thedarkcolor
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Hey all,
I just wanted to see if anyone had gone through something similar. I tried finasteride (1.25 mg Proscar cut up into fourths) back in March 2014 and I got side effects almost instantly: breast pain, brainfog, testicular pain, and then once I stopped I went to the ER for insomnia/emotional blunting/anxiety twice. I was terrified that I had gotten PFS and thought "Oh oh my god, I'll be suffering like this forever." Now, keep in mind I wasn't constantly on the internet, paranoid, or anything like that. I was just another guy losing hair that had done my homework on the drug and was finally ready and extremely excited to do something about it. Didn't even expect I'd get side effects until I got them all. If if makes a difference, I'm a 24 year old male.
I felt side-effects after continuing treatment for an entire month. It was the darkest time in my life, I won't lie. I didn't feel like myself. It was terrifying. I only took the drug for probably 12 days total and I was feeling all of these side effects for 30 days afterward. It took me quite a while, I thought, to return to normal.
Anyways....fast forward 9 months later and my hairloss has accelerated significantly and I'm not ready to shave it off yet. I can't give in to this disease. I want to fight! I always read about so many people on this board and on Reddit's r/tressless that take finasteride without any issues and call other people out who experience side effects "Stop being a paranoid b*tch and man up, it's all in your head." Which sucks to see, because I know for a fact that mine were not in my head, and I know this has to be the case for others as well.
So point being- I'm not ready to shave my hair. I actually have shoulder length long hair (and have for my whole life) but my temples are receding to Norwood 2.5 maybe three. If my forelock could thicken up and I could get a few centimeters of regrowth to my forelock around the hairline and stay that way, I'd be the happiest person in the world.
See photos/previous post: http://www.hairlosstalk.com/interac...-2-5-looking-for-advice-or-help-WITH-PICTURES
I want to try finasteride again, but at a lower dose. Maybe 1mg or .25mg EOD or something. I don't know how effective this would even be, but am I playing with fire in doing this? Has anyone tried finasteride...got sides and then tried again later on and didn't? Does the dose make that much of a difference? Does generic or brand name make a difference to anyone in regards to susceptibility to side effects? I need some serious advice/ideas. It's now or never.
Happy holidays all!
I just wanted to see if anyone had gone through something similar. I tried finasteride (1.25 mg Proscar cut up into fourths) back in March 2014 and I got side effects almost instantly: breast pain, brainfog, testicular pain, and then once I stopped I went to the ER for insomnia/emotional blunting/anxiety twice. I was terrified that I had gotten PFS and thought "Oh oh my god, I'll be suffering like this forever." Now, keep in mind I wasn't constantly on the internet, paranoid, or anything like that. I was just another guy losing hair that had done my homework on the drug and was finally ready and extremely excited to do something about it. Didn't even expect I'd get side effects until I got them all. If if makes a difference, I'm a 24 year old male.
I felt side-effects after continuing treatment for an entire month. It was the darkest time in my life, I won't lie. I didn't feel like myself. It was terrifying. I only took the drug for probably 12 days total and I was feeling all of these side effects for 30 days afterward. It took me quite a while, I thought, to return to normal.
Anyways....fast forward 9 months later and my hairloss has accelerated significantly and I'm not ready to shave it off yet. I can't give in to this disease. I want to fight! I always read about so many people on this board and on Reddit's r/tressless that take finasteride without any issues and call other people out who experience side effects "Stop being a paranoid b*tch and man up, it's all in your head." Which sucks to see, because I know for a fact that mine were not in my head, and I know this has to be the case for others as well.
So point being- I'm not ready to shave my hair. I actually have shoulder length long hair (and have for my whole life) but my temples are receding to Norwood 2.5 maybe three. If my forelock could thicken up and I could get a few centimeters of regrowth to my forelock around the hairline and stay that way, I'd be the happiest person in the world.
See photos/previous post: http://www.hairlosstalk.com/interac...-2-5-looking-for-advice-or-help-WITH-PICTURES
I want to try finasteride again, but at a lower dose. Maybe 1mg or .25mg EOD or something. I don't know how effective this would even be, but am I playing with fire in doing this? Has anyone tried finasteride...got sides and then tried again later on and didn't? Does the dose make that much of a difference? Does generic or brand name make a difference to anyone in regards to susceptibility to side effects? I need some serious advice/ideas. It's now or never.
Happy holidays all!
