terrifying....I was totally against ****ing with my hormones....but when hair-loss finally sent me spiraling into depression it occurred to me I was either going to have to take finasteride or some powerful anti-depressants.....which also have their potential for crazy side effects.
luckily after more than a year and two months now, I have no real side effects.
That having been said, I had a weird burning sensation in my pecks the day I started the stuff.
Also, I micro dose. 1 mg every other day. Maybe it's only 80% as effective or whatever, but lasts me twice as long, so its 50% cheaper. Can't argue with numbers like that.
also, just another thought. I believe that until a few years ago it was a common for menopausal women to take hormonal supplements to alleviate their various symptoms.... that is until studies unearthed a significant correlation between those women taking hormones the development of breast cancer.....often of the highly aggressive variety. There are no free lunches.
Finasteride definitely has positives than negatives... I can't not take it...
I do think however that it probably isn't best to stay on it for life. That is why I just plan on using it until some cure or something better comes along. But I really have no choice. I much older already...and crap.
Notice how the guy preaching the 'wrongs' of taking fin has a FULL head of hair.. I'm sure if he were suffering from hair loss, his thoughts wouldn't be quite the same.. Something to think about.
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