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[MARTINSTERN]

Re: Pretty early success???? Update 8/24 *Quitting Finasteride*

it would be idiotic to quit now,

i mean,

zero side effects,
full regrowth,
your young,

to quit because something "might" happen,when results clearly point to nothing will, is ludicrous.

Besides im pretty sure once your hair starts shedding again,you will panic and realize you DO want hair.

just stick to it.

 

[eth0]

Re: Pretty early success???? Update 8/24 *Quitting Finasteride*

Did you guys know that the "finasteride crash" happens WHEN YOU STOP TAKING FINASTERIDE?? It's like you don't even know if it is going to destroy you until you stop it. Man I am freaking out!

I've never heard of that before. It sounds unlikely and I wouldn't worry about it. The people who use propeciahelp are a very small minority in terms of the vast number of people who use finasteride.

 

[j3321]

Re: Pretty early success???? Update 8/24 *Quitting Finasteride*

Man I'm speakin the truth I will go bald in 2 years. I will not stay on medicine. I expect to be fully bald at 26. I'm not stayin on this stuff for long.



You guys make good points. Can I take any kind of blood tests to make sure nothing bad is happening?

 

[j3321]

Re: Pretty early success???? Update 8/24 *Quitting Finasteride*

http://www.propeciahelp.com/forum/viewt ... =32&t=3409





AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[j3321]

Re: Pretty early success???? Update 8/24 *Quitting Finasteride*

I am officially going down to .50-.75 for the next couple months.


(I say it as a range because there's no way I can cut my proscar into .75 consistently.)

 

[j3321]

Re: Pretty early success???? Update 8/24 *Quitting Finasteride*

You know what I just re-read that awful post and I'm going down to .5 everyday. If I lose hair I lose hair. I'd rather have sex with an okay looking girl then have a really hot girlfriend who I can't get a boner for.

 

[MARTINSTERN]

Re: Pretty early success???? Update 8/24 *Quitting Finasteride*

i suggest you go to an endocrinologist,who can take a blood test to check your testosterone levels,and other immune levels and see if anything seems out of place..

 

[j3321]

Re: Pretty early success???? Update 8/24 *Quitting Finasteride*

i suggest you go to an endocrinologist,who can take a blood test to check your testosterone levels,and other immune levels and see if anything seems out of place..

Oh really? They can figure that out now? I might do that. I thought there wasn't any change in your body until you were off...

 

[MARTINSTERN]

Re: Pretty early success???? Update 8/24 *Quitting Finasteride*

i suggest you go to an endocrinologist,who can take a blood test to check your testosterone levels,and other immune levels and see if anything seems out of place..

Oh really? They can figure that out now? I might do that. I thought there wasn't any change in your body until you were off...

that makes no sense to me tbh, why on earth would u only get side effects After you stop??

anyways, they can see if theres anything off with your testosterone levels.

 

[j3321]

Re: Pretty early success???? Update 8/24 *Quitting Finasteride*

Yeah I'm going to call my doctor tomorrow and do that.

I have no idea. It doesn't make sense yet in a poll on propeciahelp.com 33% had no sides until they quit. Had I known that was a possibility I think I would be much less likely to start the drug in the first place. I understood any side effects happen on the drug and then cease once you get off the medication. If you have a medication that screws you up when you go off it, and screws you up even more if you go back on it, and no one knows why, man, why would I take a drug like that. Never.

 

[nickypoos]

Re: Pretty early success????

I appreciate your direct criticism. I have always been quite partial to conflict.



Honestly, I told my doctor I only wanted to be on finasteride for 2 years and no longer. I have always felt that way and still feel that way. I don't want to go bald but that's life. I've accepted it and when I go to grad school my plan was to halt all medications. I just want to buy some time in college mainly. I am telling the honest truth.


And I think I have a theory about you if I can be direct. You know damn well there's a huge difference between minoxidil or spironolactone and finasteride. One of these drugs has an affect on the hormonal balance throughout your entire body....the other one potentially causes dry scalp. Hmmmm....is someone bitter?


I don't want to mess up my body. Finasteride can potentially do that. Propeciahelp.com scared the crap out of me last night but now I'm back to my senses. I took my finasteride this morning (though I only took .75 mg because it seemed very satisfying to do so for some reason).

I didn't mean to come across as a c***, and i apologise for that. I just don't think you should fall so susceptible to bullshit from the internet. Do you seriously believe the FDA is that corrupt they'd ignore such a massive claim propecia helps about this finasteride withdrawal? And they'd allow hundreds of thousands of men walking the streets whose immune system and lives have really been destroyed by this drug, and the FDA just forgot to mention it or take it into consideration in their hugely populated studies? Or do you think the forum and the creator of the website are just delusional idiots who probably experienced side effects and are bitter towards the rest of us successful users? If you want to believe that then go ahead, I'm here happy with my hair and am stable, and I am purely here to offer advice and hopefully make people a little happier with a full head of hair.

 

[j3321]

Re: Pretty early success???? Update 8/24 *Quitting Finasteride*

Not at all man. I seriously love to argue. It's my favorite thing. I get bored of non-assertive, non-opinionated people pretty quick.

 

[j3321]

Re: Pretty early success???? Update 8/24 *Quitting Finasteride*

Here's the thing. This is how I now look at finasteride. It's like bee stings. For the vast majority of people it's not a big deal, but for a small minority who are allergic they have only 5 minutes left to live.

Same thing with finasteride, for most people it's not a problem, but for a very small minority it will absolutely devastate their system permanently. The reason I was pissed is my doctor didn't tell me this. I didn't realize their was irreversible destruction in a small minority. I'm upset but at the same time I'd say I'm pretty much screwed at this point. If I'm off the small minority that can't handle finasteride I'm already screwed. I've been on 1mg a day for 6 months. I am going to reduce my dose just so I don't have to be on any more of it than I have to, but I guess I will continue taking it for the time being. I do expect to wean much sooner than I thought I would go to grad school first but now I think I will go ahead and begin weaning off it after this semester.

 

[MARTINSTERN]

Re: Pretty early success???? Update 8/24 *Quitting Finasteride*

yes but you of all people seem to be from the people that bee stings dont affect LOL.

youve gotten better results than the majority of users.

 

[j3321]

Re: Pretty early success???? Update 8/24 *Quitting Finasteride*

yes but you of all people seem to be from the people that bee stings dont affect LOL.

youve gotten better results than the majority of users.

But is it worth the risk? Is it worth the risk. It really isn't. Not being permanently maimed.

 

[j3321]

Re: Pretty early success???? Update 8/24 *Quitting Finasteride*

Well I've been doing a lot of research and I think if I am the small minority who gets post-finasteride syndrome I'm already screwed. 6 months at 1 mg would easily cause it. So I guess I'll continue. I do want to get off earlier now but basically I'm not worried because if I'm screwed I'm screwed. Nothing I can really do now.

 

[j3321]

Re: Pretty early success???? Update 8/24 *Quitting Finasteride*

So after offically being on finasteride for 6 months, I got my 7th bottle refilled today and instead of cutting them up into 1 mg I cut each bit one more time making it 0,5 mg. I'm pretty happy with the way they look actually. All the pieces are really similar. So my one month supply of 1 mg will not actually last 2 months at 0.5 mg. I'm going to buy some Revivogen I found online to hopefully help out anything the 0.5 isn't getting anymore and I'm kicking up my Nizoral useage as well. Right now I'm 1% everyday but I may jump back to 2% and do it every other day. We'll see.

See ya guys in 2 months.

 

[j3321]

Re: Pretty early success???? 8/27 *Cutting down to 0.5 mg finasteride*

Man you guys are going to love this. Okay so when I was losing like 800 hairs a day on adderall there was a span of like 4 days or so where I took 1mg of finasteride in the morning and 1mg of finasteride at night in blind, desperate attempt to stop the adderall from knocking more of my hair out. Long story short I think I'm feeling the side effects 2 weeks later. No loss of libido, quick erections, semen is pretty thick but the last bit is a tad watery, and I have a very slight testicle ache periodically through the past 2 days. I'm guessing I overdid it in my temporary madness. I definitely have more respect for the drug now.

I'm on my second day of only 0.5 mg so I'm think I'm going to make my system very happy and relieved within the coming days by doing so.

I thought it was worth posting because I was talking about how I had no sides but here's the proof I am not invincible. 2mg a day was too much. I'm not immune.

Have a great night everyone.

 

[compaq1]

Re: Pretty early success???? 8/27 *Cutting down to 0.5 mg finasteride*

ahhhh the power of adderall , it's a powerful drug that will cause u to over think everything u do in life lol .. u need to relax budd , stick with the drug , if using it @ .5mg will help u sleep better @ night then go ahead do it . i myself have read all the stuff posted on the forum you mentioned and most of the sides that are listed are the ones that everyone on this forum talks about . i'm a medical student and before jumping on this drug i've talked to many of my MD profs and they assured me that most of the stuff that are listed on the sites are kind of over kill , the human body is amazing at recovering back to normal , just visit some of the steroids forum and see the amount of hormones they inject their bodies with and short after they get off , blood test come back to normal like nothing ever changed .. P.S I still think 60mg of adderall is over kill man, I would have your Dr switch u to the 30mg extended release, also I would only take it when needed ..

 

[j3321]

Re: Pretty early success???? 8/27 *Cutting down to 0.5 mg finasteride*

You're right 60 mg is probably too much but technically the official "max" for a safe dosage according to the papers I got with my prescription so I dunno, using 50 mg didn't worry me until I actually tried it. But yeah, it was too much.

I'm not really worried about getting the post-finasteride syndrome anymore because basically if I'm vulnerable to that I'm already screwed so I'll just continue with what I'm doing for the next little while. Cant' do anything about it. That was the first time I heard about it and I lost my mind. I wanted to go down to 0.5 partly to sleep better but also if it works just as well why not use the smaller dose. It's cheaper too. In time I may try to preserve on 0.25.

Thanks for the reassuring thoughts man. The point about the bodybuilders is a great one. If anyone screws with their hormones it's them. I'm off the Adderall for now and I may stay off. I do alright without it. I wonder if extended release would be a bit less of a shock though.