finasteride 10 month update

[jamesst11]

Hey everyone, Happy new year!

Been on finasteride for 10 months now and here are some bullet points of what's happened. Any advice is seriously appreciated!

- lost about 30% density in front, lost 20% density in crown and diffused thin every where else, where it was previously thick

- increased anxiety (although this may be due to the more rapid hair loss)

- Bouts of insomnia. one week I will sleep well and the next I have horrible trouble sleeping, even with sleep medication

- erections while sleeping! This one is weird, because I have never had this, not even once since a teenager. Now I will wake up multiple times every night with a full erection.

- scalp sensations - itchiness, especially at hair line and tingling crawling sensations

- rapidly fluctuating libido - some days I have to masterbate or have sex multiple times, some days, virtually no sexual desire at all

I know there's not much anyone can say about this, but I am hoping some one can share some experience or advice. I am thinking, while my DHT is low, that there has been a increase in testosterone and this is what's causing the increase in hair loss.

who says stick with it and who says throw in the towel?

[wannamyhairback]

Hi Man, i have the same type of hairloss and am also on propecia for two months. how was your experience with Dr. Rahal , are you satisfied with the results?

[Dfaru94]

Yeah I've been on Propecia since February this year and I think my hair is still thinning. The thinning hasn't been anything really dramatic or that noticeable, but I'm still feeling my scalp itching and tingling and my hair shedding has actually increased in the last month or so (again not dramatically, but I've noticed). I'm gonna give it a full year just in some meagre hope it might suddenly pick up (I was told it can take up to a year to fully kick in, so might as well), but if by sort of April-time next year I still haven't seen anything I'm just gonna stop wasting my money and take to wearing hair systems.

Propecia is very hit and miss, I've seen men say this for a while. You can take it and almost completely re-grow what you've lost within a few months, or it can just have no affect (I don't know if I believe it can make hair loss worse). Worth trying I guess, but it just doesn't work for everyone.

[k9gatton]

We are still in our sexual prime, as males, in our twenties. In our teenage years, we just get a big influx of hormones in puberty to help us go through secondary male characteristics.

As males, it really doesn't drop until thirties, or even later.

Although I think about sex quite a lot, my body can't keep up with porn going through my mind.

[NSix]

it sucks that no one who is on fin for 1 yr+ is replying

[k9gatton]

it sucks that no one who is on fin for 1 yr+ is replying

It's DEFINITELY helped my hair. I've actually been on it for two years now. And it has improved both
my hairline and vertex, quite a lot I might add.

[Fatherbalding17]

Hey man, did you end up getting positive results?

[Notgivingup2]

Hey man, did you end up getting positive results?

Sorry buddy, James is long gone. Not seen him around for quite some time.

From what I remember, he ended up quiting propecia and trying other options.

Not sure how that worked out for him but as with a lot of people from back then , he doesn't seem to post here anymore.