new at the forum and have a question

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I am new at this forum, a 29 year old guy who has been on fin for about 5 years now. During these 5 years I stopped taking it 3-4 times for 3-month periods so total duration was more like 4 years with the last 2 years without an interruption. I think I benefited it the best I could since I did not have noticeable hair loss during that time, however I thought I experienced an over-all thinning but without any changes in the hairline. Then on August I decided I should give a chance to minox, I used it for 7 months. Of course I had and incredible amount of shedding at first but I kept waiting. And my hair gone worse and worse with each day, the shedding did not stop. I shed a lot when I was applying it, I shed a lot when I was washing my hair. I also shed some of the best quality hairs I had, like really thick hair. My hair had never been that bad and my hair line also gone weak. Since I did not experience any regrowth at month 7, I dropped minox. Since then the shedding has come to normal. Now I wonder what did I do wrong. I have to say that I used more than the recommended amount since I used it once a day. When I applied it my hair was like very wet, maybe I used too much. I also had itchy scalp after minox, something I never experienced before. Now I don't know if I will grow back what I have lost with minox, did anyone experienced such thing before? I also wonder did I prematurely quit or is 7 months with extensive shedding and absolutely no benefit is enough to decide that?