Man Continues Dealing with Persistent Side Effects for Months after Stopping Finasteride

[@anurag.twentysix]

I'm 22 years old. My life is destroyed after taking SSRI. I got permanent eye floaters, severe brain fog, memory problems, 0 concentration, can't sleep for more than 2 hours, can't eat, abdominal pain, mild pain all over the body, fatigue, heart palpitations and massive sudden panic attacks. Everyday is full of suffering and finding ways to survive. I can't go on living like this. I'm living in hell.

[@ruthwrites1251]

Hi buddy🤗. I'm sorry for what you're going through. I can relate with your story. So, I took close to 7 antidepressants and suffer from most of your above mentioned side effects, however, cognitive impairment and sexual dysfunction are the most pronounced and devastating side effects. So, I have PSSD. Late last year, I had to drop out of college and decided to quit psychiatric drugs. I then went on to experience very horrific withdrawal symptoms, thereby leading to my suicide attempt. Talking about your life being ruined? Well, I concur because I'm currently not working and living on disability at age 25, which is a different plot twist from what I expected at this age and due to my ongoing sexual dysfunction, I've given up on marriage as a possibility. I haven't fully recovered but I must say that there's 0.0001 improvement after close to 10 months. I don't know for how long have you been suffering, however I'm very empathetic towards you🤗❤️ I must say that what we're going through really sucks. However, what has been helpful for me is acceptance. As hard as it is, I think we should come to terms with what has happened to us and expound our little mental resources we have left on things that we can change more than the iatrogenic harm that we have to endure daily. With my cognitive impairment, I'm learning day by day to live with it because there is no alternative, matter of fact I think the alternative is a killer. As it stands, I no longer see my withdrawal symptoms/side effects as hindrance but as a way my body is repairing itself from the damage caused by antidepressants. And for this reason, a little patience and time are definitely needed for the body to fix itself even though there aren't any guarantees. So by accepting our injury, I think we've won half of the battle!❤️‍🩹🤕 Keep fighting buddy and you should definitely credit yourself for sticking around for so long. My heart and prayers to your direction🫶🏼 P. S. : Sorry for the long reply

[@D37fit]

Thank you Shaun for sharing your experience with this devastating condition. With more awareness there will be hope for a cure

[@TonyGambino-b6c]

@@iamapropeciabox, doesn't your hairy azz bother your butt buddy BidchAss? Just wondering.

[@yaushaeomessias]

@@iamapropeciaboxBEYDA male!

[@TRUTHWARRIORONFIRE]

Thanks for ur time!

[@maximilian8339]

Thank you for raising awereness about PFS 🙏

[@TonyGambino-b6c]

@@iamapropeciabox, Prophylactic, get a life little boy.

[@ethanbaggoo1513]

Thanks for speaking up Shaun, sending you strength brother ❤

[@seanbrown6655]

Thank you for sharing your story... You are not alone... We are all in the same boat...

[@ryanclark5193]

Thanks for speakjng up Shaun.. very well articulated.

[@Jayt9813]

Great video Shaun. Glad to hear you made some improvements and I hope you see more in time.

[@TonyGambino-b6c]

@@iamapropeciabox, like your impotence? Like your inability to get a girlfriend? Like living in your mom's basement because you are a failure? I'm thinking you're not the best role model Prophylactic.

[@李冀-g9s]

thank you for your video，I'm from China.I have been suffer PFS since 2021.

[@chandankumarrout4423]

Hi I am from India , I have few questions can u help me

[@vikassharma8358]

@@chandankumarrout4423?

[@Drena2]

Thanks for coming on Shaun. Well spoken guys like you sharing your story does so much for us.

[@TonyGambino-b6c]

@@iamapropeciabox, listen here Prophylactic, if you didn't suffer life-changing side effects, consider yourself lucky. So why do you feel the need to pick on people that have? Are you that weak that you get something out of that? Why don't you just go on your way and enjoy your hair (as if that isn't a weak view of life)? Really, I'd be interested to hear why you think it appropriate to pick on those suffering from PFS.

[@Maxxxmaa]

Thanks for sharing brother. PFS & PSSD are horrible and sadly there is little to no awareness in society.

[@Yiahi65]

@@iamapropeciaboxyou’re delusional lmao

[@Adrem37733]

@@iamapropeciabox ahhahahahahahahahhahahahhahahahah

[@fvallo]

​@@iamapropeciaboxin early 04 merck killed 80000 people before revoking the bp drug, you are a naive fool

[@MileHiGuy95]

Keep up the fight. No cosmetic drug should come with even a small chance of this happening

[@Bob-v8h]

We need a follow up to this Interview to see how the gentleman is getting on. 9 months with some recovery. I hope he gets better.

[@brizexbrizex]

Its been 3 years since I first saw a pill of finasteride in a friend's house, my wife left me, lost all my savings to gambling addiction and now i'm an alcoholic.

[@JashBobb]

The PFS network channel hasn’t been active in 6 months, any idea what’s going on with that?

[@Bob-v8h]

Wondering the same. I hope the good guys over there are okay 😢

[@Yiahi65]

Different priorities they’re research based so yeah

[@thejoyofcroy]

The autocrat running it is a gimp

[@hypeboi676]

There still around, more behind the scenes with research coming up in a few years

[@jackbarhillel1065]

Mitch from the PFS network completely ignored a tel call we had scheduled. Possible people there ain't OK. ...

[@CrazyApe64]

Could you interview some people who have Minoxidil side effects? I’m debating on taking it, but I’ve heard stories on Reddit saying how it’s changed them. Would love to see some faces to the cases. Thanks for what you are doing!

[@Bob-v8h]

Do not take it.

[@brizexbrizex]

I take a shower in minoxidil everyday with rectal finasteride. its much safer this way.

[@KarsonsChannel]

It sounds like long covid on top of pfs

[@KarsonsChannel]

@@PostFinasterideSyndromeNorway a year ago I would have agreed with you, but I have met many people who have gotten long covid without being vaccinated. I would say it’s about 5-10% of the long covid population

[@jackbarhillel1065]

Yeah interesting... I also had long COVID befire developping this shit...

[@Yiahi65]

Thank you Shaun

[@Yiahi65]

@@iamapropeciabox no one needs to take that castration drug

[@ruthwrites1251]

Thanks Shaun for the bravery. Keep fighting! As more people are sharing their stories of medical injury, I think the demise of the medical system will be sooner than we actually think. My heart and prayer goes out to anyone suffering from iatrogenic harm🫶🏼