I think dreaming about girls is a GREAT sign, but that's just my opinion...
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I think dreaming about girls is a GREAT sign, but that's just my opinion...
I've not really lost my libido. On my worst days of course but when "stable" I look at a hot girl and find her attractive. Up until around a week ago I could masturbate at will by watching porn. My penis is fucked up, noticeably so when flaccid. But can get full erections when manually stimulating. My problems are in my brain and central nervous system. My balance is getting messed up, I feel like I'm being pulled to the right by a magnet, any room I'm in looks isometrically slanted, no matter how much I sleep, I have a feeling behind my eyes that I haven't slept a single night since I crashed. I don't really feel alive. I've lost so much weight. Also new symptoms last few days, I have a burning muscle tearing in both lats under my arm pits. That feeling was in my right forearm and left tricep in the first month after I crashed then went away so no idea why it's back in a different muscle group.
Things I was doing prior to using finasteride which may be a co-factor in my current condition:
For two and three quarter years
- Used minoxidil practically every night topically. Cheap Kirklands brand.
- Used ketoconazole 2% shampoo topically for the same period, 1-2 times a week with some breaks in between.
For about two months prior to crashing
- Cheap fenugreek supplement once a day. Equivalent to 610mg fenugreek seeds.
- Cheap zinc supplement with copper and vitamin C.
For about a month prior to crashing
- Good brand of magnesium glycinate, 200mg a day.
- up to 10,000 iu of liquid vitamin D3 plus vitamin K2 per day.
- Occasional use of stinging root nettle tablet supplement.
For two and three quarter years
- Used minoxidil practically every night topically. Cheap Kirklands brand.
- Used ketoconazole 2% shampoo topically for the same period, 1-2 times a week with some breaks in between.
For about two months prior to crashing
- Cheap fenugreek supplement once a day. Equivalent to 610mg fenugreek seeds.
- Cheap zinc supplement with copper and vitamin C.
For about a month prior to crashing
- Good brand of magnesium glycinate, 200mg a day.
- up to 10,000 iu of liquid vitamin D3 plus vitamin K2 per day.
- Occasional use of stinging root nettle tablet supplement.
Are you sleeping on mirtazapine @Concerned feeling any better?
I know a lot of guys are against anyone using an AD like you mention above @Ocguy but sometimes people need something to hold their brain in place for beginning stages of recovery. I used mirtazapine my first two months of fighting last summer.
sure i get that.. i'm just saying he should try antibiotic for 20 days as a first means of attack.. vs going on an AD for possibly months.. If this tilt thing came out of the blue then we know its more than likely a bug, if it doesn't work then try the less desirable route to deal with the symptoms.. ie AD
if you follow the gut protocol in the earlier thread an antibiotic will do no harm and has a huge upside.. I'm also not a proponent of abx, , but having pfs for the last 8 years i've had to resort to them on a few occasions after every other natural method failed.. its gotten me out of a jam a few times and i'm grateful it worked...
How are you doing on mirtazapine?Things I was doing prior to using finasteride which may be a co-factor in my current condition:
For two and three quarter years
- Used minoxidil practically every night topically. Cheap Kirklands brand.
- Used ketoconazole 2% shampoo topically for the same period, 1-2 times a week with some breaks in between.
For about two months prior to crashing
- Cheap fenugreek supplement once a day. Equivalent to 610mg fenugreek seeds.
- Cheap zinc supplement with copper and vitamin C.
For about a month prior to crashing
- Good brand of magnesium glycinate, 200mg a day.
- up to 10,000 iu of liquid vitamin D3 plus vitamin K2 per day.
- Occasional use of stinging root nettle tablet supplement.
A little over two weeks on now. Initially, it practically knocked me out before bed and I was drowsy for a few hours after waking up. Now it’s still helping me with sleep and my appetite has rocketed, which is good for me as I’ve lost so much weight with pfs and I can now eat without brain pressure/swelling.
I’m terms of anti-depressant properties, difficult to say at the moment. I started the medication out of sheer desperation, so bad was my anguish. Since starting it, I’m not as suicidal as I was; I might have been crashing before and then regained a partial calm anyway though or it might be the medication.
I’m terms of anti-depressant properties, difficult to say at the moment. I started the medication out of sheer desperation, so bad was my anguish. Since starting it, I’m not as suicidal as I was; I might have been crashing before and then regained a partial calm anyway though or it might be the medication.