The strange world of Finasteride and DHT reduction...

[UnsureAbout]

Well, I went and started finasteride a month ago and I've very mixed feelings about my experience. I'd really like a discussion on what the reality of my situation is..

I take around 0.3mg every other day. And nizoral once a week. Was using minoxidil a few months ago but it made my hair look like crap so I decided to drop it and take Finasteride.

The main side effect I've had is lowered dersire for sex. I still find women attractive in an admiration-way but I do not have the 'jeez, things I'd do to her' thoughts any more. I just don't get fully horny from looking at women any more.

I did have erection problems in the first week that went away and now I get good erections; but they're certainly not as spontaneous, I kind of get to choose when I want to be horny.

The dilemma here is that I sort of like not being a slave to my libido, I find myself more focussed on being happy and confident in myself and not as bothered about needing a woman in my life. I feel like my assertiveness and calmness has increased due to this change in body chemistry....

What worries me is that I might be kind of becoming asexual on this drug, and that makes me think it will have some kind of backlash in the future when I realize that my libido was part of what made me who I am.

Have you guys experience this kind of thing on Finasteride? Is it the kind of thing that will maybe subside with continued use? Am I a weirdo for enjoying a reduced sexual desire?

I'm also shedding on this drug, which is annoying but is that also a good sign that it's going to work in maintaining my hair??

Sorry for the long and somewhat philosophical post... Hope you guys can shed some light

Thanks

 

[viet nom nom]

nothing wrong with enjoying having your mental resouces freed for other activities.

At the same time, my guess is that you are overthinking this. Libido comes and goes. When you're not on meds, you think nothing of it. When you are on meds...

 

[Notcoolanymore]

At the same time, my guess is that you are overthinking this. Libido comes and goes. When you're not on meds, you think nothing of it. When you are on meds...

Yes, but it's a lot more fun blaming everything on finasteride and making guys second guess their decision to treat their hair loss.

 

[Cincinnati Kid]

I agree with the OP. Before getting the thoughts in your head about what finasteride can do to your libido/love gun, did any of us ever question our sex drive? Probably not. Who the Hell wants to have spontaneous erections again like a teenager? In high school, I had so much testosterone flowing through my system that I sometimes needed to excuse myself during class to go beat off in the bathroom. What kind of productive adult needs that sort of drive all day, every day? The answer is none. I won't say I don't get horny at random times now because I do. Just starting another semester of grad school at a college campus filled with thousands of new 18-year-old girls with their tight little bodies and barely there clothing is a constant reminder of that. But you know what, I'm not thinking about sex 24/7 because I'm a normal adult male, not because I'm on finasteride. Every guy levels off in sex drive after his teen years. The human race would have died off a long time ago if not because the cavemen would have never left the cave to hunt because they were too busy fapping. Do I still think about bending the occasional co-ed over the desk in my dorm room while I'm in class? You're damn right. The only difference is, I no longer wonder why I'm not ALWAYS thinking about doing it because the answer is simple... I'm not 15 anymore.

 

[viet nom nom]

Good point. Clearly, I'm doing it wrong.