PFS Patient (male)

a neurologist…diagnosed me with a slow progression of…Lou Gehrig’s Disease. I started taking finasteride in December 2011 because the facility that did my hair restoration said they wouldn’t guarantee my procedure if I didn’t take it. Although I’ve never had any sexual side effects I struggled with other side effects. Emotional side effects included large […]

PFS Patient (male)

From being perfectly healthy both mentally and physically the worst nightmare I can think of started. I started taking Propecia when I was around 19 years old, took it for 4-5 years and shortly after I quitted back in 2004, I went into the PFS “crash” over a night. From being perfectly healthy both mentally […]

Mother of Patient

He has progressed from being somewhat hopeful to being very bitter, angry and unfeeling towards everything and everyone. I’m the mother of a son with PFS. He’s 43 years old and unmarried. He’s a Navy JAG officer stationed in California. Last September he began taking Propecia and took it for 52 days before he found […]

PFS Patient (male)

But for your efforts providing hope, I probably wouldn’t be alive today. I am writing this short message to let your foundation know how important its work is to the thousands of men affected by finasteride. But for your efforts providing hope, I probably wouldn’t be alive today. Six months ago (after taking only 9 […]

PFS Patient (male)

I’m in shock that my worse fears are true. I have only just discovered this site and I’m in shock that my worse fears are true. I have been on Finasteride for 20 years and experienced to typical problems. I tried coming off it several times but felt worse and was convinced by doctors to […]

Girlfriend of Patient

I’ve found draft suicide notes in his Gmail for myself, his mom and brother. My boyfriend believes that he is suffering from PFS, but we have not found a doctor who has believed him, much less been able to help him. He was taking Propecia about a year ago, briefly stopped, picked it back up […]

PFS Patient (male)

I have accepted my destiny to be single forever but I can’t live with this depression. I’m 30 year old PFS patient from Iran. I have been having PFS since 2010. I have been monitoring your website closely for any news but nothing obviously. I just wanted to make sure if you haven’t reached any […]

Mother of Patient

For him, the most devastating of all is the shrinkage of his penis. My son, age 34, had taken Finasteride, for seven days. He stopped taking it three days ago because of low sensitivity and erectile problems. Since then, he has had severe sexual problems, including complete inability to obtain an erection. For him, the […]

PFS Patient (male)

The biggest issue was that my cognitive ability was seriously damaged. I am a patient who went through pfs, from outside-US. I had taken finastride for short-term and the last time I had taken the last pill is more than a year ago. I had been suicidal for quite a while since I had a […]

Mother of Patient

My son…is feeling suicidal and can’t bear the thought of continuing his life as it is. My son has been suffering from PFS for the past three years, his symptoms appear to be getting worse with time. He is unable to sleep and can go three to five days without any sleep. Excercise seems to […]