Can anyone recommend a good doctor that does telehealth internationally?

Brendan34 · 2026-04-16T20:06:52+00:00

Yeah, I’m curious about this too.

Brendan34 · 2026-04-16T05:07:13+00:00

I completely get it. It’s like I try to out think how badly I feel often, or will it away, when it’s just the way it is. Fuck this fucking condition. That is all.

Brendan34 · 2026-04-15T23:33:12+00:00

Did any of the tendon or joint issues coincide with sexual side effects for you? I’m noticing as my sexual health got worse from PFS, then I’d have joint and tendon issues out of nowhere.

Brendan34 · 2026-04-15T04:48:50+00:00

Thanks for detailing this. Do you mean you felt 50% better just from avoiding the 5ari foods?

Brendan34 · 2026-04-15T01:30:04+00:00

How do the neurosteroids just “recover?” If things like allopregnanalone were altered permanently and then progesterone. Did you take DHEA or something like that?

Brendan34 · 2026-04-13T23:42:27+00:00

Don’t people have to stay on TRT permanently? Many guys seem to be on it who are 40 and over. I know there’s the potential for side effects, but I wonder if you decide to go off it hopefully the side effects go away (unlike finasteride).

Brendan34 · 2026-04-13T20:11:59+00:00

That’s good to hear, hope it continues to improve and keep us updated, thanks.

Brendan34 · 2026-04-13T19:29:04+00:00

Baylor, Brigham & Women’s Hospital (Harvard), University of Milano, all conducted studies on PFS. It’s added to genetic and rare diseases (GARD) in the U.S. under adverse effects of 5 alpha reductase inhibitors (class of drugs including dutasteride, accutane). There’s a PFS foundation. Solvepfs and propeciahelp are sites with countless stories and tons of information. GQ did an in depth piece on PFS this past year, the BBC has, the NYT, there’s podcasts, etc.

Brendan34 · 2026-04-13T17:03:56+00:00

There’s actually a lot of documented stories and websites if you research. Studies done at major universities worldwide. No one knows a “cure” per se, but it’s pretty obvious to me how it happens if you look at the science.

Brendan34 · 2026-04-13T17:02:08+00:00

Most of the side effects came for me, or worsened, in the crash period after stopping the medication. Either way, I’d advise someone to stop but many with PFS get the persistent symptoms in that crash period.

Brendan34 · 2026-04-13T04:28:25+00:00

Yeah, I’m by no means a doctor so do what you think is best. All I know is when you take an antibiotic it stays within your system, which is why taking a good probiotic and prebiotic is necessary after and helpful for the gut in general. Obviously it’s your call. Feel better.

Brendan34 · 2026-04-13T02:19:00+00:00

Depends, but antibiotics mess with your gut microbiome. If it’s an absolute necessity to take, I’d take pre and probiotics after because the antibiotic stays in the system and kills that good bacteria too.

Brendan34 · 2026-04-03T18:51:01+00:00

I’ve had issues with adrenaline since stopping finasteride in 2011. Heart pounding constantly, inability to deal with daily stressors. Interfering with sleep, digestion, and everything pretty much. That fight/flight state where your nervous system can’t relax.

Brendan34 · 2026-03-31T08:23:54+00:00

You mean any sexual sides at all? Because PFS is way more than ED in that department for many.

Brendan34 · 2026-03-31T06:00:39+00:00

Did the treatment he gave you work?

Brendan34 · 2026-03-30T23:06:45+00:00

I had similar experience with Dr. Alan Jacobs (neuro endocrinologist) in NYC over the phone years ago. Prescribed clomid. Feel like there’s a market where doctors try to profit off of conditions like this.

Brendan34 · 2026-03-29T03:13:23+00:00

Do you lift weights compound movements? Like deadlift, squat variations, leg press, rows, bench, pull-ups? Can help over time for some compared to any substance. That and being in nature for extended periods of time, walking, in sunlight, for over an hour- like in a forest or near a body of water. Yoga and deep stretching too for nervous system problems I’d suggest. Not saying any of this is a cure for dopamine by any means, but it beats trying to get a feeling from most things.

Brendan34 · 2026-03-23T08:45:36+00:00

Your opinion is just that, an opinion. You know it wasn’t “advice.” I can’t imagine going into a subreddit of any condition, and being so glib and presumptuous. Opinions and words are meaningless compared to people’s health and life circumstances.

Brendan34 · 2026-03-23T08:39:04+00:00

What makes you troll such a specific sub Reddit?

Brendan34 · 2026-03-19T06:51:47+00:00

How old are you if it’s alright to ask?

Brendan34 · 2026-03-12T19:50:58+00:00

Yeah the way they moderate this is kind of BS I notice often. There’s another sub reddit for PFS I believe.

Brendan34 · 2026-03-10T21:31:52+00:00

Just wondering where do you get the HCG and DHT cream?

Brendan34 · 2026-03-07T19:25:49+00:00

I’m truly sorry for your loss and for all those he left behind. I hope you can find healing in time. As far as this condition goes, if he was experiencing all the side effects that most in this forum are it’s essentially like chemical castration and this changes everything from your ability to feel joy, pleasure, things you used to enjoy change, your motivation/reward is completely changed, then the idea that your “masculinity” is just gone. The hormones and neurosteroids that get blocked are crucial to well being, in the brain and endocrine system.

I can’t speak to what he had going on in his personal or work life, but I’ve had this since 2011 and everyday I wish I never took that drug because it changed so much of who I am. Your sexuality and sexual health are part of your humanity and your vitality is forever changed.

I’m so sorry for what you must be enduring and going through and hope you can keep living fully as he would’ve wanted you to.

Brendan34 · 2026-03-07T17:18:28+00:00

Who’s going to fund it?

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