Anger and frustration over hairloss

[medilook]

I have been so angry and bitter over the fact that I've been steadily losing hair on the crown and vertex over the past few years. I'm only 28, but over the past year, hair loss is becoming more prominent as friends and family tell me how thin my hair is getting. I've been so deppressed that I stopped going out on the weekends, stop talking to girls and just lay in my bed doing research online trying to find some special lotion/potion that might've helped others regrow their hair.

I told myself that I was never going to take propecia, but became so desperate that i got a prescription for proscar and took it for 3 days. I immediately felt a loss of libido, couldn't maintain an erection and was constantly fatigued during the day. I stopped taking it after 3 days cuz i felt my body wasn't responding well to it.

The fact that I'm losing my hair feels equivalent to a Dr telling me that I have cancer and only have so much time to live. The fact that that balding is a slow process makes it that much worse. Having to constantly worry about how thin my hair is today and how much I have lost really takes a toll on me mentally and physcially as well.

I always blame my parents for giving me all my ****ty genes and vowed never to have children to pass on my crap genes and have my kids go through the suffering that I've been through. I'm supposed to be in the prime of my life and all I do is sit at home depressed and **** over hair loss. Why is life such a b**ch? LIfe is truly unfair and I stopped believing in God because of this. If there was one, he wouldn't allow me and the other guys here to go through so much mental anguish and suffering.

I just hope scientist comes up with a much safer drug without side effects or something else to combat hair loss. I just don't know what to do anymore. I haven't come to terms with my hair loss. I feel like i might need to see a psychiatrist and get on anti-depressants cuz I feel like my depression isn't gettting better. **** my life!!

 

[Woodyy]

Try minoxidil, topical spironolactone, RU cream and other non-internal treatments.

I would've also stuck with propecia for much longer if I were you, I got mild sides at the start that subsided after 2 weeks. Don't underestimate the brains power in convincing yourself you have sides when you actually don't

 

[The_Mentalist]

You are a good example that depression and psychotic episodes may take a toll on you even in absentia of finasteride. Sides from finasteride subsides dramatically in a matter of weeks, if not days. Though there might be, at varying degree, depression or fatigue, lack of libido etc. that may linger around, or perhaps not-we don't know how it will play out for you. But, that's the price we all have to pay to gain something.

You are crying being young at age 28, but we see 18 year-olds here with almost all hair gone. There are millions of people in the world worse off than you are-starving, losing lives and limbs and on..... I hope you be thankful to what you have

 

[Jrthomas85]

I agree with The_Mentalist. Three days is simply not long enough to determine how your body will respond to finasteride. Read these forums. There are many guys who started finasteride and saw some initial "sides" which subsided soon thereafter, as if the body goes through an "adjustment period." The clinical trials and research on finasteride also echo this, although prevalence of sides is actually very low. You also cannot underestimate the power of your own mind. When I started finasteride, I convinced myself that I was experiencing weaker erections, etc. But, what can also cause low libido? Worrying about side effects. After I calmed down about this, my erections returned. This wasn't magic. Now, after a year on finasteride, I have more sex on a regular basis than I ever have in my life. My girlfriend and I often have sex 2-3 times a day and I have no issues with erections. Of course every person is different and thus responds differently to meds, but give it more time.

It seems as if you are not in a good mental state, and that is certainly not going to help change your situation. We all wish we had been born with perfect genes and full heads of hair. I wish that almost every day. I'm not going to lecture you or try to tell you that you need to change your attitude. You know that already. If you do actually spend all day and night doing research, then you should understand that you need to exercise much more patience when dealing with hair loss. Even those who have had the best, most drastic results in treating their hair loss did not do so overnight. Chances are, they stuck to a regimen for many months at minimum. This takes some determination and the understanding that if you want to change your situation, you have to do something other than lamenting your position.

 

[Rawtashk]

3 days is not nearly long enough to assess if Propecia will work for you, nor is it long enough to REALLY get side effects (those ones you named were most likely a placebo, since you were expecting to get side effects), nor is it long enough if you DID get side effects to see if you'd return to normal if you stayed on Propecia.

You have 2 options
A: Stop taking finasteride and be angry
B: Give finasteride a REAL try.

Your choice.

 

[medilook]

3 days is not nearly long enough to assess if Propecia will work for you, nor is it long enough to REALLY get side effects (those ones you named were most likely a placebo, since you were expecting to get side effects), nor is it long enough if you DID get side effects to see if you'd return to normal if you stayed on Propecia.

You have 2 options
A: Stop taking finasteride and be angry
B: Give finasteride a REAL try.

Your choice.

i don't think it was placebo effect. I took the drugs and was pretty relaxed I wanted to "test it out" and that's when I noticed my erections were weak and my libido was down. I don't think taking any drug long term is good for you unless it's absolutely necessary.

Have any of you guys consulted with or had a transplant? I think this is the route I wanna go. I talked to an advisor for hasson and Wong and he recommended I needed around 5000 grafts for full coverage including hairline. He said hairline is what frames the face and is more important to build a good hairline and the crown would be the last area to be implanted. The only problem is its ridiculously expensive.