Stopped Finasteride after 4 months due to sides. Should I start again?

[wiseg_7]

Hello guys.

I am 27 years old, with extreme thinning. I havent got any bold spots yet, but there are bald strips in the usual places. Last year I decided to try Finasteride.

After 4 months I can assure anyone reading/wondering, its a wonder f$&/4n drug, my hair looked thicker, healthier, and one day i just noticed I had stopped losing hair (currently losing about 50 a day, but this has been happening for about 3 years i think).

I got some side effects, decreased sex-drive. I knew this because (im not trying to be funny) but I watch alot of p0rn. All of a sudden I just wasnt watching any. I cant say actual sex was a problem (yet), but not watching p0rn - i knew I had the side effect.

Other than that I can confirm 1 other side effects.

This is the reason I gave up the Finasteride. Its hard to explain but there was a tingling feeling in my penis area, around the testicles. Sometimes there was pain in pee-hole area (3 times a week roughly). I even thought it could be an STD, until I thought ok maybe its the Finasteride. The tingling feeling was uncontrollable and the stinging/painful feeling could last a few hours.

I stopped the Finasteride, and Im pretty sure things are back to normal. I cant confirm other side effects, I can guess but these 2 I know happened.

However I do want to stop my hair loss and I know it works.

Maybe if I didnt have the pain and tingling I probably would have stuck it out a while longer seen what happened.

My question is has anyone else had the pain or tingling? Was my body getting used to the drug and then it would have gone away?

I would just like to hear some opinions. Naturally Im planning to speak to a doctor too, but i know there are some hair experts on this forum and I am keen to hear from them too.

Thanks very much.