Post finasteride syndrome cognitive

[Excaliburnight]

I’m currently suffering from post finasteride syndrome and have been dealing with his affliction for over a year. My main dysfunctions are word finding problems and inability to have the same sexual arousal that I had prior to PFS. I took topical finasteride dosage of .25%. I wanted to my story out there to see if anyone had symptoms similar to mine and recovered? Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Systemlord]

I wanted to my story out there to see if anyone had symptoms similar to mine and recovered?

Depends what you mean by recovered. Most do not fully recover that had the classic symptoms of PFS.

 

[Jerajera]

Check out a guy named Ryan Ballow (I'm pretty sure) on Youtube. He has a channel named Cortex Labs and does a lot of content on TRT and specifically sexual function optimization/recovery for guys who suffered from PFS or PFS-like symptoms.

I think a lot of his ideas around that are good, specifically using DHT to recover from PFS. I would add neurosteroids, especially Pregnenolone since 5-alpha reductase, the enzyme blocked by Finasteride and other such meds, is responsible not only for the conversion of Testosterone into DHT but also of Progesterone into Allopregnanolone among others, making it one of the most crucial enzymes in male physiology. To be clear, Progesterone is converted directly from Pregnenolone, which is why I mention the latter.

I'm pretty sure he does personal consulting; it's probably not cheap but if you can afford it, I would say there's a good chance it'll be worth it.

If you can't, I'd say get your hands on some DHT gel, Pregnenolone/DHEA (pharma compounded if you can, if not I would use the brand Nootropics Depot. They have third party testing COAs I'm pretty sure and in my opinion are one of the very, very few trustworthy supplement companies in the US), and make sure you have a Testosterone base because DHT will shut you down.

Then just experiment with combinations of those. I think the most promising path for PFS symptoms is almost certainly hormone supplementation/optimization.

 

[Kenp]

Check last pages for many recoveries: Finally Cured From Post Finasteride Syndrome

 

[Jerajera]

I want to add to my post above that I think (I could be wrong) it's very unlikely an actual cure exists, at least at this point in the development of medical science/technology, and that any successful protocol will most likely need to be implemented consistently/permanently in order to keep symptoms at bay.

I've seen a lot of guys go into looking for solutions to PFS with the mindset that they can be cured and never have to worry about those symptoms again, and I think there's a good chance they're setting themselves up for failure.

At the very least, I would say be opened to the possibility that even if you do find a successful protocol, it'll have to be permanent until something better comes along.