Using rogaine longterm?

[JonDoe101]

Hi guys,

I am comparatively young to many of the users on here, and have been using Rogaine for more than a year now; only on my temples and hairline. This October, I will have been using Rogaine for about two years now.
I have had mixed results. Before I started, my temples and forehead were definitely receding, and I had something between an NW1 and NW2. Nowadays, my temples and forehead looks to me more like a cross between an NW2 and NW3, I have been taking pictures overtime that have confirmed some recession and thinning, and this trend begun before I started eve using rogaine.
I'm not really balding badly but my temple recession and thinning around my hairline was obvious to me and made me uncomfortable, and so I was recommended rogaine by two separate dermotolagists.

I don't enjoy using rogaine at all, I absolutely hate it, and I cannot tell if it is really making a difference, if I am really balding at all, or if using it is practical. Not to mention I believe it has had some effect on giving me blurry vision.

What I am asking is if it is realistic to expect to use rogaine over a long period of time to sustain my hairline, say 10 years? Is this safe? At this point I am dug in and I fear if I stop now I might loose more hair. I feel like I have locked in my hairline and temples into using rogaine.

My fears are that using rogaine will worsen my receding hairline and temples, or potentially be the culprit of substantial hair loss if I did not have anything more than a maturing hairline, and I also fear that rogaine may take an effect on my sight or create facial swelling?

In my case, is it safe or even advisable to use rogaine? Is it too late to stop? Was using it a mistake? Has anybody on this forum been using rogaine for more than 2 years with any success, particularly on their hairlines?
Also has anybody experienced some blurry vision while using rogaine, which never occurred before using rogaine?

Thank you so much for any advice or comments, there aren't many people I can turn to for advice on this topic. My dermatologists are ill informed on hair loss, and are pushing for propecia, so i'd rather turn to some first hand experience for advice.