The only way you can know for sure is have someone else administer your medication by putting it in some food and not telling you whether it is really finasteride or just a placebo. Then you will know for sure.I got a check up about 5 months ago and everything was in check. What I'm suffering from is high levels of estrogen which I think losing weight might help in my situation, my hormone levels came bak at 39pg/ml where reference Is 20-30pg/ml so I do believe this is the problem. Everything besides that seems fine I did a physical checkup and blood tests so I don't believe I have any other underlying health conditions, also cobsidering the fact that 4 days ogf the drug alleviated all these symptoms. Thanks for your input though
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After doing some extensive research online I've come to realize I'm not alone and finasteride causes many others th same constipation problems. Which also made me realize that the fact I'm not burning as much weight as I used to be able to is due to water retention and that frequency of releasing my bowels. What a dumb fkn side effect holy ****
its all in ur head brah finasteride doesnt cause side effects brah
But seriously. Don't stress about taking a month off finasteride, its not going to make much of a difference. I would think about getting bloodwork done, especially while you're off finasteride, talk to your doctor and maybe ask for a test including lipid, liver ASTs, minerals, CRP, renals etc.