thedarkcolor
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Hey all,
Back in March I made the plunge and asked my dermatologist for a prescription for finasteride to combat hair male pattern hair loss. I got generic proscar and cut the tablet into fourths and took 1.25mg daily for about 8 days. Beginning from day one (about 2 hours after taking the medication) I got testicular pains, and intense breast pains (possible gyno development) and I gained a lot of weight. After 8 days, it was too much pain/uncomfort and I discontinued use- but I developed very real Post Finasteride Syndrome which sent me to the emergency room twice due to brainfog, insomnia, lack of libido, and disinterest/lack of emotion. I began feeling these side effects of PFS before I even learned what PFS was. It knocked me out of my life and I missed a lot of work.
Anyway, roughly a month and a half after that nightmare, I recovered 100% taking it day by day and I'm now back to normal. Thing is, my hairloss has accelerated so fast since then. I'm 23 years old- never had short hair in my life, always had shoulder length long hair. I would say prior this I was a norwood 2 and now I'm a norwood 2.5 with signs of vertex loss. Both of my temples are receded pretty badly now and now the middle part of my hairline which hasn't receded is getting incredibly thin with the roots turning grey/white and I fear it'll turn into the dreaded "island." Where it's just a thin tuft of hair. My crown is getting pretty thin to and I'm always getting "the itch."
The thing is, the remainder of my hair is so thick and I have nape hair and I've always been an incredibly hairy person. I don't know if I can rock the shiny shaved head look, since I've always had long hair and it's ingrained in who I am, so I'm looking for other options. I've tried Rogain in the past and it did nothing for me aside from making my long hair a nightmare to style due to being greasy and dirty looking.
So, I'm wondering...since I got generic Proscar and took that previously and got horrible side effects, what would happen if I got name brand Propecia. Anyone out there have sides from generic Proscar and then switch to Propecia and not get sides? Or vise versa? I'm giving serious thought to trying again with name brand 1mg Propecia, but maybe I should count my blessings that I was able to recover from severe PFS and all of the side effects and just accept hairloss and end up looking like Bonnie Prince Billy.
I'd love some opinions. Thanks much!
Back in March I made the plunge and asked my dermatologist for a prescription for finasteride to combat hair male pattern hair loss. I got generic proscar and cut the tablet into fourths and took 1.25mg daily for about 8 days. Beginning from day one (about 2 hours after taking the medication) I got testicular pains, and intense breast pains (possible gyno development) and I gained a lot of weight. After 8 days, it was too much pain/uncomfort and I discontinued use- but I developed very real Post Finasteride Syndrome which sent me to the emergency room twice due to brainfog, insomnia, lack of libido, and disinterest/lack of emotion. I began feeling these side effects of PFS before I even learned what PFS was. It knocked me out of my life and I missed a lot of work.
Anyway, roughly a month and a half after that nightmare, I recovered 100% taking it day by day and I'm now back to normal. Thing is, my hairloss has accelerated so fast since then. I'm 23 years old- never had short hair in my life, always had shoulder length long hair. I would say prior this I was a norwood 2 and now I'm a norwood 2.5 with signs of vertex loss. Both of my temples are receded pretty badly now and now the middle part of my hairline which hasn't receded is getting incredibly thin with the roots turning grey/white and I fear it'll turn into the dreaded "island." Where it's just a thin tuft of hair. My crown is getting pretty thin to and I'm always getting "the itch."
The thing is, the remainder of my hair is so thick and I have nape hair and I've always been an incredibly hairy person. I don't know if I can rock the shiny shaved head look, since I've always had long hair and it's ingrained in who I am, so I'm looking for other options. I've tried Rogain in the past and it did nothing for me aside from making my long hair a nightmare to style due to being greasy and dirty looking.
So, I'm wondering...since I got generic Proscar and took that previously and got horrible side effects, what would happen if I got name brand Propecia. Anyone out there have sides from generic Proscar and then switch to Propecia and not get sides? Or vise versa? I'm giving serious thought to trying again with name brand 1mg Propecia, but maybe I should count my blessings that I was able to recover from severe PFS and all of the side effects and just accept hairloss and end up looking like Bonnie Prince Billy.
I'd love some opinions. Thanks much!
