Hello,
I don't even know where to start.
I'm a middle eastern guy from Kuwait. 5 years ago I was studying in Australia where my hair started falling when I was 21. I started taking Avodart (Dutasteride) about a year later. My doctor told me that side effects are rare and that even if you get them they will subside with time, or when I stop the pills. I had sexual side effects within the first month but stuck with the drug for 2 years until around early december last year because I had a girlfriend and was getting sick of the side effects. which are basically lowered labido and weak erections.
My doctor assured me that the side effects would go away once I stop the drug. Unfortunately they haven't. it's been 4 and a half months and the sexual side effects are worse now. my labido is still low, my erections are much weaker, and I also have very little semen coming out when I ejaculate. Ive noticed I can go a week and more without mastrubating which is very unusual for me even when I was on the drug.
To make matters worse I graduated from Australia in January this year and I had to go back to Kuwait. I saw the doctors here and told them my story. their first impression is that it's all in my head. they said that the drug has no permanent side effects.
Regardless the doctor still made me get a blood test to check my hormones just to make sure. and the test results seem all to check out as normal. he basically brushed me off saying its in my head. He gave me cialis and told me to use it for 1 month and stop for 5 months and then see him again to rule out any psychological bias. I used it yesterday, and while it does make it easier to get an erection, it's still hard and I still lose my erection at times. my labido and semen are uneffected.
Guys, I know I must sound delusional especially if my test results are normal. but I swear this isn't in my head. Ive had this problem since I first took avodart 2 years ago, doctors believed me back then but they don't believe me now because I'm supposed to go back to normal if I stop. I wish I can prove it to people somehow that it's not in my head. I have a few reasons for you to believe me.
1- Ive been off avodart for more than 4 and a half months now with the problem still persisting. If this was really in my head I doubt it would have lasted this long. I would have had good days where I forgot about the problem and my dick would work normally. this never happened.
2- I never had any problems with my penis prior to taking avodart. I never lost an erection in my life ever prior to avodart and my labido and semen were always fine.
3- My girlfriend can confirm the problem.
4- there seems to be quite a few number of people in the same ordeal as me.
5- I don't understand the science behind it. before I left Australia I asked the doctor who originally prescribed me avodart to give me a hormone test about a month after I stopped when I started getting these problems. He did tell me that its pointless to get tested because a hormone test won't really show anything wrong with me.
From the looks of things, the people who are suffering from the same problems as me rarely get treated, when they do doctors don't know what to do with them as it seems to be a new problem. so most people either never recover or take years sometimes as long as a decade to recover naturally.
at 24 years old, knowing that I'll never enjoy sex in my 20s is devastating. I only got my first real girlfriend a few months ago and I can't even enjoy my time with her because I got screwed over by some drug. and also knowing that aging will naturally continue to take away my labido and erections as well is depressing. I'm basically never gonna get back the years that im going to lose.
Its sad because even if I wanted to atleast get back at the company and the doctor that screwed me over, I probably can't really sue them because there is no medical test that can prove what I'm saying.
I'm basically supposed to just fuck off and live with this.
well im not going to, I can't live with this, nor am I interested in living with this. I'm giving myself 1 year to recover and then I do plan to kill myself. people can go ahead and say its in my head or whatever when I'm dead. maybe then they will take the situation more seriously and find a solution that can atleast help others who are in my situation.
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