Anyone who had eliminated side effects of finasteride with lower dose

[chrisis]

Originally Posted by bob13

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Don't worry about it.
It's mostly in guys heads.

Speak for yourself. Not everyone is the same.

Khan: I don't think I'm around these threads enough for them to manifest in my sexual life, but I appreciate the advice. I was hanging around this forum for awhile before my side effects kicked in.

I know the drug itself made a difference.

[jayth]

Originally Posted by khan

Chris, I know it can be extremely tough, coping with side and waiting for them to go away. And maybe its not my place to comment here, since I haven't had any (yet), but just as a friendly suggestion, why don't you take some time off worrying. Hanging around these threads listening to people talk about them isn't going to make things better, its definitely not going to make side go away. I know someone who recovered in about 3 months time, and he said it was very gradual road to recovery.
Anyways, its up to you man, you know whats best.

Great advice khan. I think I'm gonna do just that. If a bunch of people tell you that you WILL have sides the chances are you will. I noticed after reading on here that the day I started Fin I was convinced I could'nt get a hard on lol Guess what. I had difficulty getting an erection that night. What are the chances of sides on day 1?? I would say slim to none.

[chrisis]

I don't mean to be rude but some of you are pretty clueless.

Consider the following:

• almost total lack of penis sensitivity
• pitiful amount of semen
• interest in sex virtually NONE to the extent that even masturbating is a chore

It's not just an issue of not popping a boner one day.

I experienced the above side effects 2-3 months after taking finasteride. I stopped taking it 3 weeks ago and I'm slowly but surely getting back to normal. If, as some of you suggest, the side effects were purely psychological then this presents the question as to why a psychological issue about taking a drug would take weeks to resolve. It strongly suggests that the drug has a has a very real impact on the body's hormonal system to the extent that the drug manifests physical side effects.

I can only conclude that some of you are willingly sticking your head in the sand. Fine, but if you're one of the men susceptible to side effects you will suffer them regardless.

[khan]

Yes they are probably not psychological but in such a situtation, the only person that can help you is a Doctor, and positive thinking. Listening to people like STTB, telling people they are screwed and will now "never" recover cause they injested poision, is not going to help combat side effects.

There are worse drugs that people take and recover 100% in time. I don't understand how telling people there life is screwed forever helps anyone (and thats what people like STTB have been doing). Even John Crisler has the same attitude.

Originally Posted by chrisis

I don't mean to be rude but some of you are pretty clueless.

Consider the following:

• almost total lack of penis sensitivity
• pitiful amount of semen
• interest in sex virtually NONE to the extent that even masturbating is a chore

It's not just an issue of not popping a boner one day.

I experienced the above side effects 2-3 months after taking finasteride. I stopped taking it 3 weeks ago and I'm slowly but surely getting back to normal. If, as some of you suggest, the side effects were purely psychological then this presents the question as to why a psychological issue about taking a drug would take weeks to resolve. It strongly suggests that the drug has a has a very real impact on the body's hormonal system to the extent that the drug manifests physical side effects.

I can only conclude that some of you are willingly sticking your head in the sand. Fine, but if you're one of the men susceptible to side effects you will suffer them regardless.

[25 going on 65]

I am quite suspicious of Dr. Crisler's intentions.

[chrisis]

Originally Posted by khan

Listening to people like STTB, telling people they are screwed and will now "never" recover cause they injested poision, is not going to help combat side effects.

Well I agree. We need to strike a balance between advocating the use of finasteride to prevent hair loss and warning about potential side effects.

[DepressedByHairLoss]

I agree with this Chrisis. I think that constant trolls on here who are very extreme in their anti-Propecia stances give guys like you and me a bad name (sensible guys who are truly experiencing side effects from Propecia). I myself am experiencing side effects from Propecia yet I continue to take it because I am absolutely scared to death of going bald. But I know Propecia is causing side effects with me, and I really do believe with strong conviction that Propecia does cause side effects in way more than 3% of men (the number that Merck gives us). When you drastically curtail the production of an essential male hormone throughout the entire body, the body is not just going to have no reaction whatsoever, I believe.

[DepressedByHairLoss]

And also as a sidenote, I started taking Propecia well before I even started researching its side effects on the web. I've been taking Propecia since mid 2010 and I didn't even sign up on here until 2011.

[chrisis]

Indeed! Well I'm happy to say that my side effects are pretty much gone now I think. I will soon be trialing finasteride again at 0.25 or 0.5mg. What dose you on, DepressedByHairLoss?

[Jcm800]

Where do you get your Fin from? I was tempted a couple of years ago to go on the Boots hair retention programme, bottled out tho. I even asked my GP about Fin and he said "go for it". He was of the opinion at the time that many patients took Proscar and didn't complain, so Fin shouldn't be a worry.