whats the smallest finasteride dose that works for you?

[g.i joey]

took a little finasteride holiday for christmas and new years due to minor side effects, all has cleared up back to normal and im ready to get back on. Since i stopped finasteride i have done a couple things to influence a better experience next time i start up. Ive started to eat alot healthier and started to count my calories, i brought my cigarette smoking down to a minimum and i also work out alot more regularly. I've realized that when taking finasteride sometimes its better to promote a healthier lifestyle while on it.

Anyways, my question is what is the smallest dose you've taken for maintenance or regrowth. Im thinking about taking 1mg Every 3 days, for example 1mg on the 9th, next one of the 12, next on the 15th and so on. Does anyone think this could work? Personally, i believe there is a sweet spot with finasteride where you can reap the benefits (maybe not 100%) and still get by with no noticeable sides, so i am in search of that.

Another question i have, if i were to take finasteride every 3 days like stated above, would take .25mg of finasteride on my off days make any difference than just not taking anything? I know for a fact .25mg does not work for me, but maybe with the boost of 1mg E3D it will still function to an extent.

 

[kckckc]

took a little finasteride holiday for christmas and new years due to minor side effects, all has cleared up back to normal and im ready to get back on. Since i stopped finasteride i have done a couple things to influence a better experience next time i start up. Ive started to eat alot healthier and started to count my calories, i brought my cigarette smoking down to a minimum and i also work out alot more regularly. I've realized that when taking finasteride sometimes its better to promote a healthier lifestyle while on it.

Anyways, my question is what is the smallest dose you've taken for maintenance or regrowth. Im thinking about taking 1mg Every 3 days, for example 1mg on the 9th, next one of the 12, next on the 15th and so on. Does anyone think this could work? Personally, i believe there is a sweet spot with finasteride where you can reap the benefits (maybe not 100%) and still get by with no noticeable sides, so i am in search of that.

Another question i have, if i were to take finasteride every 3 days like stated above, would take .25mg of finasteride on my off days make any difference than just not taking anything? I know for a fact .25mg does not work for me, but maybe with the boost of 1mg E3D it will still function to an extent.

Honestly I thought about it the same way you did and I came to the conclusion that you should just take the pill (even if you have side effects) for 6 months and see if it even works for you. If side effects continue, it's probably a good idea to test and see if it helps when you lower dosage.

Though there is research out there that indicates .5mg works the same way as 1mg, so if something works just as well, you can bet on facing very similar side effects (if any).

I also suggest going the standard route of 1mg per day mainly because if it's 1% better than .5mg, you will attack the root of the male pattern baldness problem and get great results hopefully, then you can use a lower dosage in the future to maintain.

Just my opinion, please take it with a grain of salt.

 

[g.i joey]

dude but the way i see it is, if .5mg blocks 65% for example, and 1mg blocks 69%, the difference isnt much and technically you are just overloading your body with finasteride that shouldnt even be there. This is where i believe people get sides, because the small amount of dht isnt enough to keep the test from converting to estrogen, which is why i believe you could go a day or 2 without taking finasteride and still reap benefits, at the same time still have VERY MINIMAL side effects, but we're all just assuming here. i know on .25mg/day i feel completely fine and i know finasteride works because at this dose it clears up my acne after a couple days. If i take .5mg/day sometimes i feel fatigued and out of it, which is why im gonna go for .5mg e3d and maybe slip in a .25 on my off days.

 

[yetti]

i brought my cigarette smoking down to a minimum

not to be an annoying ex-smoker, but as a smoker i found doing that to be very difficult to maintain over any length of time. nicotine addiction (and all cigarette smoking is about nicotine addiction) is hard to play with, you either break it completely or suffer with it. also worth noting that very little cigarette smoke does a great deal of damage...just living with a smoker increases the chance of getting lung cancer 20-30%. so even 1 cigarette every day or so can completely mess up your system or worse.