Wow I can't believe my post has got so many replies and caused such heated discussion, I feel rather proud about that. I'm glad my worries have caught some people's eyes.
My big worry is, I'm thinning really bad on the right front side where i part my hair and have for like 10 yrs, its getting so thin its ont the side that is receed the most i can see my scalp thru the front of it and its getting bad, i cant help but think its cause of how i wear my hair. Its parted on that side and it goes to a few inches below my chin alot of times i pull that side behind my ear or wear it in a ponytail even i think im gonna have to cut it but i so dont want to cuz ive always wanted long hair and this is the longest i ever had it, i dont know if i should wait and see if proscar can help it or not or just cut it off now cause its getting really bad on this side and it's driving me crazy i thought about using minoxidil there but i know the hair that regrowed if any will depend on that forever and i know i wont wanna use it forever, when i style my hair it's not real noticeable it's thinning there but i'm worried everytime i part it and style it it's doing more damage to it.
Ive been really stressed and depressed since about May and I havent ate well and my sleep patterns suck, i cant sleep til like 6am and i get up around 2pm but i dont eat well at all and I know that plays a role but just the way it's thinning and where it's thinning I can't help but think my style or whatever and parting it there is causing that but a part is a normal way to wear long hair which is why i cant figure out why this is happening this way, it seems like thickening shampoos and blow drying my hair to get volume and stuff isn't even working now which is what caused my panic and get back on the finasteride, to be honest i don't care what the 1.25 mg does to me,if the higher dose might make it even a lil stronger to fix the hairline on the right side where it's bad then it's worth it.
I used to have such beautiful hair and seeing this happen to it is really doing a number on me mentally so as far as the debate about the extra .25 mg goes, if it helps me and reverses this then it's worth it, that's why I'm on the drug to begin with, to fix this problem, no matter what it takes, but I don't have much hope unfortunately. *sigh*