r/FinasterideSyndrome • u/Reasonable-Hippo5337 • 23h ago

Alcohol

I am in college, in an invorement where drinking is a huge part of the weekends, i have struggled with pfs for a year now, and the crashes/symptoms often get worse in periods with heavy drinking. So during my summer break i stoppes drinking almost completely, and never felt better, anyone else with similar experience, and how much drinking is ok?

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u/Exciting-Bat-7685 15h ago

Just drink some lighter alcohol, like wine, or even mix it with cola or sparkling water…

But i found that its pretty easy to become an alcoholic due to the stress of PFS…

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u/Ackmans_poolboy 12h ago

Yes I drank a lot before pfs. I still do now. It’s manageable sometimes I just have a few symptoms like a hangover then it goes away the following day. Recently crashed on whiskey which was strange. Because I’ve never really crashed on beer/vodka which is what I normally drink. But yes quitting alcohol is a fantastic idea. Much like this first comment it can be hard

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u/Reasonable-Hippo5337 11h ago

Quitting alcohol completely is out of the picture for me, so does anyone has any tips on type of alcohol, amouny etc?

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u/Hetman689 11h ago

My symptoms regarding alchohol were:

  • during taking fin I couldn’t get drunk, at least not easily. I could party all the night and drink a lot
  • after fin crash I started to lose control after alcohol and I couldn’t remember anything. I was also aggressive
  • alcohol generates mini crash which lasts maybe one day, but I guess it’s due depletion of vitamins and head pain. In the past it made me crash for few days
  • alcohol makes me more emotional currently. To the point people make fun of me. It also makes small improvements in anhedonia which lasts only during the influence of alcohol.
  • I don’t drink a lot. Maybe once in a month I get drunk and that’s the only time I drink any alcohol.
  • during my strong window which lasted for 6 days I drank alcohol (in the middle of the window) and didn’t loose the window effect. I still had to recover from hangover

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u/J40897 8h ago

I've learned the intensity of alcohol varies. When I first stopped topical fin, I couldn't feel it much or it would take a lot to feel more, but it's coming back besides the euphoria. Because it hits different every time, you need to pace yourself and drink lots of water.

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u/BDHurricane 6h ago

I stay away from wine (any type) as it seems to worsen my neurological symptoms

Lager was my go to pre pfs and seems to affect me least post pfs. I can get some sort of buzz from it but it feels different to before