So here's a little background of my situation.
It appears I have diffuse thinning all around... mostly on top and the side. i also have overall hairline and temple recession. The back is thicker than the top and sides but i can tell it has thinned over the years.
i spoke to a doctor and was told that my sebaceous glands are overactive. now that i think back, i had dandruff and greasy hair problems as a kid. i guess i was that kid in class with the nasty hair.
I started taking propecia 1mg dosage in August of 2006 at the age of 21. i immediately noticed a week or two in that i was no longer getting morning woods at all. besides that, i did not suffer from any side effects. no breast sensitivity or erection problems (soft erections, lost libido). although i was no longer getting morning woods, i still had no problem getting it up multiple times a night when needed.
my results on finasteride were great, as by March of 2007, my hair thickened all over. i even had my hairline drop the tiniest of bit, but nothing too significant. i noticed hairs growing in my temple areas.
everything was fine through 2007 and the early part of 2008. from january to march of 2008, i began drinking heavily about 2 or 3 times a week and was smoking 5-10 cigarettes a week. my diet was terrible for that period too. i would sometimes skip dinner to drink away. by the end of march, i noticed that i was seeing more and more of my scalp in the mirror and more hairs shedding in the shower and in the sink. i brushed it off and told myself it was a synchronized shed i was experiencing. by mid may, the shedding had not stopped, so i started eating super healthy and worked out more often.
i could tell my hair had thickened slightly by the end of july, but since then i have seen no improvement.
i also had a terrible experience in august, where i could not get it up for the life of me. i'm still having issues with getting a hard erection and maintaining it.
so my questions are
1) can the onset of finasteride side effects be delayed?
2) or are there other factors involved in my ED? i know it's not in my head. i just don't feel right. and i don't really have any urges to have sex anymore. i've corrected my diet for several months now and have not seen an improvement at all.
i know these are probably questions everyone has posted and seen over and over. please direct me to some threads or offer any advice on what i should do.
i'm thinking i should lower my dosage to .25 or .5 mg a day or stop it completely and switch to a topical formula. note: i have also been using nizoral 1% for a good two years now.
so i'm basically in a predicament... do i go off finasteride and have more hair fall out, but potentially fix my ED, or do i stay on it at a lower dosage and risk any more effect on my libido problems. please help
It appears I have diffuse thinning all around... mostly on top and the side. i also have overall hairline and temple recession. The back is thicker than the top and sides but i can tell it has thinned over the years.
i spoke to a doctor and was told that my sebaceous glands are overactive. now that i think back, i had dandruff and greasy hair problems as a kid. i guess i was that kid in class with the nasty hair.
I started taking propecia 1mg dosage in August of 2006 at the age of 21. i immediately noticed a week or two in that i was no longer getting morning woods at all. besides that, i did not suffer from any side effects. no breast sensitivity or erection problems (soft erections, lost libido). although i was no longer getting morning woods, i still had no problem getting it up multiple times a night when needed.
my results on finasteride were great, as by March of 2007, my hair thickened all over. i even had my hairline drop the tiniest of bit, but nothing too significant. i noticed hairs growing in my temple areas.
everything was fine through 2007 and the early part of 2008. from january to march of 2008, i began drinking heavily about 2 or 3 times a week and was smoking 5-10 cigarettes a week. my diet was terrible for that period too. i would sometimes skip dinner to drink away. by the end of march, i noticed that i was seeing more and more of my scalp in the mirror and more hairs shedding in the shower and in the sink. i brushed it off and told myself it was a synchronized shed i was experiencing. by mid may, the shedding had not stopped, so i started eating super healthy and worked out more often.
i could tell my hair had thickened slightly by the end of july, but since then i have seen no improvement.
i also had a terrible experience in august, where i could not get it up for the life of me. i'm still having issues with getting a hard erection and maintaining it.
so my questions are
1) can the onset of finasteride side effects be delayed?
2) or are there other factors involved in my ED? i know it's not in my head. i just don't feel right. and i don't really have any urges to have sex anymore. i've corrected my diet for several months now and have not seen an improvement at all.
i know these are probably questions everyone has posted and seen over and over. please direct me to some threads or offer any advice on what i should do.
i'm thinking i should lower my dosage to .25 or .5 mg a day or stop it completely and switch to a topical formula. note: i have also been using nizoral 1% for a good two years now.
so i'm basically in a predicament... do i go off finasteride and have more hair fall out, but potentially fix my ED, or do i stay on it at a lower dosage and risk any more effect on my libido problems. please help
