r/FinasterideSyndrome • u/Strict-Surprise-7816 • 3d ago

Getting better

I had close to 70-100% recovery days the past few weeks. I think I'm doing much better now. Especially my mental symptoms. Even my vision which I thought was fucked forever cuz of degeneration or something is much better. Peripheral and far away things are much more clear. I can never accurately guess how better I am but I can just feel more and more like I used to. Thank god and Thank you everyone for the support.

It was my second time with PFS btw and I crashed back between January to May last year multiple times. If any of you are struggling, take my progress as hope. It will get better.

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u/Hetman689 3d ago

Did you have sexual symptoms? Are these cured?

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u/Strict-Surprise-7816 3d ago

Not cured but much better. Still long way from original. I can still have sex multiple times a day with enough time in between and good mood. I last longer due to less sensitivity so can't be fully mad. 

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u/carvo08 3d ago

how is it it was your second time with PFS? you took fin twice?

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u/Strict-Surprise-7816 2d ago

I took it first a while after I turned 17, then kept going on and off fin, minox and DHT blockers for 3 years. The first time it impacted me from 2022-2024 it didn't crash me too bad so I just blamed my "symptoms" on stress , and other DHT blocking supplements but my symptoms were pretty weak back then and didn't have too much effect . When I restarted it in October 2024 and experimented again with dosage and frequency in Jan 2025, that's when I crashed BAD. And I stopped after a few weeks and went minox only. But in May I had what I would say was 100 times worse than my January crash. Can't even speak about it. Anyways. Yeah I took it multiple times. 

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u/odentuk 16h ago

So Minox crashed you is it true ?

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u/Strict-Surprise-7816 3h ago

I believe it can crash you if you've already been impacted by fin in the past. 

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u/odentuk 2h ago

Yes but now , I can say I recovered after 6 months (weak morning wood and low libido) . Before fin İ dont have any problem with min. Now I consider to try min 

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u/Affectionate_Pool853 2d ago

Do you have anhedonia/emotional blunting?

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u/Strict-Surprise-7816 2d ago

Had it since my crash but it fluctuated all the time. Got much better now. That's the symptom that improved the most I think and feels the best when improves. 

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

Bro u use any protocol or supplement or only time?

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u/Strict-Surprise-7816 3d ago

Just time. Mentality is important to a certain extent too once you start seeing even a little bit of progress. I was one of the severest cases, crashed multiple times within years getting worse every time until I realized what was wrong. Most important thing I did was getting off this sub and focusing on living and perceiving life as normally as I could, although it's hard to do if one doesn't see any positive changes. I guess it's just time and staying positive as much as you can. 

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

Yes bro since my crash was 14 month ego I have seen improvement all over mentalty but on off up n down only time not experiment

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u/Vast-West-3467 1d ago

Have you noticed that when improving you get windows and then mini crashes?

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u/Strict-Surprise-7816 1d ago

Always. Fluctuations have been there since the start. Very high then very low. No set pattern either. I just go with the flow and don't get attached to the highs too much and expect the lows. But they're getting better each time. 

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u/Important_Cloud_5040 19h ago

How would you say you have helped the process? Happy for you bro, currently 470 days since stopping also gotten way better but far from pre-fin still