finasteride + minoxidil: Feel Like Hell

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Mr David

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So basically, after almost two weeks on 1mg finasteride + morning 2% minoxidil and evening 12% minoxidil cream, I just had to stop. I've just been feeling like hell the whole time: chest pain, pain in my right armpit when I lift my arm, a general queasy feeling, not to mention low libido and difficulty getting a boner. I had this feeling that if I feel this bad now... what the heck is all this crap gonna do to my body over 5-10 years? I don't know, it would be nice to keep my hair, but the cost seems too high in terms of potential lasting damage to my health.

Anyway, I just wanted to share this. Any thoughts or feedback welcome.
 
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Fear21F

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Are you really feeling like hell or are you exaggerating ? I do not say that you lie but if you really feel like hell I suggest you to try only one treatment (minoxidil or propecia) and see what happens. Indeed, if you really feel like hell you better stop now than later because you will not suffer shedding after 2 weeks.
However, if you feel that you can stick with your treatment some months, you better see if your body can adjuste. Some side effects go away after some months.

About the consequences on the body, we do not really know. Minoxidil lowers tension and propecia ihibit an hormone. We cannot deal with them thoughtlessly.
 
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Well I don't know that I felt like hell, but I wasn't feeling good. It was the chest tightness and underarm pain, plus the ball ache and anxiety over low libido and lack of erections, that was really troubling me. I've been off for two days now and not really felt any improvement libido wise and still have some ball ache. Hoping I recover after some more time.
 
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Fear21F

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Hello,

Generally for me it takes more or less one week to recover fully (or almost fully).
 
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