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I know there is a view out there that side effects are mostly psychosomatic. I didn't know that some of the side effects I got were possible side effects, so I'm pretty confident that's not me. But people react differently and often unpredictably... so maybe dut is still an option, as it was for you. Am now using topical minoxidil to help ensure the shed hairs come back. Going to see the doctor in a couple weeks to see if he has any ideas for me.

Thanks mate. Yes, I have decided to stop altogether. When I posted this thread I had taken it at the recommended dose of 1mg 3x / week for a couple weeks, then stopped. Everything returned to 100% normal after 7-10 days. Decided to have one more go as follows: - 0.5mg 1x / week for 2 weeks = all ok - 0.5mg 2x / week for 2 weeks = ok the first week, maybe minor issues second week - 0.5mg 3x / week for 1 week = all the sides came back Which has let to a total stop as of about 3 days ago. Not only do I have ZERO libido, but also crazy anxiety spikes and mood changes. I'm out for good. As to your question, "why continue?" - because if it worked I'd have been happy with my hairline for years to come. The doc indicated that he consitently gets great results with "guys just like you." Hopefully I haven't pushed it too far. I think I was fairly conservative, but the sides were surprisingly aggressive.

Thanks Gatsby, I saw your post in another thread where you did something like that and took inspiration from it. I went off the drug for a little over 2 weeks. It only took just over a week for everything to come roaring back to normal. Probably because I didn't take it for long. I've just taken 0.5mg for the first time since. I'll take another 0.5mg in a week. I am so sensitive to it that I am pessimistic, but we shall see!

I was only taking 1mg 3x / week. I've done some research and there seems to be a view that such rapid reactions are not real, but a result of anxieties over the medication. In my case I've taken medications plenty of times before and I had no anxiety - I was excited and hopeful when trying it - but the sides were so obvious I couldn't ignore them. I'll give it one more go, easing in from 0.5mg twice per week and see what happens. Any more sides and I'll abort mission and go back to the doctor. Regarding the shedding - will that hair come back without finasteride? Am thinking I might get some topical minoxidil to help it along.

Hi all, New member here, just started fin 3 weeks ago. It seems I might be highly sensitive to it. A couple days in and my libido dropped. A week in, it was gone. Quite a weird feeling to have almost no sex drive at all. 3 weeks in and I am shedding a lot of hair. Also had two brief episodes of mild testicular pain/ache. As of yesterday, I've decided to stop for a couple weeks and try to ease back in on a lower dose, though I was already on just 3 tabs/week. I am not sexually active, so the libido issue isn't a big one right now, but obviously it's not going to work long term. I honestly didn't think I'd be able to notice, but I did. Is this something that might subside with time, or do you think it's pretty much no deal for me and fin at this point? Thanks heaps for any input.