I got sides from it, too.

I know you can keep taking it and they might go away (like mmhce says) but I stopped taking it altogether, because it's not something I wanted to push through, nor risk permanent damage.

I know Merck says everyone goes back to normal, but Propeciahelp forums are bloody scary. I'm sure some of those guys are suffering from psychologically induced impotence from the scare, but a lot of them are also getting bloodwork done and getting strange results even after months or years off Finasteride.

I just didn't want to risk it. Even if it is psychological, it doesn't mean you can just snap out of it.

It's really regrettable as Fin seems to be an awesome hairloss treatment for people who react well to it, but some of us are just unlucky.

I'm now on Rogaine alone, and I'll see how that works out.

wow. didn't know about propeciahelp.

can someone point to the link where the long-term, post propecia effects are discussed. like, what blood work are you talking about xxy?

I don't want to link to other forums on here, but basically it seems like the finasteride permanently altered the endocrine systems of a few of the guys.

Like their testosterone levels are wrecked and out of whack and they've been off Fin for ages. I guess that's what's being investigated by those Swedish(?) scientists now.

I tried everything to stay on propecia but the sides never went away. I agree that at times it can be physiological but for many people they are real and can be very nasty.
It took me 5 weeks to get back to normal after stopping the drug. Its ashame because I wanted to keep taking it to delay any future hair loss as I recently had a HT.

If you do experience sides, they may be temporary. Try lowering the dose, skipping a day etc but if it doesn't work then you're not responding well to the drug. Also talk to your doc, I spoke to both my HT doc and GP but unfortunately nothing worked. On a positive note i'm very happy that the sides have gone and have not experience anything permanent like some users have.