Did Finasteride give you serious sideeffects? (POLL)

[WhyTheHair]

@JeanlucBergman - Wish that was true, but I think that 30% includes ANY improvement not just regrowth. I have been on Minox for over 1.5 years and have not seen real regrowth. Minox keeps hairs in that final stage, hairs you lose anyway will most likely get a few extra cycles before giving up anyway. Its really a slower death. I think the amount of users who get real regrowth is much much fewer, where these are not just vellus hairs going through some endless cycle.

Unfortunately, I know every 6 months or so I go through a major shed. I freak out, then 3 months later I see some fill-in but not as good as it was several months prior. :: Sigh :: It sucks. I'll keep on minox regardless until I decide to give up on this game. I was just hoping to hear that minox users who go on fin have better luck with the sheds.

[JeanlucBergman]

Well if you're using a shampoo with Keto, DHT blockers and alpha 5 reductase reducers like saw palmetto, along with a minoxidil and blocking 60% of your DHT with fin, chances are you'd have a very good shot.

I've read of plenty of people who are disappointed with their results, but generally if you stop using minox or fin because you think it isn't working, people lose a years worth within a month and wish they'd never stopped. The idea that blocking 60% of DHT with 0.25mg of fin is not having a positive effect on hair makes no sense either.

[WhyTheHair]

Yea, during my 1.5 years I used Regenepure (Nizoral is just to harsh for consistent use), I used saw palmetto on and off. I think there is value in saw palmetto, but its just too weak if you are at the stage where thinning/balding is apparent. I will say for the last couple of months that I used saw palmetto consistently I did see some thickening. However, being as advanced along the path its not enough. So you definitely need to attack from within.

To your point, thats one main reason I have not quit minox. You don't know, what you don't know until the time comes. So whether it did anything who knows, but if I quit I could lose far more and at this point I am not willing to gamble. I'll pay the few bucks a month and few minutes a day to lather it on, until the day comes I say good bye hair. It seems if you have reaction to 0.25mg you'll react to 0.5mg, and if you have that much sides you just gotta quit cause the body is not tolerating it. I'll ride out 0.25mg to see if it helps ease onto the stuff for the next few days, on day 2 and so far so good.

Oh and one final point about quitting, I think how much you lose depends on duration you held on to hope. If after 6 months you see absolutely no change and jump off, I think you stand too lose very little. However, individuals who went on longer (and especially who did not ween off) stand to lose much more. At that point your too dependent, IMO.

[darchangel77]

I dont understand , why such crappy drug like finasteride is still legal even after so many people have come out openly about side effects caused by it.
I have personally experienced impotence. Low semen quantity, depressive mood, lackb of a drive to do anything in life when i was on 1 mg finasteride.
Seriously man i realised it was the drug and stopped taking it. After 3 to 4 months i realised i was getting back to normal life, erections were backand i started feeling uplifted. I finally took a pledge never to touch that piece of shit again. And this was about 3 years ago. I have completely accepted ayurveda and it has been absolutely wonderful. All this theoryof dht causing hairloss is only one part of the story and is not the complete truth. There is more to it. Dht is the result of something that we are doing wrong in our lives. It can be anything for example lifestyle,diet,stress etc.

[JeanlucBergman]

I dont understand , why such crappy drug like finasteride is still legal even after so many people have come out openly about side effects caused by it.
I have personally experienced impotence. Low semen quantity, depressive mood, lackb of a drive to do anything in life when i was on 1 mg finasteride.
Seriously man i realised it was the drug and stopped taking it. After 3 to 4 months i realised i was getting back to normal life, erections were backand i started feeling uplifted. I finally took a pledge never to touch that piece of shit again. And this was about 3 years ago. I have completely accepted ayurveda and it has been absolutely wonderful. All this theoryof dht causing hairloss is only one part of the story and is not the complete truth. There is more to it. Dht is the result of something that we are doing wrong in our lives. It can be anything for example lifestyle,diet,stress etc.

It's weird, when I first did 1mg it was the worst I had ever felt in my life. I took one pill and had sides you are talking about for a week. About a week ago I tried 0.25mg and have never felt better. In fact my orgasms and sex drive have never been higher. I feel genuinely happier and uplifted from the fact I'm on it too.

"Dht is the result of something that we are doing wrong in our lives. It can be anything for example lifestyle,diet,stress etc."

That is just a feel good lie. All those things affect MPB to some degree, but for 90% of people changing those things will not save their hair loss.

Interesting that when I had trouble with 1mg I thought everyone saying propecia was worth taking was an idiot, now after successfully taking 0.25mg with no sides as of yet your post is the one that sounds idiotic.

[allTheGoodNamesAreTaken]

No serious side-effects for me, not from finasteride and not even after over 3 years of dutasteride.

[darchangel77]

It's weird, when I first did 1mg it was the worst I had ever felt in my life. I took one pill and had sides you are talking about for a week. About a week ago I tried 0.25mg and have never felt better. In fact my orgasms and sex drive have never been higher. I feel genuinely happier and uplifted from the fact I'm on it too.

"Dht is the result of something that we are doing wrong in our lives. It can be anything for example lifestyle,diet,stress etc."

That is just a feel good lie. All those things affect MPB to some degree, but for 90% of people changing those things will not save their hair loss.

Interesting that when I had trouble with 1mg I thought everyone saying propecia was worth taking was an idiot, now after successfully taking 0.25mg with no sides as of yet your post is the one that sounds idiotic.

Dear JeanlucBergman i may have sounded like an idiot because I have not given a complete explanation as to what the 'wrong' about lifestyle and diet could be.
So here it is,
1. By lifestyle i mean the amount of stress one has in life - as stress affects digestion and absorption of nutrients .Not only that it also depletes the existing vitamins and nutrients in the body in order to deal with that stress.
Also the amount of sleep you get daily ,the routine that you follow daily has to match the circadian rhythm of the body. For example slreping by 11 and waking up by 6 am keeps your bodies' Constitution in balance.
Here is a link http://www.atharvaayurvedindia.com/P...Tri-Dosha/1797
2. Diet
One should consume food according to one's body constitution.
In ayurveda there are 3 types of body constitution namely vata ,pitta,and kapha.
Hair loss and skin disorders are the result of excess pitta (heat)dosha in the body.
So the first step is to eliminate those foods from you diet which is heating the body up example salty , spicy ,sour foods and oily and deep fried foods .
Heres a link http://www.livestrong.com/article/12...ta-dosha-diet/
Mr , please understand that even i used to believe in this dht causing hairloss theory and that is the reason i turned to finasteride.It did work for me at one point of time and i also stardted feeling good about my life in general ,but, gradually the nasty side effects started showing and my life was crushed even though i had a thick black crop of hair.I though what the heck is the hair for when i cant feel things and desires like a normal man. So i had to choose what is more important . So i decided i would stop finasteride with a heavy heart because it was for the better.
After stopping i had lost all the hair that i had regrown but i never stopped looking for alternative solutions. It took me more than a year anf a half to realise that the cure to this misery lies in ayurveda. Ayurveda is a sanskrit word meaning science of life which is more than 6000 years old and originates in my country.
It was dismissed as an alternative medicine by the bigpharma as it was seen as a threat to their revenue system.
Sadly it is the only true and complete form of medicine which eliminates problems from the root.And this does not happen by merely popping a pill.
Modern medicine is here only to turn u into a cash cow whereas ayurveda wouldnt cost u a fortune.It Gives u complete guidelines to rectify your lifestyle and diet and stress reduction techniques which will not cost u anything.
And finally , yes i may be an idiot but atleast i have stopped my hair loss and have a thick crop of hair and goid sex life as well.