Anyone taking Fin that experiences NO sides?

[cichlidfort]

Alright, so I finally took the leap of faith today and did something I never ever thought I would, and that is to go on Fin. The pill comes in a 5mg form so I got a pill cutter and best as I could, broke it up into 5 even pieces. I'll be taking one pill a week. If I don't get any bad sides, I'll eventually increase my dose to 1mg a day. I know there are those out there and on this board that do get sides but based off what I have gathered, they are the minority? I heard the majority of Fin users either experience no side effects, or very minor side effects. I am 24 years old so youth is on my side. I am sure a 24 year old would react much differently than a guy in his late 30s or 40s. Also, I don't know if size and weight should be taken into account but I am 6'7 210 lbs.

I am going to do everything I can to keep up my hormone levels as possible while on fin. I think hitting the gym 4 times a week and eating healthy will do me good. Also, beets the vegetable is natures aphrodisiac so I will continue to incorporate that into my diet every day as well. I might even look into horny goat weed if I notice a decrease in my libido. I have a massive libido so if it's affected then maybe it might just level out as normal lol.

[BigThinker]

I was/am 25 when I started.

I did the whole "start really low, intermittent doses and taper up" deal for about a week and then I jump went to 1.25mg a day.

Just eat well, exercise, keep up with your work and studies, and you'll be just fine.

[baldymcgee]

Be careful and taper your usage up very gradually.

I dove right in with 1mg / day and experienced the entire gamut of sides including testicular pain. Fun fun.

[StayThick]

I started at 24 myself. Worked out 5 days a week, was ripped, libido extremely high etc. That slowly went downhill..

My only regret was not starting at a lower dose. I started at 1mg and ignored the obvious sides hoping they would subside..well they didn't.

Good luck bro. I hope you don't experience sides and starting low ends up working out. I started at 24 hoping to catch my balding early, but in the end the results and more importantly sides made it not worth it for me.

Best of luck.

[cichlidfort]

Be careful and taper your usage up very gradually.

I dove right in with 1mg / day and experienced the entire gamut of sides including testicular pain. Fun fun.

Did those sides ever go away? Do you have less libido?

[cichlidfort]

I started at 24 myself. Worked out 5 days a week, was ripped, libido extremely high etc. That slowly went downhill..

My only regret was not starting at a lower dose. I started at 1mg and ignored the obvious sides hoping they would subside..well they didn't.

Good luck bro. I hope you don't experience sides and starting low ends up working out. I started at 24 hoping to catch my balding early, but in the end the results and more importantly sides made it not worth it for me.

Best of luck.

Damn, once you quit fin did your libido come back?

[KO1]

Been taking 1.25mg fin for over a year. Only sides have been acne. No sexual sides whatsoever.

[cichlidfort]

Been taking 1.25mg fin for over a year. Only sides have been acne. No sexual sides whatsoever.

So you don't notice anything with libido, orgasm, sex, erection, ya know, the daunting stuff that every man cringes about? Where does the acne show up?


(sorry for bombarding everyone with questions)

[KO1]

So you don't notice anything with libido, orgasm, sex, erection, ya know, the daunting stuff that every man cringes about? Where does the acne show up?


(sorry for bombarding everyone with questions)

Not at all. I don't feel any different whether I am on the drug or off it. Acne started happening 3 wks into the treatment and continued for about a year, then calmed down. Again, keep in mind, most people don't get these effects according to data, or some would say people don't report them, but in any case, nothing suggests that side effects are the typical response. On the low end, studies suggest 2%, on the highest end, they suggest 17%, but most put it around 5%. In all of those cases, these sides stopped after discontinuation of the drug.

It is possible that I have high T levels and given that testosterone levels rise on finasteride, it could have been responsible for that. But that's just a wild guess on my part.

[cichlidfort]

Not at all. I don't feel any different whether I am on the drug or off it. Acne started happening 3 wks into the treatment and continued for about a year, then calmed down. Again, keep in mind, most people don't get these effects according to data, or some would say people don't report them, but in any case, nothing suggests that side effects are the typical response. On the low end, studies suggest 2%, on the highest end, they suggest 17%, but most put it around 5%. In all of those cases, these sides stopped after discontinuation of the drug.

It is possible that I have high T levels and given that testosterone levels rise on finasteride, it could have been responsible for that. But that's just a wild guess on my part.

So do you still have pretty much have the same hair you currently now have as before when you started taking fin? Same hairline?

[KO1]

Diffuse MPB, so hard to tell really, but overall I'd say its comparable, but I feel I've lost some ground - but overall slowing is there.

Hence I've added avodart.

[swingline747]

I am going to do everything I can to keep up my hormone levels as possible while on fin. I think hitting the gym 4 times a week and eating healthy will do me good. Also, beets the vegetable is natures aphrodisiac so I will continue to incorporate that into my diet every day as well. I might even look into horny goat weed if I notice a decrease in my libido. I have a massive libido so if it's affected then maybe it might just level out as normal lol.

I had a MASSIVE libido and it was busted on fin. I go to the gym hard 3 to 4 days a week, eat fresh fruits and veggies every day, take my supplements and protein and it still wasn't enough to counter act.
BE CAREFUL because I think if you have a massive libido (as we like to claim) your body is naturally pumping test like crazy. So add the fin and then your body tries to counter act it, and you have a semi steroid crash.
Dont take anything IM saying as science its just put together from what Ive read and how I personally reacted. IF you feel anything weird then stop. Take my advice DO NOT try it again after, it will be worse than the first time.

BUT you may be fine. Supposedly thee are a ton of people who take it fine and claim no sides, hopefully youll be one of those.

[swingline747]

Be careful and taper your usage up very gradually.

I dove right in with 1mg / day and experienced the entire gamut of sides including testicular pain. Fun fun.

How long by chance did it take your pain to subside. I swear mine are like hugging my shaft and fee like they're being squeezed 24/7. They also itch like crazy.
First time I took it I stopped and after a few weeks it started to go back to normal with treatments of heat and my usual regiment. This 2nd time I took two doses (1.25 mg every other day) and Im SO much worse off. Worried I really pushed myself too far on this one.

[cichlidfort]

I had a MASSIVE libido and it was busted on fin. I go to the gym hard 3 to 4 days a week, eat fresh fruits and veggies every day, take my supplements and protein and it still wasn't enough to counter act.
BE CAREFUL because I think if you have a massive libido (as we like to claim) your body is naturally pumping test like crazy. So add the fin and then your body tries to counter act it, and you have a semi steroid crash.
Dont take anything IM saying as science its just put together from what Ive read and how I personally reacted. IF you feel anything weird then stop. Take my advice DO NOT try it again after, it will be worse than the first time.

BUT you may be fine. Supposedly thee are a ton of people who take it fine and claim no sides, hopefully youll be one of those.

I really do have a massive libido. I've always felt "abnormal" when it came to my sex drive it was so intense.

So I started experiencing terrible sides last night. Impotence, sex drive a little low and pains in my perineal muscles and felt like I had blue balls. Felt very stiff down there. Wasn't painful per say just really a constant uncomfortable feeling. It also made me very weak emotionally. I can see why guys out there call this drug poison. It's just not natural for the human body. What do you fellas do instead of taking fin or dut?

[KO1]

So I started experiencing terrible sides last night. Impotence, sex drive a little low and pains in my perineal muscles and felt like I had blue balls. Felt very stiff down there. Wasn't painful per say just really a constant uncomfortable feeling. It also made me very weak emotionally. I can see why guys out there call this drug poison. It's just not natural for the human body. What do you fellas do instead of taking fin or dut?

These do not sound like "terrible sides". This is just mass hysteria.

You cited. "sex drive a little low". How low? What is high? How do you know when your sex drive is a little low? Do you monitor your sex drive regularly?

You felt like you had "blue balls". Did you actually have blue balls?

Felt very stiff. WTF does that mean?

It made you weak emotionally? Yeah I can tell, you're a nervous wreck, but I doubt it has anything to do with finasteride.

Then you clarify, that it wasn't actually "very painful"...but just "uncomfortable".

I repeat, fin hysteria.