpful advice.
Thankfully, I've gotten very, very slowly better over the years. My flaccid dick size is 85% back to normal now, my erection size and strength is 80% back to normal, but by testicle size and looseness is still only about 65% of what it used to be.
Worst mistake of my entire life. I wish I could go back in time and never take this shit.
