Sides On Finasteride! What To Do Now?

[Robinvanpersie20]

I'm in a really difficult situation. I'm 24 years old and started on finasterid after I started getting receding hairline. I have been on finasteride for 13 months, and it has gone very well. I have not experienced new hair at all, but experienced that my hair loss has stopped completely while I have been on the pills. It's a victory in itself!

But now, 13 months later, I have had periods of depressed thoughts. I realized that during my summer vacation I caught myself feeling that everything was a bit gloomy. The last month, some night when darkness falls, I have the same feeling, despite the fact that everything in my life works really well.

Therefore, I have chosen to stop finasteride to see if I'm getting better mentally. However, I really want to keep my hair yet and am very nervous that I lose a lot.

Therefore, I hope some of you have some advice on what to do.I have considered switching to topical finasteride in the hope that it has much less side effects.

If you think it may result in the same side effects, do you have any other ideas for what I can start to delay my prosperity with my hair loss without a finasteride?

 

[tdma]

In my opinion topical finasteride, depending on the exact formulation, may give side effects. It all depends on how much goes into the blood stream.

If I were you, I would let it rest for 1 month so your body can recover. After, I would do a blood test to measure my DHT count to get a reference of how they are at "normal" level. Then you can start your topical finasteride, and one month later do another blood test to see if your serum DHT level has dropped. I would say, it will probably drop a 25% but that may be OK. If there is no drop, it might just as well mean the topical finasteride is not penetrating the scalp at all. You may or may not get side effects at such low levels.

 

[Yakitori]

Worth noting is that you probably suffered some degree of depression even before adding meds, otherwise you probably wouldn't care about trying finasteride to save some hair in the first place.

 

[INT]

Worth noting is that you probably suffered some degree of depression even before adding meds, otherwise you probably wouldn't care about trying finasteride to save some hair in the first place.

So everyone that would rather keep their hair than lose it is depressed?

 

[Yakitori]

So everyone that would rather keep their hair than lose it is depressed?

Sure why not. Hair loss is probably the first time for a lot of men where they do lose control of things in a way they haven't experienced prior in their life and they can't really do that much about it.

 

[INT]

Sure why not. Hair loss is probably the first time for a lot of men where they do lose control of things in a way they haven't experienced prior in their life and they can't really do that much about it.

You might want to look up depression.

 

[couldntthinkofaname]

In my opinion topical finasteride, depending on the exact formulation, may give side effects. It all depends on how much goes into the blood stream.

If I were you, I would let it rest for 1 month so your body can recover. After, I would do a blood test to measure my DHT count to get a reference of how they are at "normal" level. Then you can start your topical finasteride, and one month later do another blood test to see if your serum DHT level has dropped. I would say, it will probably drop a 25% but that may be OK. If there is no drop, it might just as well mean the topical finasteride is not penetrating the scalp at all. You may or may not get side effects at such low levels.

finasterid affects not only dht but countless of other hormones including neurosteroids

his depression probably isnt comming from dht but from the effect finasteride has on this neurosteroids

 

[tdma]

Worth noting is that you probably suffered some degree of depression even before adding meds, otherwise you probably wouldn't care about trying finasteride to save some hair in the first place.

Not everyone who cares about their looks is depressed.
You are saying that every woman who uses nail polish does this out of depression.