Is RU Making my hair fall out?

[Imbatman]

Hey Guys,

New to the forum, but I've been on another HL forum for over 12 years while I work through my hairloss. This forum seems more active so I figured I would give it a shot.

Decided to stop Avodart after using it for 7 years since my wife and I are looking to conceive. Overall no big noticable sides until I was looking to conceive and noticed that I was having retrograde ejaculate. After a year and half of no luck, I decided to drop avodart. Also noticed the occassional brain fog, and I had to urinate more often on the drug. Once I was off the drug in a few months my ejaculation came back to normal. My sex drive is way up, and erections have increased big time. Could also be from vitamin supplements as well.

So, about 1-2 months after stopping avodart, I start on RU. 100mg per 1.5ml. Kirkland Minox is my vehicle. I prepare it in 3 day batches. Ordered from Kane. Also sent me Sodium Valproate, but wouldn't tell me what is was for or how to use it. Said to check the forums. No one on the other forum uses it so, I haven't done anything with it.

My regimine is RU at night (hair line, crown and top of the head), Minox only in the morning, Nizoral 3 days a week and Nioxin 3 days a week.

I am at week 5 with RU and I have been noticing a decent amount of sheeding and some density loss when I shower in the morning. Atleast 125 hairs from shampooing and then loss from the minox rub. It seems like a greater amount than before I went on RU. I haven't noticed any new hairs, but it appears from my pics that I am thinning more.

Since I'm a new RU user, I'm not sure what to look for.

Did I get a bad batch? How do I know?
Is shedding with RU normal and how long does it last?
Should I up or lower the amount of RU I use in each 1.5ml?

Thaks for the advice!