Testosterone Sensitivity & How Our Body Adapts To Replace It?

[neddy2016]

For a little while i was taking Dutasteride every other day and had no side effects apart from a tingle on my scalp in the thinning areas and feeling the most energized (and good) i have ever felt. i used to like my caffeine in the mornings but i felt no need for it around that time.

So i switched to every one every 2 days and the tingle is mostly gone now and so is the energy boost i had (back on caffeine). so i am gonna assume i might be sensitive to testosterone?

My theory is that Dutasteride was infact doing its job with converting DHT to Testosterone, but maybe if i am sensitive to it then it may not be good or my scalp? in which case i ain't quite sure where to go from here...

i am also experimenting with topical spironolactone and Azailic acid cream and i'm gonna have to give it a couple more days to know for sure, but i am abit concerned that my body is producing more Testosterone whenever i try and get around DHT

My skin was fairly dry and my hair wasn't greasy either so i don't know

 

[dhtbaldy]

I'm confused what you mean or want to say. Dutasteride stops testo from being DHT and look for the effect on your hair not energy.

 

[neddy2016]

The less Testosterone converted to DHT means more Testosterone in your system presumably.

 

[ButWhyTho]

Hey man I'm interested in individuals that don't get side effects. Would you mind sharing your age and also were you on finasteride before duta?

 

[neddy2016]

I turned 33 fairly recently. and yeah i was on finasteride for just over 5 months, first month was daily and the random scalp itch scared me into taking it every other day where the itch disappeared.

My memory on taking finasteride was that i had no result or none of the common side effects and that made me question whether it was even working at all. so i jumped on to Duta because i was told its stronger and that perhaps i needed something stronger... again beyond an energy boost and scalp tingle there isn't anything else. maybe i put on abit of muscle since also.

All the listed side effects that you hear about with finasteride or dutasteride i never got. currently in a state of confusion.

 

[ButWhyTho]

Ya interesting. For most individuals it's well tolerated. But for others the hormonal imbalance might be too much. Did you have any prostate or urinary issues before starting?

 

[neddy2016]

Well I was taking saw palmetto, nettle and beta for a few months before switching to finasteride. So who knows what that was doing to my prostate, but I was peeing a lot at that time, which is a symptom of what nettle does to you and your prostate so that was all likely a supplement based effect.

Overall no prostate or urinary issues.

 

[Ollie]

When you inhibit 5ar, your body stops converting test to DHT. You will likely suffer a slight increase (10-30%) dependant on person, in both test and estrogen.

How long have you tried taking dutasteride / finasteride ?

 

[neddy2016]

1 Month on Finasteride daily, around 5 months on finasteride every other day, so basically around 6 months all together. every day = scalp itch, every other day = No scalp itch, overall no result i could notice.

So far i have only been on Dutasteride just under 2 months. but what i have noticed is that when i take it daily or every other day i get a scalp itch/tingle in the receding areas and so recently i have moved to taking one every 2nd day and even more recently every 3rd day, and the itch appears to be slowly disappearing as i lessen the days i take it.

 

[Tommybommy1363]

Your problem isn’t test sensitivity, it’s that you can’t stay on a regimen

 

[neddy2016]

Your problem isn’t test sensitivity, it’s that you can’t stay on a regimen

Well see i had an issue here. when i took Finasteride it scared the crap out of me because my hairline started itching and it was receding quicker than usual, and i haven't ever really suffered the male pattern baldness itch until i started Finasteride. and instantly that seemed like a big warning sign to me.

So then yeah i dropped to one every other day, the itch went away and my hairline went back to receding about average again and i was on the same routine at least 5 to 6 months, no side effects. no results. but at the back of my mind i always remembered the scalp itch i gained from using it once a day and wondered whether i was one of the unlucky ones that this didn't work for.

So yeah i switched to Dutasteride... now if i stay on this drug ok, and i continue to have a scalp itch/tingle and quicker receding hairline... you tell me what the hell that is? is that the normal signs of a shed? you give me something to let me know that this side effect is normal? because the more i read the less it seems normal to me.

I was warned the day i purchased Duasteride that i should let my doctor know i was taking it due to certain emotional side effects that could occur. the one that occurred turned out to make me feel quite energetic and good actually. while i went around scratching my hairline obviously.

 

[neddy2016]

I will say this though. I think taking dutasteride every other day was making my hair either abit thicker or darker. My hair definately is getting abit lighter as I spread out the days. But I think same thing happened when I took large doses of saw palmetto too. Although with large doses of saw palmetto I did get spots and greasy hair too.

Unfortunately I think I may be fucked when it comes to stopping the hair loss :'(. Every day I am trying to think of a new routine that I could help me get results but I think my body just hates me.