Finasteride has destroyed my entire life

[Jimmyjames1980]

Iv read all ur comments and still can't get my head around all this,the drug has killed me,simple.it needs banning,instead of arguing we should b getting it banned.can all these men that were healthy b4 b wrong?

[NotDyingBald]

Please ignore those who post in defence of Propecia. I believe they have an emotional connection to the drug, such is their desperate longing to keep their hair.

As you know, Propecia is one of the few drugs that can stop hair loss. It does this by preventing testosterone being converted into DHT - DHT being the culprit responsible for hair loss. It seems that either this mechanism causes side effects, or the drug is having some other unknown affect - unfortunately nobody knows. Further to this, I feel that the studies conducted prior to Propecia's approval by the FDA were methodologically flawed. Also be aware that drug companies (Merck in particular) have a track record for suppressing negative data.

I have suffered as a result of Propecia too, although my case doesn't seem as bad as yours. I can only suggest that you seek out an endocrinologist and get some blood tests done. Have you reported your case to the relevant drug authority too? You may also have a legal case, so check out your options.

I know it's frustrating, but ignore those who aren't willing to listen. I am confident that the truth will eventually out.

Chrisis, sorry if my nonsense words, or statistics aren´t as much reliable as your "feel"...

Also, saying to ignore others opinion, doesn´t give you more credibility.

And i think you´ve missed my first conclusion, "Sides do exist", so, i´m far away from trying not to listen. And i´m sorry for you. I just want you to understand that you have all the right to warn people about Fin, but that is still a long way between that, and the claims you do.

Cheers

[BigThinker]

BigThinker, you're right. I didn't mean to bring up a moot point, I just wanted to show how obvious it was. However I do feel the cross in both pictures is telling.

Ha, worrrrrrd. The whole thing generated a lot of interest before I was even a member of this forum. But, I caught wind of it and was rather taken by the whole spectacle. Gotta love the internet.

[lucrio]

BigThinker, you're right. I didn't mean to bring up a moot point, I just wanted to show how obvious it was. However I do feel the cross in both pictures is telling.

[BigThinker]

Also, why is the blue image of the cross in scorpion's avatar picture the same as the red cross which cover's highlander's avatar picture.



Sorry for the off topic conspiracy theory but I just had to point this out.

Not even a conspiracy. They're clearly the same person. Everyone here has accepted that and moved on. I kind of creeped on their profiles a while back. Highlander faked his suicide and then said a bunch of symbolic shit on Scorpion's message wall. The whole thing is bizarre but entertaining and interesting.

In regards to the pictures: those are relatively well-known memes, so the overlap in the picture use isn't particularly telling.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-know-that-feel-bro

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/feels-bad-man-sad-frog

The latter is exclusively related to feeling bad and the former is related to feeling bad in certain contexts.

Another mystery solved by yours truly.

[lucrio]

Also, why is the blue image of the cross in scorpion's avatar picture the same as the red cross which cover's highlander's avatar picture.



Sorry for the off topic conspiracy theory but I just had to point this out.

[lucrio]

I know this is off topic but am I the only one who took notice of highlander's seemingly random post in page 3 of this thread? If anyone remembers the depressed poster scorpion, highlander's picture greatly resembles scorpion's avatar picture which I have pasted below. I'm starting to agree with the early suspicions that highlander is scorpion. I apologize, highlander, if this is not true but I just find it coincidental that there were suspicions and now the pictures are the same.

Also, to the original poster, I feel blood tests and an endocrinologist would be helpful for you if the problems caused by finasteride have had affects on your hormones. I really hope you can recover and feel like yourself again. The side effects I had which caused me to quit finasteride were only temporary and stopped a little after i quit the drug. I can't imagine having them be permanent. Good luck and please seek better medical attention than doctors who make light of your condition.

Scorpion's avatar picture

[Dan26]

Sorry to hear about all this man...
In my opinion, you should not be on this forum seeking help. You should go over to propeciahelp.com and speak with some of the people who have had similar things happen to them. They will help direct you on what tests to get, what doctors to see, what lifestyle changes can help etc..

[inspects]

Anyway I took 2 5 ml tablets broke into 4 ova 8 days,I woke up on the morning of the 8th day and couldn't get an erection,no matter how hard I tried or what I thought about

Wow....man, go see a Shrink....your in dire need, everything shriveled is right, you lost what you had left of your mind too....!

I spared the rest of the audience not posting the remaining rambling incoherent post....good lord.

[BigThinker]

Yeah totally sucks for sure, but..... I just proudly splattered an horseload of warm cream all over the tiles in my bathroom, and now I am feeling very happy, at least until tomorrow morning when I'm a bit uneasy about getting 'up' due to a pesky boner persistently sticking out like an exclamation mark, although I should then already stop hanging around if I was to renew my finasteride prescription before my appointment at my hairdresser. My biggest problem right now - next to a volatile bunch wanting the stuff which helps in getting me laid to be pulled - is what's gonna clean up my bathroom.

Actually I've already been here for a while, and I gather I will be here at least a bit longer, so I'm gonna need more finasteride.

[clarence]

any1 out there worried about loosing your hair,embrace it and be proud to be alive,ur only here for a while so **** caring what u look like and live.there's so help for anyone that's fallen to the sick system and they don't care.

Yeah totally sucks for sure, but..... I just proudly splattered an horseload of warm cream all over the tiles in my bathroom, and now I am feeling very happy, at least until tomorrow morning when I'm a bit uneasy about getting 'up' due to a pesky boner persistently sticking out like an exclamation mark, although I should then already stop hanging around if I was to renew my finasteride prescription before my appointment at my hairdresser. My biggest problem right now - next to a volatile bunch wanting the stuff which helps in getting me laid to be pulled - is what's gonna clean up my bathroom.

Actually I've already been here for a while, and I gather I will be here at least a bit longer, so I'm gonna need more finasteride.

[drybone]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand I still don't care. Starting fin in 24 days.

I just started 3 daze ago.

I got 5 mil and I chopped em in 4. Its hard to chop them into 4 but I am getting the hang of it.

[8868alex]

alex, 'm not offended by your comments, I should clarify I wasn't targeting that at posters like you - sympathetic and aware that side effects exist, but at those who are callous and in complete denial.

I will try to be less hostile in my future posts, though this is quite an emotive topic for me too naturally.

It's posts like this that actually show you are a class act at heart. Full respect and for what it's worth I admire your bravery as your situation sounds difficult. I am hopeful that you will find a solution and it's nice to know that whilst posters may disagree, there is a level of sophistication to the exchange!

[chrisis]

What I respect less is comments like "desperate longing to keep their hair" or "ignore" the Propecia defence. I think all readers and posters should strive for objectivity wherever possible.

I hope you take these comments in the manner that were intended and again wish you the best!

alex, 'm not offended by your comments, I should clarify I wasn't targeting that at posters like you - sympathetic and aware that side effects exist, but at those who are callous and in complete denial.

I will try to be less hostile in my future posts, though this is quite an emotive topic for me too naturally.

[chrisis]

Chrisis, The problem is that this is not nonsense. Third party well designed unbiased studies have been conducted and they confirmed this the reality of it. I am sorry that you are among those very few who are affected in such a way - but ignoring, denying or contaminating the truth isn't going to change anything. It is more important for everyone to know the whole truth and the real truth. Not the fear mongers version of the truth, or the ambulance chasers version of the truth. Competent unbiased studies have been conducted by people other than Merck. The truth is in the results of those unbiased third party studies.

Tracy, with all due respect I'd never be so arrogant as to profess to be an expert on the menstrual cycle or any other sexual health issue pertaining to women. Your knowledge on this subject is not based on personal experience or medical qualification, it is purely an opinion based on casually reading a few websites.

If you want to be useful though, can you point me to a trial that was not methodologically flawed? I've been asking for this for a long time now and no luck. I want to see a specific study that examines the safety of this drug for men with minor hair loss and of a younger age. Give me a shout when you've found such a study. I'll be waiting.