Quitting Dutasteride - Think I May Be Getting Sides

[yourworld001]

Freaking out pretty bad here. So I know some of you know my story/regimen. Have been taking duta EOD for like 2.5 months or something. I had been on finasteride for 3 years prior and dropped it the day before getting on duta. I have had no regrowth, but haven't really given it enough time. Started duta because I was still losing significant hair on finasteride.

So within 2-3 weeks of dropping finasteride and starting dutasteride my libido and sex drive started going up. Had to beat off like every day (sometimes 2-3x/day), and was able to f*** girls multiple times for hours. It kept going up even up until the last few weeks. Even my semen volume/thickness went up significantly. I also felt literally amazing in every way. My body was feeling so good, my thinking was sharp, lifts were going up fast. But, slowly over the last few weeks it seems my sex drive has stabilized back down to normal, until recently I feel like it may have crashed. It could be partially in my head but I am not sure. First, just want to point out I do get whisky dick sometimes, and have had it even before getting on finasteride. I hadn't had sex in like 3 weeks. So on Friday, I was hooking up with some girl I really like after drinking a fairly good amount and couldn't get it up enough to have sex (thought it was a little weird because I hadn't beat off in several days and usually erections are crazy strong then). Couldn't even get fully erect from a blow job. Didn't feel too worried though because I was super drunk. Next morning I still couldn't get hard enough to bang (was hungover but still never had this issue before when sober). So it started messing with my head. Went out again the next night, Saturday, (was kinda drunk) and was able to get hard enough to have sex for a while (still not great erection quality), but then lost it when I pulled out to switch positions, and couldn't finish. I had to have like constant touching to stay hard, but there was like no way I was cumming regardless. This definitely worried me because I didn't think I was drunk enough to be getting whisky dick. At this point I was pretty worried so it was constantly on my mind, so I wanted to make sure my dick was still working. Sunday and Monday I couldn't get my dick hard for sh*t. I would try to watch p*rn and legit nothing would happen. Wasn't even interested in the p*rn whatsoever. Haven't been waking up with morning wood either. Finally was able to get a quality erection today watching sh*t p*rn (took forever though), but it just feels off down there. I am sure this is partially in my head, but this is freaking me the f*** out.

Even if it is mostly in my head, I think I'm going to have to quit. This sh*t is just stressing me out too much right now. It makes it even scarier knowing that even after quitting, this sh*t will stay in my system for months. If I take it any longer and I get sides, it may be in my system for years. Don't think its worth it anymore. This girl I've been banging lives a couple hours away and is coming up again to visit me this weekend. Freaking out that my dick might not work again this weekend. So yeah, what do you guys think? I am definitely quitting temporarily regardless, and probs won't go back on finasteride either because I didn't have good results with it.

My one theory is that maybe even on finasteride my libido was slightly lowered over time but didn't notice, and when quitting finasteride, my DHT levels went back up close to normal, and because the half-life is so short I was getting my normal hormone levels back? This is then why my libido and sex drive temporarily increased. And maybe the duta took a couple months to build up in my system, so now the DHT suppressed has surpassed what was suppressed on finasteride, and I don't have enough DHT to keep my libido strong? Idk...just a theory. O well, this sucks. What are your guys' thoughts? Not trying to freak anyway out, but didn't realize how brutal ED actually is, whether from the drugs or psychological. Sorry this is so long, worrying me pretty bad.

How are you doing off Dutasteride now?

 

[dralex]

How are you doing off Dutasteride now?

Getting pretty much back to normal. I've still had issues on occasion getting it up, but honestly may be in my head at this point, because on other occasions I am just fine, especially recently. Has helped with the nerves that I have a girl i am consistently hooking up with now, and don't seem to be having any issues with her, even when drunk. Have been getting morning wood as well. Don't feel the urge at all to masterbate which is a little unusual, but could just be cuz I have a consistent hook up right now. Its been nearly a month off dutasteride, and I still haven't added finasteride back in the mix, so unsure what my DHT levels are at. I am guessing I still have a decent amount of duta in my system as the half life is 5 weeks, but probs will need to start finasteride up again soon. My one hesitation on starting finasteride is I am worried that it may have been lowering my sex drive without me noticing, just not too the extent duta did. I definitely have morning wood much more often now then I did on finasteride, and I have been getting random erections throughout the day which I never got on finasteride. Having a lower sex drive for hair is still worth it to me, but I am still losing hair on finasteride. Probs will go back on finasteride anyway because it is probs slowing down my loss, and I will see how my body reacts this time. Definitely not going back on duta. Didn't do anything for my hair in the time I was on it, and seemed to f*** with my dick. I still don't understand why my sex drive was so insane the first month and a half or so on duta. It could be because my DHT levels were normal again as I dropped finasteride, and the duta hadn't built up enough in my system to get my DHT low again. Just a theory though. And still losing hair at the same rate as always.

O also, my semen is watery as f*** now. Don't know why. Still have decent sized loads, just super super watery. On finasteride semen was pretty normal and on duta those first couple months my semen was thick as f***. Don't know why its watery now.

 

[WMQ]

O also, my semen is watery as f*** now. Don't know why. Still have decent sized loads, just super super watery. On finasteride semen was pretty normal and on duta those first couple months my semen was thick as f***. Don't know why its watery now.

Probably from the prostate shrinking effect of these drugs. When you quit your prostate starts producing much more fluid