Hello,
I'm 29, in health care, was relieved to learn of a possible medication to help with my diffuse hairloss. I was not aware of most of the reported side effects initially and thus don't believe placebo effect is at play. Prior to taking Propecia I had a fairly high libido and predictable, if I were to abstain for ~3days I would be very easily aroused, always.
To keep things brief, most side effects for me were temporary. However, in addition to few morning and spontaneous erections, one side effect for me which began and never resolved while on the medication was a reduced arousal and reduced penile sensitivity, perhaps these are related to each other. Prior to taking the drug, the longer I were to abstain the more sensitive and easily aroused I would become. When having sex I could control and maintain a high arousal level short of orgasm (ie. 'edging') during which there was there would be pronounced penile sensitivity. It would be a challenge to lose an erection at this point and it would certainly be out of the question to stop sex without finishing. After beginning the medication I no longer experienced this arousal state short of orgasm (which is the most enjoyable part), orgasm was the only enjoyable part of sex. After remaining on the medication for ~7months I felt it was sufficient time for things to resolve if they were going to so stopped taking it. It has been 2months off, I have experienced more morning and spontaneous erections and no longer notice urine dripping after urinating. However, I continue to experience little arousal state short of orgasm and little sensitivity-my normal erections feel more like what a morning erection feels like-no associated arousal. I can still reach climax but could stop sex before and lose my erection quite easily. The first 2 weeks after stopping I experienced a dull pain in my groin just before orgasm, this is still present but continuing to subside.
I am trying to remain pretty calm at this point and will visit my Doctor in a few months if things haven't resolved. Has anyone experienced this loss of arousal/sensitivity during sex? I have not seen it described here as such but perhaps some just mean this when referring to libido?
Would welcome others input. After close to a year I look forward to returning to a normal sex life.
I'm 29, in health care, was relieved to learn of a possible medication to help with my diffuse hairloss. I was not aware of most of the reported side effects initially and thus don't believe placebo effect is at play. Prior to taking Propecia I had a fairly high libido and predictable, if I were to abstain for ~3days I would be very easily aroused, always.
To keep things brief, most side effects for me were temporary. However, in addition to few morning and spontaneous erections, one side effect for me which began and never resolved while on the medication was a reduced arousal and reduced penile sensitivity, perhaps these are related to each other. Prior to taking the drug, the longer I were to abstain the more sensitive and easily aroused I would become. When having sex I could control and maintain a high arousal level short of orgasm (ie. 'edging') during which there was there would be pronounced penile sensitivity. It would be a challenge to lose an erection at this point and it would certainly be out of the question to stop sex without finishing. After beginning the medication I no longer experienced this arousal state short of orgasm (which is the most enjoyable part), orgasm was the only enjoyable part of sex. After remaining on the medication for ~7months I felt it was sufficient time for things to resolve if they were going to so stopped taking it. It has been 2months off, I have experienced more morning and spontaneous erections and no longer notice urine dripping after urinating. However, I continue to experience little arousal state short of orgasm and little sensitivity-my normal erections feel more like what a morning erection feels like-no associated arousal. I can still reach climax but could stop sex before and lose my erection quite easily. The first 2 weeks after stopping I experienced a dull pain in my groin just before orgasm, this is still present but continuing to subside.
I am trying to remain pretty calm at this point and will visit my Doctor in a few months if things haven't resolved. Has anyone experienced this loss of arousal/sensitivity during sex? I have not seen it described here as such but perhaps some just mean this when referring to libido?
Would welcome others input. After close to a year I look forward to returning to a normal sex life.
