I need to quit these forums.

[ssjpotato]

Driving myself insane worrying about my hairloss. Spending so much time on these foums. Tired of waiting for the test results to come back and the Doctor to tell me whether i need to quit finasteride or not. Tired of wondering if i have to just accept this disease. And I know I don't have it as bad as other dudes on here but it still f*cked me up pretty bad.
This is a pointless post. I just needed to rant, I guess. I don't know how to let go and stop being so obsessed and checking my hair every hour and being on this forum day in and day out.

 

[Cincinnati Kid]

After I've finally started feeling better more than a month after my finasteride discontinuation, I have finally come to the last stage of grief... acceptance. I tried to fight nature, and nearly neutered myself permanently in the process. I couldn't have possibly learned more from that lesson. I know it's not popular to say around here, and I would've slapped myself for saying this not even a year ago, but it's just hair. Does it suck that young men have to deal with such a terrible social stigma through no fault of their own? Abso-freaking-lutely it does, but for me, my penis and my health are just more important than what some shallow skank thinks of my pending bald head. If I had a choice, I would choose to have hair over being bald everyday and twice on sunday, but it's just not in the cards for me. You gotta try to learn that you're not going to wake up and be bald tomorrow, but as it progresses, you'll just learn to live with it and go on with your life. Good luck, brother.

 

[paulie72785]

Honestly dud only after i joined the forum was i able to come clear of the fact thay i have male pattern baldness.The first thing i did was go out and have a chicken roll with a sprite.
I was thinking about why me and then just accepted that life is like taking up a 50 ft boulder to thte top of a never ending mountain.It won't happen easily but if you quit then the boulder will crush you.This is a hectic cycle and you wiil get exhausted and that's when you can ask for help bro.We at this forums WILL help.And if you wanna quit then i or anyone won't stop.Your hair is important but in NO WAY important then your mental sanity.If this whole thing is too stressful then just shave it off and have a new start.It will be very hard i will tell you.But its upto you to be either drive the boulder up or just let it crush you.
Dating and all is ok with hair but when a guy comes in bald, its just show them what you have got and they will appreciate you.Most of the senior members rant too coz they are not so handsome or every women is a bit$h and wh*** and selfish.
Trust me in the real world no one is that bad.You make people judge you by either crying aboit your hair or just show whata cool mother!ucker you are.How you do it is upto to you to figure out.
Lastly im gonna say something real which has helped me for my entire life.You DON'T have the power to change your life BUT YOU can STEER it on the best path.Good luck bro

 

[zzzzz]

the biggest fear I had when starting was not of the sides themselves, but the fact that if I got sides I was not going to have any options but to quit

 

[ssjpotato]

the biggest fear I had when starting was not of the sides themselves, but the fact that if I got sides I was not going to have any options but to quit

Yep. Basically, If i can't take finasteride, I have nothing. I don't feel comfortable buying experimental stuff like RU and I know Minoxidil will be useless without finasteride.
But hey, maybe the cure will only be 5-10 years away like they keep saying for the past 50 years lol

 

[Wolf Pack]

the biggest fear I had when starting was not of the sides themselves, but the fact that if I got sides I was not going to have any options but to quit

This worries me so much still, I am 3 months in. No sides at all but few days ago I had pain in my pec major, was related to a sport injury but first thing I thought of was Gyno. Kept thinking if I quit this I will be depressed again.

 

[Quantum Cat]

these forums are pretty toxic. HairLossTalk.com never fails to bring me down....

 

[Eightballd]

This^^^ I was worrying when some dude kept telling me I am going to get sides. I eventually couldn't get it up that night cause I couldn't stop thinking about sides Lol. Fast forward to last night i had sexy time without being semi hard or limp or w.e and woke up today with morning wood

The placebo is real.

 

[doublebatman]

these forums are pretty toxic. HairLossTalk.com never fails to bring me down....

I dunno. They're not too bad if you stay away from the impact section

 

[JHCL1990]

You have to take your pill and go about your daily business without even thinking about the finasteride. If you THINK you're going to get sides, then you will 100% get sides.

 

[ssjpotato]

I'm fairly sure my side effects weren't psychosomatic