Finasteride has destroyed my entire life

[Soxfaninfl]

I was put on antidepressants,told its all in my head.yes ok.like I said I'm just on here to warn anybody thinking of taking it that it's not worth it,get a transplant if your that desperate.10 grand or ur life????

I took antidepressants, and that caused sexual side effects for me. I could barley stay hard, and it would take me a long time to be able to cum. With fin I've been lucky and have not suffered any sides. I'm sorry that your going thru what your going thru.

[Jimmyjames1980]

I noticed on your picture your with a girl,is she supporting you through all this?are you managing to hold your job down?

[chrisis]

Crissis,what help did you seek and get that's helped you?

So far I went to one doctor who dismissed my sides as psychological so he wasn't any help. I demanded a blood test anyway, and spoke to the nurse who administered that. I asked her if she could recommend the best doctor at the clinic, with regard to endocrinology, sexual health and in general - listening to their patent. I have an appointment with the doctor she recommended tomorrow to go over my blood test result.

[ljpviper]

Jimmy, sorry u r going through this. I think anti depressants have worse side effects than a lot of meds out there. I have read horror stories.

Your statement of just get a transplant without taking propecia or avodart is not wise. I have seen people at my local gym that have had strips and did not take meds. There hair thins further and most of them there donor thins as well.

This then presents an awful situation as u can see the strip scars and an incomplete transplant. The doctors don't really seem to talk about this.

What looks good today might not look so good 15 years down the road.

[Jimmyjames1980]

Crissis,what help did you seek and get that's helped you?

[Jimmyjames1980]

I was put on antidepressants,told its all in my head.yes ok.like I said I'm just on here to warn anybody thinking of taking it that it's not worth it,get a transplant if your that desperate.10 grand or ur life????

[chrisis]

Another thing that i´ve noticed, it´s, this forum has hundreds of users, and i´ve noticed that only aproxximately 10, appears posting against FIN, and you´re the first in that top ten.

Here's a poll that contradicts your "broresearch".

http://www.baldtruthtalk.com/showthread.php?t=6039

[chrisis]

2) 95% of them are psychological.

Congratulations. You just repeated the same nonsense every doctor says when they go to report these problems.

Someone who pulls stats from thin air has absolutely no credibility whatsoever.

[Widowmaker]

Does finasteride also destroy your ability to use proper spelling and grammar?

[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.

Hey Chrisis,

Just to inform you, i have never touched propecia, so i´m not in any emotional connection to the drug to believe that it´s working to keep my hair.

But i have been researching this forum for over a year, and its pretty easy to conclude:

1) Side effects do exist.

2) 95% of them are psychological.

If i had an hour or two, i would quote to you dozens of posts related to side effects, in wich users say they did have them, but in the next two paragraphs include the words "maybe", "not sure", "psychological". Just search for yourself.

Another thing that i´ve noticed, it´s, this forum has hundreds of users, and i´ve noticed that only aproxximately 10, appears posting against FIN, and you´re the first in that top ten.

Again, don´t misunderstand me, side effects do exist, but not in the way, % you´re always saying. The same way you "fight" against those who say side effects do not exist, you should accept that a GREAT % of them, are purely psychological.

[Jimmyjames1980]

It's crazy.its we're ur mind set is a the time and what it tells u is more important in life.we're willing to risk our entire lives for the sake of saving something that's natural in life.i admit my head was in a bad place at the time,I wouldn't have even considered it at any other time,but as it was like I said I went for some information.even if there's the 1% chance it can do this 2 somebody they should pull it because as I stated it wasn't designed for hair loss.I have nothing left due to this stuff and what was 1ce my pride and joy,that being my body,it's just slowly dying.simple as that.

[Soxfaninfl]

No sexual side effects here dude. I've been on it for a year. I like it that my body hair doesn't grow as fast or as much as it used to.

[chrisis]

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.

[Jimmyjames1980]

See this is just the problem,everybody thinks that this stuff is safe.so loosing all ur body hair,loosing 4 stone in a year,brain fog,memory loss,slured speech,constant shakes,anxiety and panic attacks daily since stopping,no erections full stop,testical diformity,that's all normal is it,all in my head?im just telling people my story an the exact truth of what this stuff can do.

[ljpviper]

Propecia is not your problem, like the other post stated. All these stupid post blaming everything on propecia after taking it for a couple of days.

Unless your seriously allergic to something in the medication no way in a few days that would do that much damage.

I remember I was like 25 in 90s when in proscar was hinted to help stop hairless. I jumped on it right away, glad I did as I am 41 and still got a decent amount of hair. All this fear mongering concerning propecia gets in your head, and sometimes the mind can overpower your body, IMO.

By the way switched to avodart in 2003 forward. I still get morning wood, so no issues here.