anyone worried by this video?

[ryan555]

hi ryan,

no worries man, you didnt crap on any point. im not here to be right, im here to learn and help and share information.

im really curious what kind of diet were you on for 15 years? im sorry to hear it didnt help. are you sure it was my diet? as in a raw vegan diet? or was it a diet with lots of vegetables but everything was cooked and you still ate meat, and drank coffee and ate pasta and bread?

oh btw, becareful with the word 'conspiracy'. that word can be used to throw information out the window without first actually looking at it. if you look at the information you'll find its effective business, thats all. is it a conspiracy that finasteride is bad for us? no, that stuff is very bad for us, true fact.

I've been a vegan for 20 years. Over the past 15, I have eliminated almost all refined sugar, alcohol, caffeine, etc. A few years ago, I also discovered I was allergic to soy and eliminated that as well.

As far as the "conspiracy" point, I don't believe it's safe to make a blanket statement that finasteride is "bad for us." I personally don't feel any different since I stopped taking the drug several months ago so I'm not sure it was harming me. While I will agree that the natural state is ideal, that doesn't mean that most guys are harmed by taking it. For guys with BPH or who are at risk of prostate cancer, one could make the argument that the medication is actually good for them. Even for those who take it for cosmetic purposes, they might be better off than living with the extreme anxiety and depression that some experience over hair loss. Again, all drugs have side effects, the benefit vs risk is what determines if the drug is a good treatment or not.

[Gubter_87]

ryan555; Spot on!
For me the anxiety, depression, social phobia, sleep disturbance and lack of life energy and all the other symptoms my hair loss is causing is way more detrimental to my health than finasteride could ever be...

I wish that I had started finasteride earlier and that I had been consistent in my use of it - because then it is likely that my hair would be in a better state than it is right now.

Sure there are risks involved in everything we do, and I am not saying that finasteride may not cause permanent side effects or whatever. It's just that the risk/benefit ratio, for me, makes being on finasteride a no brainer.

[Halo7557]