Hi there,
I recently noticed that I am beginning to lose my hair. I am an extremely self-conscious person, so my first reaction was utter panic and immediate depression.
After a little while, I started to accept it and deny it (I know, a contradiction of sorts), reminding myself that there are surgical alternatives that can take place later in life.
I also have social anxiety disorder, which is not currently being treated. Recently I decided it was probably best to start getting treated for my social anxiety disorder since it has been debilitating for many years.
However, I don't have a doctor, nor do I have insurance. I don't think I've ever had a physical.
When I mentioned it to my parents, they immediately tried to scare me by telling me I may have to take a physical.
I figured if I could get myself to go to the doctor for social anxiety disorder (my #1 priority), I would also ask for Proscar and cut it up because it's cheaper.
Asking someone with SA to take a physical is like asking someone with an irrational fear of heights to jump out of an airplane.
Anyway, when you went in to ask for Propecia or Proscar, were you required to take a physical?
I am also curious because I know that that Proscar was originally developed to treat an enlarged prostate. Does this mean they are also going to give me a prostate exam? I'm only 20- I'm really too young for that, I think, and that would kill me. Knowing the other things they are going to do is frightening enough (enough to actually make me not go to the doctor), but I'd like to know exactly what they are going to do.
I know this is an extremely strange question, but tell me your experience. I don't remember ever having a physical, but I've always been painfully shy, and that has only tripled over the years.
Please tell me your experiences and try to help me figure out what is going to happen. I'm scared to death of going bald and that would just be detrimental to my life.
Thanks.
I recently noticed that I am beginning to lose my hair. I am an extremely self-conscious person, so my first reaction was utter panic and immediate depression.
After a little while, I started to accept it and deny it (I know, a contradiction of sorts), reminding myself that there are surgical alternatives that can take place later in life.
I also have social anxiety disorder, which is not currently being treated. Recently I decided it was probably best to start getting treated for my social anxiety disorder since it has been debilitating for many years.
However, I don't have a doctor, nor do I have insurance. I don't think I've ever had a physical.
When I mentioned it to my parents, they immediately tried to scare me by telling me I may have to take a physical.
I figured if I could get myself to go to the doctor for social anxiety disorder (my #1 priority), I would also ask for Proscar and cut it up because it's cheaper.
Asking someone with SA to take a physical is like asking someone with an irrational fear of heights to jump out of an airplane.
Anyway, when you went in to ask for Propecia or Proscar, were you required to take a physical?
I am also curious because I know that that Proscar was originally developed to treat an enlarged prostate. Does this mean they are also going to give me a prostate exam? I'm only 20- I'm really too young for that, I think, and that would kill me. Knowing the other things they are going to do is frightening enough (enough to actually make me not go to the doctor), but I'd like to know exactly what they are going to do.
I know this is an extremely strange question, but tell me your experience. I don't remember ever having a physical, but I've always been painfully shy, and that has only tripled over the years.
Please tell me your experiences and try to help me figure out what is going to happen. I'm scared to death of going bald and that would just be detrimental to my life.
Thanks.
