Hello all,
I’m 28yo male in the US.
When I was in my early 20s, I had a residual puffy nipple from puberty. I was very self conscious about this, being pretty deep in weight lifting, and my primary care physician prescribed an anti-estrogen without blood work almost immediately.
After about a week I felt terrible, brain fog and erectile dysfunction came first. Then joint pain ensued and general anxiety/depression.
I brought this up, it was dismissed as psychological. But I knew something was immediately wrong. I was a pretty happy person before, no anxiety whatsoever outside of taking my shirt off when it was warm (puffy nippy lol!)
Another month on anastrozole and I felt horrific. I stopped it cold-turkey and symptoms resolved to about 30% improvement. But genitals felt minimal sensation, orgasms felt week, libido was week.
This persisted for years and still has not improved beyond that point. I’ve gotten blood work and seen multiple doctor/andrologists who specialize in male hormones.. All that was ever said was that everything was well within normal ranges on ultra-sensitive assays.
I’m a father. I work full time. But i feel barely alive with these issues.
Please, if anyone has any experience in this department, let me know your story and what helped you recover.
Thank you
I’m 28yo male in the US.
When I was in my early 20s, I had a residual puffy nipple from puberty. I was very self conscious about this, being pretty deep in weight lifting, and my primary care physician prescribed an anti-estrogen without blood work almost immediately.
After about a week I felt terrible, brain fog and erectile dysfunction came first. Then joint pain ensued and general anxiety/depression.
I brought this up, it was dismissed as psychological. But I knew something was immediately wrong. I was a pretty happy person before, no anxiety whatsoever outside of taking my shirt off when it was warm (puffy nippy lol!)
Another month on anastrozole and I felt horrific. I stopped it cold-turkey and symptoms resolved to about 30% improvement. But genitals felt minimal sensation, orgasms felt week, libido was week.
This persisted for years and still has not improved beyond that point. I’ve gotten blood work and seen multiple doctor/andrologists who specialize in male hormones.. All that was ever said was that everything was well within normal ranges on ultra-sensitive assays.
I’m a father. I work full time. But i feel barely alive with these issues.
Please, if anyone has any experience in this department, let me know your story and what helped you recover.
Thank you
