CBS Philly News Article: Propecia Suicide!!!

[Aedan]

Always been on the fence about taking propecia, after years now... im 21, suffering hairloss since 18, been on the brink of purchasing finasteride. I decided to myself though, no, i'm not taking the gamble. at the end of the day, even with hairloss, im still who I am, I love martial arts, and music, and art, and have great friendships, brother and family. I'm finally beginning to get over hairloss, I'm still treating it and/or trying to hide it, BUT at the same time it doesnt get to me like it used to. As much as I don't want to, I'm prepared to loose more hair if that makes sense.


If i ever got the likes of brain fog that some of you describe, and I couldnt experience the joy I get from music (which crucifies my hairloss worries), I would most definitly kill myself.

This story has now completly turned me off using it for good.

 

[Aedan]

im willin to try them man... difficulty of availability is the problem though, Im holding out on minoxidil 2x daily and nizoral 2% daily.

loosin' battle tho.

 

[Joe-1991]

I am surprised there hasn't been many more suicides to be honest. I know that if I don't make significant progress soon, I will consider it as a legitimate option out of all of this.

 

[Timi]

i am suicide when i take minoxidil this sh*t have destroyed my Hairs
my Heart-my Face skin-and makes me tired and depressed

Timi

 

[Joe-1991]

I am surprised there hasn't been many more suicides to be honest. I know that if I don't make significant progress soon, I will consider it as a legitimate option out of all of this.

You should try to think at the worst you have lost a few years of your life, at best you learn't a valuable lesson. Give it time, time is the best healer. If nothing else works for you the body will remember!

It's taken a year to 18 months for ALL the cognitive side effects to fully dissapear. The sexual side effects are now going too allbeit much slower. I at least think about sex again and get get a proper chub on, just not 3 times a day anymore :dunno: But hey I'm 10 years older. I should be having another hormone check soonish, I'd like to see if I have still got f*ck all testosterone.

I am 20 and can barely handle sex once a day. I used to get erections around any girl i might hook up with at the drop of a hat. It is horrible to know that you aren't feeling what everyone else is.

I can remember being on this forum when hair loss was bugging me. At least once I shaved it off I would be very sexual, athletic, and have a great sense of humour that would always work for girls. As a young guy, once you lose your sexuality like this - the rest goes down the pan as well.

 

[DIYtony]

At what age did you take finasteride?

 

[Aedan]

I remember your older posts years ago joe, you were really worried about your hair when you are a good looking guy anyway, i wish you the speediest recovery...

how are you getting on?

 

[Joe-1991]

I took finasteride at 18, well just before I was 19, I think... I crashed on what was to be my last cycle of it, because I could never tolerate it well. I was on such small doses.

Yeah, I became quite active on here, which is what makes everything so damn crazy. I was worried about hair loss, but got over that, and now I have been hit with these side effects which are 10 times worse. It's very surreal.

I am worse, sexually a year off the drug. I am not hopeful of a recovery, as far as I am concerned if your body hasn't bounced back in a year something is seriously wrong. I am trying thyroid medication along with pregnenolone and threelac to see what that does in the coming 2 months. God knows what will happen if that doesn't give me some progress.. This isn't all about getting laid, it's about feeling normal - even without sexual side effects I am left with severe sleep issues and anxiety!

 

[Joe-1991]

I have no idea where my hormone levels are at.. I saw 1 doctor at the beginning of all of this and he did some tests said everything was 'normal' and offered me an anti depressant.

I have yet to see anybody else. If I can get the courage, I will try and get a referral to an endocrinologist I like the look of, but I can see it being awkard walking into a doctor's office and just straight asking for a referral. My parents don't really understand what's happening with me and I don't blame them. How believable if it really, this little pill leading to such terrible sexual side effects.

What about you Monty, you having any luck in the UK?

I would say that the few brief recoveries I have had in the past year are promising but as it turns out even the worst guys on PH have them so it's no big deal. When I was with my girlfriend I managed to have decent sex a few times a week, so I think I could get into a relationship - it would just be far less fun, and they would have to understand there would be failings.

I am sure that most of you guys on here tolerate finasteride quite fine, and these persistent side effects seem so rare (something I can't come to terms with). But either way, I would recommend just shaving your head if you can - I shave mine to the bone now and it hasn't made much difference with girls, and I have a really good social life at university unless i withdraw.

 

[Nashville Hairline]

Another thing is the acne drug, Accutane, has had links to suicides going back about 15 years. I think they only ever changed the labelling on it and introduced a waiver form to absolve the prescribing doctor of liability. Its never been pulled by the FDA

 

[Joe-1991]

I have a particular endocrinologist in mind. Can I book a private appointment and get a referral to an NHS doctor?

I think what I might do when I am living in London again is see a doctor and not talk about propecia, or bring just a few documents about it. Instead mention that I want to check thyroid, not just other hormones etc.

 

[Ende]

Bad idea. Talk about all your symptoms; nothing else.

 

[Joe-1991]

There will have been more, they just haven't made the news.

 

[depressedguy]

http://www.pfsfoundation.org/news/daniel-m-stewart-1976-2014/
is this enough?