2 week on finasteride and already had bad sides

[ozeu]

So its my second week on finasteride and although I don't have sexual sides, I have a remarkable increase in my anxiety levels. Saturday I even had a really bad panic attack at home. I felt I was dying and nearly went to the hospital.

Truthfully its probably my fault for starting at a frequent dosage of 1.25 mg for 6 days; although I only got to day 3 when I got the panic attack. I took a 1.25 mg dose Saturday and had to puke it out because of the panic attack. I just redosed on Wednsday and yesterday I felt anxious as all hell. Not enough to have a panic attack, but definitely to feel uncomfortable.

Should I ween myself off the med and maybe start it again at a lower dosage in a couple of months? I'm using minoxidil 5% so I'm already combating my hairloss. Maybe that will make this really bad side go away.

 

[Timi]

i had Panick attack when i take minoxidil

i think finasteride can make the same Symptomes

i have quit all the Drugs

 

[Silverfox1]

I got anxious, not on my first pill but by about the 4th one because I realised it was doing something to my testicles ie they hurt. Other times I've been anxious when I start to think of the possible bad sides we have all heard and read about.

I thought I would just take the pill and feel no different than if I hadn't and that wasn't the case. Some people are more nervous than others but I think it's realistic that everyone who has taken finasteride has a degree of apprehension and fear.

I've only been taking it about 2 months and don't feel too anxious now. I do feel different in that my right nut aches a bit (all the time) but have no other side effects.

Try lowering the dosage to start with and see how you go. You can always stop.

 

[Quantum Cat]

you're so preoccupied with possible side effects that you can't think rationally which is causing you the anxiety.

One of the problems with all the horror stories you read on boards like this is that they're more likely to make you think you're getting sides. It's self-perpetuating. The anti-Finasteride scaremongers cause people to experience what they think are bad side effects, which helps their cause.