Feel Suicidal Please Help Me (on Finasteride) (serious)

[Feelsbadman]

Guys i feel suicidal I dont think i can handle finasteride. even low doses. every day i feel so tired and depressed, my balls ache my nipples hurt. I also got social anxiety at the shops for the first time in 5 years. Crazy.

Anyway i feel suicidal because my hair will recede nad ill go bald. Ill never get a girlfriend again. i wanna kill myself

 

[dudealpha]

Listen, man. This forum is for people to TRY and give advice on hair loss. If you go bald, IT IS NOT the end of the world. I'm 17 and I've shaved my head 3 times now, just to see how it would feel (2 times before the quarantine) and honestly, I found out that it is not that bad. I even got my first GF during my time as a clean shaven dude at SIXTEEN.

Now, you have to get off finasteride. You must also understand that nocebo is a real thing (opposite of placebo), and it has been shown that out of 1.7 % of people who thought they got side effects, 1.2% were experiencing a nocebo effect (look it up).

Stay off finasteride for at least 3 months. Try and forget about the side effects and you'll see definite improvements. Then, if you want to restart the treatment, try with a lower dose (1mg 3 times a week instead of a daily dose).

Or you can always forget about everything, get off finasteride and move on with your life! I talked to girls about my hair loss and they honestly didn't care. It's your choice.

Good luck man! Calm down, and tbh, if a girl cares only about your f*****g hair, then she's immature and dumb.
EDIT: Please write back and share your thoughts, I wouldn't want to see someone kill themselves because of hair. I understand your pain and fear of losing your hair very well.

 

[Pazzini86]

Get off it and talk to somebody. And look, with that attitude you will never get a girlfriend, you have to look at the bright side of life, i'm sure you have lots of good qualities that women like. And maybe you will look fine bald, who knows?

Get off Finasteride and stop reading these sites.

 

[Niki99]

I say it one l last time. Get off. Like I said a few weeks ago you can't handle finasteride. So go off. If you don't do it I have no tolerance for your crying. You are a grown man. You have to make decisions. If you really have such problems with balding go talk with your loved ones. We can't give you the emotional support you need. We only can give you advice. And the advice is that you go off the medication. That's it. Repeating the same stuff and crying about it won't fix anything. Period.

 

[FilthyFrancis]

This is a safe space.

Please, tell us more about your feelings. Have you considered seeing a therapist? I am sure many here will understand as we all share the same burden.

You must not, however, use hair loss as a scapegoat to all your life issues. Many have suffered from this hair loss illness before us, and most have had great lives.

I would be tempted to say it is mostly in your head, but I know it ain't productive when you despise yourself for having this hairloss. You have to understand there are things that are far more important than a full head of hair. If it's only about women, there are plenty of ways to improve yourself with them despite losing your hair. As far as I can tell, 90% of men, both hairy and bald, do not have a clue how women work.

Just to make it clear, are you under finasteride treatment? If not, it's probably a good thing as you seem emotionally unstable (and you are prone to sides). I cannot emphasize what my peers tell you: stay away from this drug, at least until you feel better.

 

[FilthyFrancis]

I say it one l last time. Get off. Like I said a few weeks ago you can't handle finasteride. So go off. If you don't do it I have no tolerance for your crying. You are a grown man. You have to make decisions. If you really have such problems with balding go talk with your loved ones. We can't give you the emotional support you need. We only can give you advice. And the advice is that you go off the medication. That's it. Repeating the same stuff and crying about it won't fix anything. Period.

With all my respect, I disagree. People should be allowed to share their feelings on this forum.

You know as much as we all how other non balding people struggle to understand what a burden hair loss can be.

 

[JohnSmith21]

Guys i feel suicidal I dont think i can handle finasteride. even low doses. every day i feel so tired and depressed, my balls ache my nipples hurt. I also got social anxiety at the shops for the first time in 5 years. Crazy.

Anyway i feel suicidal because my hair will recede nad ill go bald. Ill never get a girlfriend again. i wanna kill myself

i really tnink you nocebo’d yourself man. you can’t handle finasteride because of your hypochondria, not because i believe you are actually getting sides. you claim you’ve gotten pretty much every side known to man, within days of being on finasteride. completely illogical and most likely is in your head . i take finasteride every day for a year and don’t ever think about it, and have no side effects . i think you have bad ocd, and people with bad ocd shouldn’t go on the internet and listen to other people with bad ocd . you realize that the other people who bug out the way you do, also are hypochondriacs right ? it’s hypochondriacs giving other hypochondriacs advice. take the pill, or don’t, but in either situation get off the internet

 

[Bornwithacurse225]

Well. Either way you don’t have to deal with hair loss anymore.

 

[tomJ]

Bro get off the finasteride. Your body is yelling for you to do so....finasteride can make your hairloss depression 10x worse. How do I know? I was there! I thought about it non stop amd never felt good about myself or anything in life while I was on the drug or coming off the drug. Just know that life eventually will get better once your body heals. I didnt say it would be perfect or that you would forget your hairloss, but the killer anxiety will be cut at least in half. Message me if you need to. Take care.

 

[Haironnu]

I thought about it non stop amd never felt good about myself or anything in life while I was on the drug or coming off the drug

That's how I feel when I see my hair dying. so I doubt just letting it keep dying will make me feel better lol.