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JDuff, I bet my hair is fuller than yours and I'm just on minoxidil with a hair transplant which will improve my hairline further.
Anyhow, FDS (Finasteride Derangement Syndrome) is, however, in full effect here.
And your ale is tops ++.
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Relax -- my reply wasn't directed at you or any particular person here, so I'm not quite sure why you're going after my post?
Anyhow, FDS (Finasteride Derangement Syndrome) is, however, in full effect here.
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JDuff, your non nonchalant dismissal of Propecia effects and how its victims act is why people target your post. I've seen a few of your other posts and you act the same way. When a dermatologist and a doctor at a free clinic I went to advised against Propecia due to growing concerns over the sides who are you to try to downplay them as nothing.
And guess what I didn't listen and went on the drug, and didn't have side effects on it. I'm off it now because I realize it was a bad choice. So it's not only those who are affected by Propecia or those who are too afraid(or rightly cautious) that speak out against the possible negatives of the drug.
Hell I had no sides on but I can tell you my body did some weird shit while I was quitting. Hormones do some weird things when you throw them out of balance. I still have some residual pelvic discomfort, but that should go away in another week or so.Comment
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You mean my watery jizz thread? Yeah that sucks, but I'm giving Fin the benefit of the doubt. So far that's the only side I see, and as far as I'm concerned, that's strictly an aesthetic issue. The work around to this "problem" should be fairly obvious -- shoot it somewhere it can't be seen.JDuff, your non nonchalant dismissal of Propecia effects and how its victims act is why people target your post. I've seen a few of your other posts and you act the same way.Comment
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I was talking about the thread on the possible long term effects of Propecia, you said mockingly that you could grow a "vajayjay and become hitler". I assumed you were mocking people who talk of the negative things Propecia has done to them. If not I apologize, in fact I just double checked and it was Guygromes12 who was being more offensive, guess I mixed up which one of you said what. Sorry to jump to conclusions, there's just a lot of people who treat anyone who doesn't praise Propecia like they're idiots around here.Comment
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For me the worst thing about it was I lost 50% of my hair density after being on it for 1 year and it still is sheding like crazy
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There are a number of studies that show the side effects are pretty low. IIRC, there was a Duke study and a Japanese study.
Anyways, I took finasteride on a whim by the suggestion of a friend of mine who is a bodybuilder. Only thing I read about it prior to taking it was that there was a 4% chance of getting sexual side effects (judging from the forums it appears to be much higher than that). That was it. Started taking .5mg everyday with my fish oil and multivitamin. Never gave it another thought and didn't discover hairloss forums until over a year later. My hairloss wasn't too bad, but it was noticeable. I have shaggy hair and I was visibly thinning on the crown. Finasteride stopped my hairloss and about 8 months or so in I noticed my crown started to fill in and my hair felt thicker overall (it's always been kind of wispy, even when I was young). I'm one of the lucky ones who hasn't experienced side effects I guess. I think a big part of that was because I didn't get freaked out by reading propeciahelp or some similar forum. Not saying that side effects are all in people's heads. It's obvious there are people experiencing serious sexual side effects and I feel for them. I had the same thing happen to me when I took lexapro for anxiety years ago. However, I don't think it's fair to scare someone into not giving finasteride a shot. It's helped me (along with Nizoral) tremendously and if I would of discovered propeciahelp back then it probably would of scared me into not taking it and my hairloss would have progressed significantly.Comment
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akai, the problem is you don't know if you'll be affected by sides unless you take the drug.
It isn't scare mongering for men to come forward and offer their experiences to others considering the drug, because the truth is this is a game of Russian Roulette.
Obviously I wish I'd never taken it. If I'd had a positive experience, I may be posting in defence of this drug right now. Shouldn't we therefore conclude that nobody really knows how safe the drug is? Not even Merck, because they've already revised their labels once, while sales decline and litigation against them is up.
Let people decide for themselves. For every 10 people promoting how Propecia saved their hair and those suffering sides are scaremongers, let 1 man come forward and represent the very real risk involved without so much harassment and denial on these forums.Comment
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I agree with Chrisis, you say its not fare to scare people into not giving it a shot, I say its not fair to lie to them and tell them its 100% safe. Some posters on this forum even say things like "If you don't take Propecia you'll be bald and ugly forever" which is pushing people towards the drug, the same thing as the fear mongering they claim. There's so many treatments around the corner that propecia might not be the only option soon enough.Comment
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Just to be clear, I totally agree with you and Chrisis. I'm glad they're people out there sharing their stories and experiences either good or bad. I was referring to the propeciahelp type people who say things like their dick shrank 3 inches or finasteride turned them bisexual after using it for a week. The few times I skimmed that board I actually read someone warning people to stay away from nizoral because it gave them impotence. That's what I would consider scaremongering. Either side of the extreme (scaremongerers or sunshine pumpers in denial) aren't good for the forum. Hopefully a new treatment will be available without so much risk in the near future.Comment
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Dude you're such a buzz kill.
You just ruined my day - thanks a lot. I was looking forward to reading this post (He clearly stated that people with a negative take on Fin should start their own thread) so what does Chris do? He replies with negative comments & links - has Fin ruined you're social skills as well?
Dude in the future let the men who have benefited from this drug speak.Comment
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