Hello, my first post on this forum as I just joined. Good to know there is a helpful community out there. I am about 4 months into generic finasteride. I am taking the 5 mg of finasteride that I had to convince the doctor to prescribe for me as I can't afford the 80 plus dollars of propecia a month. I cut the finasteride into 4's so the pill I take each day is pretty small. My hair started receding when I was 24 and now I am 32 and it seemed to be slowing quite a bit but my temples had gotten bad and I'd lost the thickness. About 5 months ago I noticed I was a little further back on the temples so my friend told me about the cheap finasteride.
About 2 months after taking it the front of my head got way worse. I was shocked to watch such slow hair loss suddenly be so noticeably different right after taking a hair loss pill. I did some research and found out about the shedding phase so tried to fill a little better but honestly now 4 months in it hasn't stopped and I can't believe how much hair I lost in 4 months. I never had a problem covering my whole head but now the temples are so far back it's radically different. I'm starting to panic and am thinking this pill is killing my hair. Is there a problem quartering the pills? Should I start cutting it into 3's to be sure I'm getting what I need?
I thought the shedding phase would be done by now and I can't imagine any postive change happening in 2 months which is when your supposed to see results. I almost wish I'd done nothing as this experience has been traumatic and my hair wasn't nearly as bad as it is now. Any help would be greatly appreciated.