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bladleyon An end to all this prostate trouble?

For me it was mostly just a major psychological stressor because it happened at a young age. I felt like an old man at 20 years old.

bladleyon An end to all this prostate trouble?

Hi - there is no official diagnosis for "PFS". I have it in the sense that I have penile tissue scarring confirmed by medical imaging, with a urologist's opinion that finasteride was the likely cause. Yes, tadalafil does often help in my case, but the reduction in function is permanent and I doubt I will ever be my pre-finasteride self again.

bladleyon Rare genital defects seen in sons of men taking major diabetes drug

> No food is specifically obesity inducing

This is false. Of course certain foods are metabolized in ways that are more likely to lead to obesity than others.

bladleyon Rare genital defects seen in sons of men taking major diabetes drug

Robert Lustig talks about this quite a bit. The data shows widespread obesity in modern times is a direct result of all the added sugars in the standard American diet.

bladleyon Rare genital defects seen in sons of men taking major diabetes drug

The Diabetes Code is a great book about reversing diabetes through dietary intervention. The author discusses exactly what you're saying here: surprisingly few doctors know how effective a low-carb diet is at treating and curing type 2 diabetes.

bladleyon Light exposure during sleep impairs cardiometabolic function

Maybe related: Morning and Evening Blue-Enriched Light Exposure Alters Metabolic Function in Normal Weight Adults

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27191727/

bladleyon My Battle with Post-Finasteride Syndrome, Part I

I think this would be a fair argument if the possibility of persistent side effects were acknowledged and clearly communicated. Right now, if you go to get a prescription for finasteride and ask your doctor whether you might have side effects that last years after discontinuing the drug, they will almost certainly say, no, that's not possible.

bladleyon Impacts of lack of sleep

My problem is that I get too much sleep and it's very difficult for me to wake up if there's no meeting scheduled that morning for my flexible remote job or if there's no social pressure to get up. I'll happily sleep 12-14 hours if you let me. I've been this way since I was a teenager, and I'm 25 now.

I know this sounds like I'm complaining about a luxury, and lack of sleep is definitely worse, but it's always made me feel like I'm wasting my days sleeping and missing out on life to a degree.