Truth ? Heh ... I guess when you see a bunch of people reporting the same thing over and over again you can establish that it's some sort of truth in that, even if it's only just 90% of it or maybe even more... I don't think you can just say that it's in the head of all of them or because of natural aging and so on... For sure mostly really experience some sort and their different interpretation plus ours can only make things worst without some studies... But who does them or how can you trust those studies also, but i guess it's better than just reading 10000 plus posts so you can have an idea of what you could expect....
With finasteride i saw the same thing, besides the different sides from different leaflets, but most people report the same thing, at least the majority... From loss of morning wood, to semen quality, week erections, brain fog and so on... You see now and then a penile shrinkage or gyno but not so much so you can't place it in the same place as with the others that are reported on every forum, every day or week, same thing and line over and over again... With minoxidil i saw the same as you reporting over and over and from now and then some heart problems....
This is the only "good thing" in reading this much about this, the fact that you eventually can really make an idea of the real sides, or at least a part of them, that the majority reports ... Ofc when you finally decide too take it, you can be that unlucky black sheep like i am, and get them all and some that are not on the leaflets, as bonus...
Truth, i don't even know what this word means anymore...