Blake describes disturbing physical and neurological changes after taking finasteride for hair loss

[@ethanbaggoo1513]

Great to see the next batch of interviews coming out with. I can unfortunately relate to these awful genital symptoms. Well spoken Blake, we have strength in numbers.

[@eriklivingston2678]

Thanks for speaking out Blake. We need more awareness of how horrific PFS can get.

[@mettehjort1710]

Thanks for speaking up Blake!

[@pointblack808]

Man... 14 years passed since I took it. Got divorced and never had a girlfriend since, got hospitalized several times and diagnosed with BPD, haven't had a good night sleep for a decade and a day hasn't passed that I don't think about it, not a single day that I don't wish I was dead. I'm sorry to bum you all out, wish you all the best. But this is getting more and more unbearable. I just can't... P.s. I admire your bravery. Almost no one in my life knows this secret. I'm so ashamed to talk about it. The fact that people, even professionals, don't really believe me doesn't help.

[@antoneckhart4010]

Do you have brain fog?

[@Slidehhy]

Bro I am the same how did you stick 14 years though

[@arwendersingh1356]

​@@Slidehhyhow long do you take finastride and when left ?

[@TheRealAIhundo]

Thanks for talking and bringing awareness to PFS.

[@d0palwh56]

This stuff is poison. Thanks for sharing your story Blake, one day we will see justice done.

[@AC-ns4gu]

Thanks for sharing your story Blake. I hope we can find a treatment for this so that you can get back to living your normal life.

[@maximilian8339]

Thank you for speaking out about PFS! We have to find treatment options for this terrible disease!

[@Yiahi65]

Thanks for speaking out Blake

[@jjohn408]

I challenged anyone who denies pfs exists to try Dutasteride 1mg and saw palmetto 3000mg together on video (with proof of packaging etc) for 2 days - Kevin Mann has seen this challenge and has not attempted it - he said something along the lines of "why would I get PFS, I tolerate 5ARIs very well" - suggesting that he admit it exists!

[@NoWay-oe9vs]

If it’s as bad as people say then challenging people to risk getting it is kinda f’d, even if they don’t believe it exists

[@DT-et8vk]

Thank you to Mitch and to you Blake for sharing your story! Don’t lose hope! As hard as it may be, everyday we get closer to a cure!

[@cheddarr29]

Thanks for sharing blake.

[@Ketrixx]

Man, I feel Your pain :( I was taking Finasteride for 1 year with breaks cause of hair loss. The only side effect was a libido issue but each time I stopped everything went fine till one day it didn't. Now it's 5 years I'm healthy af but no libido at all, viagra also not doing much for me. I also felt that my dick is cold and like dead but this went away after like 2 years I think.

[@Megaloden313]

May i ask if you have any change in your penis size ? Or any changes ?

[@IgrwOw]

Viagra won't work? You can get an erection at all?

[@arwendersingh1356]

brother you are saying now you no more side effects left ?

[@niksy4]

Same as PSSD. POST SSRI... SAME POISON. I pray for all victims !😢

[@elwayen20]

Thanks for speaking out Blake.

[@giovannitolenaars1879]

10 years in, big respect to be able to go through the day for so long. It's devastating what this drug can do. Thanks for giving your experience with the drug and speaking out

[@willydeezle]

I was really wanting t get on this as im in my 30s and worried ill start losing my hair, and this made me realize there is worse things than losing your hair. Very scary shit.

[@NeptuneGuy78]

Vast majority of people are fine on it.

[@李冀-g9s]

thank you Mitch～

[@keicoffman1508]

This is wild. When I found out about this last night, it hit me that the various weird health problems I've been having could be because of this drug. I've had many of these exact symptoms and it's caused me to fear for my job. Relieved to finally have a potential lead. (EDIT: "This drug can make you feel like a 90-yr-old man" - Omg, that's exactly how I described my symptoms a few months ago. Also, my chronic eczema that comes and goes briefly came back for an ENTIRE YEAR. And yes! My hair got curlier too!! Pretty mad that I have to be my own doctor, because none of the docs I consulted mentioned it to me.)

[@timpoos4635]

Any change to your beard?

[@pointblack808]

I had a few changes regarding my body hair. I started slowly losing the hair on my lower legs. Started from the ankles, they got mildly swollen and itchy and slowly progressed to the point I have almost no hair below my knees. At the same time hair started growing on my back, like at a ridiculous tempo, and it's progressing even now.

[@alterego_97]

I related to all this... my muscle and gums are gone

[@kazman_6899]

Gums receded or some type of gum disease?

[@alterego_97]

@@kazman_6899 yup

[@PostFinasterideSyndromeNorway]

@@kazman_6899 receeding gums i got this from PFS.

[@Vikinglawson]

Interesting. So have you had blood tests since? A friend of mine has got some weird skin blemishes since taking it.

[@Vikinglawson]

After watching the rest I saw you had a hormone panel done. Do you have the results? How extensive was the panel? Post the results for people to see

[@NN-sp9tu]

Saw a guy on the forums with weird blemishes as well

[@anonymuz7791]

Every pfs victim should donate monthly to pfs network and we have to track everu victim cuz many pfs victims dont know abouth pfs network.

[@facialexpressionshub]

Post Hypocondriac syndrome: I blame a medicine for my soft cock, while i can't actually demonstrate a cause-effect relation. You cant even demonstrate that some physiological changes occur and remain After discontinuiation of the drug... You guys are betas...

[@thomasmaenpaa]

Does anybody have any statistics, how many got these side effects? Any prosentual amount?

[@vaastafraja5685]

PFS is lest then 0.1%

[@mexicancookie7622]

@@vaastafraja5685PFS is zero because it’s not real.

[@pauloguzzo1961]

I had a severe crash taking CLOMID I never used finasteride, I had a clomid crash and it ruined my life

[@5000NATE]

Thank you

[@wolfkingsigma2795]

Don't play the medical mafia's corrupt and evil game. Speak in simplified direct english. "Persistent symptoms" should be said as, permanent damage you experience AFTER using the drug.

[@Bob-v8h]

Very true even I fail for it

[@prudencel1652]

Bingo

[@RocketmanPO]

How do some people not get any side effects at all and then there are nightmare cases like this, is this common across other drugs? Scary stuff

[@Bob-v8h]

Some people don’t put two and two together. They think they have depression and this is also a very similar syndrome to PSSD. Most must get sides

[@mexicancookie7622]

@@Bob-v8honly like 2-4% get sides and there’s literally no evidence they are permanent. Ik it’s hard for you to read but there are plenty of studies on this.

[@joshhargreaves7250]

Thanks for speaking up Blake. This stuff is poison.

[@Vectorman2X]

First sign that scared me back then when i was on finasteride it was the sebum production stopped plus yellow semen, those moments made me realize that shit hit the fan

[@tired_of_everything0]

did you recover?

[@tired_of_everything0]

@@deepak_shrivastava yes. how are you now?

[@redcarddino]

​@@deepak_shrivastavaknow how to reverse it