skyline999
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I seem to be a bit of a pickle here, I was a finasteride user 3+ years at 0.5mg per day, worked well however I wasn’t getting much regrowth so decided to up it to 1mg a day, worked well for 6 months with great regrowth but then had side effects of loss of libido Ed mood issues the lot. I thought maybe i should take DIM with it as it was likely to be Estrogen sides, my libido and Ed went away in a few days but my god did my breasts hurt, they became swollen and I now have gynecomastia which probably will stay with me for the rest of my life unless I op lt for surgery.
Fast forward a year, I stopped and started Finasteride in between, every time I would restart my libido and erections were rock hard for a few weeks but then would go back to shitty baseline ed and crap libido with ejaculation issues. I then did a blood test which keeps showing my SHBG high, I’m off the finasteride been off it a while, long enough for it to wash out but SHBG still raised, I’ve since then been told I have inflammation in my gut, is this is cause for the Ed and libido issues? I know it’s hormonal but I just don’t know how to make everything right. Oddly enough if I drink my breasts don’t hurt as much and libido goes ok-ish. My progesterone is also above the upper limit. I just don’t know where to go with this, I’ve held on for this long but I just don’t know how much longer to hold on. Can someone please chime in with experience and/or help?
Sorry for the long message.
Fast forward a year, I stopped and started Finasteride in between, every time I would restart my libido and erections were rock hard for a few weeks but then would go back to shitty baseline ed and crap libido with ejaculation issues. I then did a blood test which keeps showing my SHBG high, I’m off the finasteride been off it a while, long enough for it to wash out but SHBG still raised, I’ve since then been told I have inflammation in my gut, is this is cause for the Ed and libido issues? I know it’s hormonal but I just don’t know how to make everything right. Oddly enough if I drink my breasts don’t hurt as much and libido goes ok-ish. My progesterone is also above the upper limit. I just don’t know where to go with this, I’ve held on for this long but I just don’t know how much longer to hold on. Can someone please chime in with experience and/or help?
Sorry for the long message.