Ok i am 29 years old now and started taking Finasteride "1.25" a day since i was 24 years old. I have a decent amount of hair on my head its thin but i have a lot of it so you cant really tell i am balding unless i lift up my hair to see a slightly receding hairline. I also use nizarol a few times a week and have done this for years. I tried minoxidil for a year and i think it just did more bad then good so i quit that with no adverse effects.
About 2 years ago i had my blood checked and my Doctor told me i had high Test about 900 if i remember correctly and he said i had shockingly high Estrogen which i think was 200 and normal is like 50. He wanted me to see a specialist but i had just lost my job so this couldn’t happen.
I have since gotten back into the gym working out hard each day and i wonder if my hormonal status caused by Finasteride is having an effect on my gains. I really need to see a Doctor again and get my blood checked to see what my estrogen/test levels are.
My libido has been lower over the lat 5 years but i can still take care of my girl if you know what i mean. I just feel that i should be hornier more then i am, i am sure alot of its mental as well though.
Just recently too i was reading my Men’s Health Magazine and it was talking about diets and losing weight. Over to the side it listed 3 medicines that hamper diet and weight loss. One of these three was propecia and it said how it jacks up your hormones and can cause weight gain "water retention in the chest also it said". I am guessing this is from elevated estrogen levels.
So after much thought i think i am going to try and stop taking my Finasteride for a few months and see how things go.
My question is, if i notice my hair going away fast would starting Finasteride up again halt this and put me to where i am now?
Please let me know what you guys think about all if this.
About 2 years ago i had my blood checked and my Doctor told me i had high Test about 900 if i remember correctly and he said i had shockingly high Estrogen which i think was 200 and normal is like 50. He wanted me to see a specialist but i had just lost my job so this couldn’t happen.
I have since gotten back into the gym working out hard each day and i wonder if my hormonal status caused by Finasteride is having an effect on my gains. I really need to see a Doctor again and get my blood checked to see what my estrogen/test levels are.
My libido has been lower over the lat 5 years but i can still take care of my girl if you know what i mean. I just feel that i should be hornier more then i am, i am sure alot of its mental as well though.
Just recently too i was reading my Men’s Health Magazine and it was talking about diets and losing weight. Over to the side it listed 3 medicines that hamper diet and weight loss. One of these three was propecia and it said how it jacks up your hormones and can cause weight gain "water retention in the chest also it said". I am guessing this is from elevated estrogen levels.
So after much thought i think i am going to try and stop taking my Finasteride for a few months and see how things go.
My question is, if i notice my hair going away fast would starting Finasteride up again halt this and put me to where i am now?
Please let me know what you guys think about all if this.
