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    Default 10 years on prop. my story. good and bad.

    Just thought i would post my story, if it is in the wrong spot I am sorry. I have read the forum for a long time but never posted.
    I have used Propecia now for about ten years. 50 years of age and started at 40.
    I had a decent head of hair except I had slid back on frontal region, mainly left and right as normal for all guys later in life. With few exceptions.
    Now I knew I would go bald on top as my three older brothers were going bald severely. So I thought get in early and Propecia was just taking hold in the market, with little if any side effects written about. Now ten years later my brothers are totally bald on top but hair on sides and back. I mean bald.
    NOW, I have a full head of hair and still the same almost as ten years ago, hair has slid back slightly more on frontal region left and right.
    All my family ask how am I not bald. So it does stand out at family functions that I have a full head of hair next to my brothers in photos etc.
    So the great thing is Propecia works well. I only take 1/2 mm a day. I did use 1mm to start for first 3 months but cut back to 1/2 as it seemed to still work and Doc said try it.
    NOW the bad.
    Big side effects. Huge reduction in sex drive. This has been for the last 10 years. I do not agree with manufacturer that only a small portion of people get this. I know three others on the tablet and all experience issues. This is also the reason i cut back to half a pill. Also I have had maybe 4 breaks for three-four months at a time to have children and to just have a break and pick sex drive up. I used to be highly sexed but seriously prop is a killer.
    Now ? why do I take the pill when it kills my sex drive. I am vain and really would be upset to go bald. Both bad choices and it really is tough. Like others I look often for something else to replace prop with no effects and that has been what I have been waiting for with no luck.
    2nd thing. My partner hates me being on prop. She would rather me bald and high sex drives as she complains she misses out. Again it is tough. Sex with cute partner less often and hair. Or no hair and sex daily with cute partner. I am sure many others will rubbish me and take the sex, but I am not one of those guys who have a perfect round head and will look good bald. I am lean and tall with more of the egg shaped head. I look good with hair. Simple. Also and this is never mentioned, but in my career by having hair I look five years younger and it helps keep me employed around a younger team. Try getting work at 50 in a tough industry when you look fifty and the other guys are 30-40. Employers want younger staff. A whole other argument but in what I do this is the truth sadly.
    Other side effects I only picked up on in the last few years. Occasional slight pain in right testicle which i did not know about till I read of other having this on this forum. I have been a lurker but not logged on. So I feel better in some ways that this is a side effect.
    Now last effect that is not good. Prop brings my mood lower to a degree. I am an up happy person but when I last had a break recently my mood picked up a lot and my energy by 20-30%
    I went back on 1/2 pill and felt flat the next day, and the day after. It felt like a hangover almost. I understand it is the prop and try to overlook it and can, but seriously it does cause a mild downer, which I think over time the body adjusts too.
    It takes about three months for this to get out of my system when I stop taking prop. And after three months sex drive picks up a lot also. You can pop a Viagra but really taking one pill to fix another is a bad way to run your body. My Doc said he has others who do this but really is a bad way.
    So I think I will continue on 1/2 pill even though I think really I should be on 1mm now to stop the slight advance on the frontal left and right but I really do not want NO sex drive. So i take a 1/2 and accept a huge reduction.
    I did discuss this with one friend who thought I was mad taking prop and killing my sex drive but he has a full head of hair or does the look at 'Andre Agassi' line or something. ie bald guy s can look good. I always say yes' but I am not one of them'.
    Again, I will not look good bald and yes I am vain. I try to explain to my partner would she like to go bald, she says no, so I say well that is exactly how I feel.
    Anyway that is my story. I hope it may help somebody. Ten years on prop really works well, but in my opinion it is a killer on the sex drive. A real killer. I take a multivitamin but really the prop pill hits me hard. 1mm would be too much I am sure.
    Odd thing is my brothers are jealous I have hair but I mentioned I may take prop 10 years ago and they rubbished me so now I just say I have different genetics and take vitamins as people put you down for taking the tablet for some reason and call you vain which I really do not need. So much for each to his own.
    Any advice or comments welcome. Best wishes and health to all.
    My advice to some younger guys, think seriously about your mood and sex drive. But I understand them taking the pill also. I cannot imagine how some people get no side effects on 1mm let alone more than that.
    I keep an eye on the new drugs forum so hopefully something will emerge in the next 2-3 years. Cell therapy will work it seems but for the everyday man this is ten years away and will cost 10K at a guess even then.
    I did try rubbing in foam etc but for me it is too messy daily and prop does work alone so it is what I do.
    It really is the money or the box lotto game. Hair and very low sex drive or bald and older looking with less employment but happy cute girlfriend. (who may actually not be so happy when she actually sees me bald)
    Regards Michael

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    I've been on fin [1mg] for around 8 years and I know it isn't doing me any good. I haven't had any sexual side effects but I'm sure many get them [Probably including myself if I was to take it for the next 5-6 years.

    I think it needs to be pointed out that your age is another contributing factor. For many men what you are experiencing happens to some degree with or without fin.

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    Another fin success story!

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    Yes age does not help. But seriously with 3 months of originally taking it ten years ago sex drive went way way down. Serious bummer. Now age is a factor, but with .5mm it is hit hard still ten years later.
    But yes, I have lots of hair. Fin works extremely well.even 1/2 mm.
    Anyone have any ideas what I can take besides multi vitamin to pick up flat feeling I get from fin? it is like a very light fog sometimes going back on fin has bought on.
    As i mentioned I can get by but it is hard after not having that feeling for 3 months.
    thanks for any advice

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    Quote Originally Posted by michael1256 View Post
    Yes age does not help. But seriously with 3 months of originally taking it ten years ago sex drive went way way down. Serious bummer. Now age is a factor, but with .5mm it is hit hard still ten years later.
    But yes, I have lots of hair. Fin works extremely well.even 1/2 mm.
    Anyone have any ideas what I can take besides multi vitamin to pick up flat feeling I get from fin? it is like a very light fog sometimes going back on fin has bought on.
    As i mentioned I can get by but it is hard after not having that feeling for 3 months.
    thanks for any advice
    For me, I really don't think Fin has worked too well at all. My hair loss still seemed to progress. I've had a few HT's since though and I'm really hesitant to drop it [Especially considering the fact that we 'may' be getting some better treatments in the next few years].

    If the landscape still looks bleak in a few years when I hit 30 I'll most likely give it the flick.

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