80% PFS recovery (PropeciaHelp member story)
PropeciaHelp forum member (Russia/Israel, 45 y.o.)
forum.propeciahelp.comdate not captured from thread page
Patient / community self-report
Mentions treatments or doses — not guidance
Summary (paraphrased)
Anecdotal member story: after ~6 months of finasteride (1 mg/day) the poster developed complete loss of libido, severe insomnia, restless leg syndrome, and depression that persisted about 10 years; a 13-day Ayurveda/Panchakarma fast with castor oil gave transient full remission, and a supervised 6-day dry fast then produced what he describes as ~80% recovery of libido, mood, energy, sleep, and restless legs. He speculates — without evidence — that a finasteride-related substance persisted in the body and was cleared by fasting; he later re-crashed after a short course of topical dutasteride.
Why it’s in the corpus
Anecdotal patient recovery narrative — illustrates heterogeneity of PFS courses and self-experimentation in the patient community, but it is a single unverified forum post, not evidence of efficacy. Include as patient-voice material only; do not overstate.
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