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Taking anti depressants may be counterproductive. Most have hair loss as a known side effect My female cousin, who is 32, starting thinning very noticeably after starting Cymbalta. She even has a spot on her crown the size of a 50 cent piece that is completely slick.

I wonder if that's what contributed to my hairloss? I was on trazadone (spelling?) for some of my 9th grade year....then off of it the following summer. Back on it my 10th grade year...off of it the following summer. Took it for the first 6 months of my junior year (and then stopped taking it completely)

The reason I took it only during the school year is b/c mom and the doctors had me convinced it was sleeping medication. (I would only take it at night, as 2 pills wold put me to sleep in 15 mins.)

I stopped taking it after January my junior year in high school... didn't take it senior year (I don't recall?) And now I'm going onto my sophomore year in college. (Dealing with all these hair issues, mental issues etc)

If the trazodone ruined my hair in the first place, I don't want to take it again! I'm so confused and ill! Its driving me mad.

I'm still trying to weigh out my options. But yeh I'm wondering the same thing as the guy above me.

So you do recommend it?

I used to workout all the time, but now that I have to buy my propecia, I no longer have money for my gym contract (it ended in april)

I don't want to take antidepressants/anxiety/ocd meds for life, just take it long enough to balance my brain chemicals back to normal.

I don't know what norwood scale I am? And I don't even know what a uriologist is? I went and saw a dermatologist and that's how I got the propecia.

Interesting.

Well its obvious that its working for my hair (even after 2 months) but I'm scared of how its making me thing/feel. Plus I don't like the whole concept of having ED at 19. That won't work. But I need the hair if I want to pursue the industry I want to pursue.

So if only the therapist could give me some depression/anxiety/ocd medication that balances my brain back to normal after propecia screws it up. I'm in such a jam. Its also a plus that I have no insurance and I get paid $7.45/hour! So all this mess is killing my check every week! Ugh!

I knew it was too good to be true.

So just stick with rogaine foam if I kick propecia to the curb?

I feel like propecia is giving me depression, anxiety, and obsessive compulsive disorder type feelings/thoughts/etc.

I wonder if it is chemically inbalancing my brain somehow?

Could I take medication for depression/anxiety/ocd ALONG WITH propecia? B/c the propecia (or rogaine?) seems to be working on my hair but I'm not liking the mood swings, anxiety, etc so can I combine the two and let my problems be solved?

I'm going crazy! Help?!

Has anyone tried or heard of provillus?

Do you think it would work?

I think the propecia is giving me bad mental side effects & I want to try something else.

Help!

I would imagine, whilst taking your situation seriously of course, your dermatologist wouldn't take you off the propecia if you mentioned your mental symptoms. She's more than likely, if anything, going to recommend you see another doctor to discuss and analyse those symptoms separately. There's no evidential link between propecia and mental problems that I know of and so your doctor is very unlikely going to jump to that conclusion.

 

A lot of men who experienced some form of erectile dysfunction on propecia reported improvements in the following months, so there is a good chance that is the case. As your body adjusts to the lowered DHT quite often there is temporary drop in libido and sexual function that can return as your body adjusts to the new hormonal levels.

 

Your week of propecia will do you good, if only to see how you feel. Tell your doctor what, if anything, changes when you're on/off propecia and this can only help them make any diagnosis that needs to be made.

 

The main thing though is to stop worrying. I know it's hard but all this worry about not being able to have kids and having OCD is going turn you crazy long before propecia would! The overwhelmingly vast majority of men either have very little side effects with propecia or at least return to their normal state when they stop the drug. Those that claim propecia has permanently changed them, whilst they may or may not be right, are in the very small minority and it's difficult to make a proper diagnosis about what has really happened to them. Other factors like stress, illness, age, lifestyle, fitness or undiagnosed medical conditions may also be playing a part in their problems so it's not as easy as just blaming propecia.

 

The first thing is to take the week off, see the doc and find out what the options are. don't worry about whether you'll be able to make babies - getting frantic about questions that big is going to make you feel worse and is unnecessary. I'm sure you'll come to a happy result with this problem!

I don't know what to do anymore. All I know is I've never really felt like this until I started the propecia. I'm just hoping that if the 2-3 months of propecia screwed my brain up chemically, then the shrink can give me something to balance it back out to normal?

Then maybe I could take the propecia/anxiety meds together and have a good mental state w/ a head full of hair and morning wood!! All three together would be quite nice.

I thank you so much for your detailed response.

I'm going to not take propecia for the next week (starting yesterday) to see if the mental confusion clears up. However I'm scared if I tell my dermatologist about the mental symptoms I'm having, that she'll take me off the meds & won't give me a script anymore. I need it. I need my hair to grow but my mind is just acting different and the timeline fits pretty good.

Idk what to do. is this ED thing only for the first few months? Or perminent? & will i no longer be able to make babies. (Although I'm only 19 & not thinking about kids now, just thinking about the future.)

Mahhong, thank u so much for that long detailed answer.

The thing is, I've always kindve felt like I had a tiny mini case of OCD and it just got waaaaaaay worse when I started taking this medicine.

Another thing that worries me is that I read stuff online about some guys who have permanent ED problems and aren't able to make babies. Plus its harder for them to lose weight and gain muscle. This is extra hard for me considering I'm trying to break in the modeling/acting/entertainment industry. Where I need the perfect hair, body and everything.

Could I take anxiety/ocd medicine WITH my procepia to balance things out?

Well I'm supposed to see a therapist the 19th and my dermatologist the 21st. I just have a gut feeling its the propecia.

& now yesterday I've noticed I haven't been waking up with a hard on. Is my dick done for good now?

I've seen hair regrowth. I want the hair to continue to grow. I want to stop taking the pill, b/c I feel its making me crazy. All of this started 3 weeks after I took my first pill and its ruining my whole summer.

I'm asking you this: do you think being on this pill for <70 days is making my hair grow or is it the foam? (On my 3rd can)

I want to stop the pill, continue the foam, and get these results w/out my depressive mood swings/ mental ocd behavior.

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The results I'm talking about is the hairgrowth I'm seeing. Is it from the foam or the pill. I wanna stop the pill b/c I feel its messing with my brain chemically and I'm going crazy

What I'm asking is if its possible to see propecia results after 2 months. Or is the foam doing the job??

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The results I'm talking about is the hairgrowth I'm seeing. Is it from the foam or the pill. I wanna stop the pill b/c I feel its messing with my brain chemically and I'm going crazy

What I'm asking is if its possible to see propecia results after 2 months. Or is the foam doing the job??

& I started taking propecia on 5/13/10 so why would I be seeing results from the pill now?

Started the foam 5/01/10

& I started taking propecia on 5/13/10 so why would I be seeing results from the pill now?

Started the foam 5/01/10

I noticed some issues this morning.

I think I'm going to stop taking it to just see if its the propecia.

Is it possible that I'm seeing propecia results (after almost 2 months) or am I seeing rogaine foam results (on my 3rd can)?

I want to stop the propecia but continue the foam. I hope the foam is doing the job rather than the pill.

I think I'm going to stop taking it to just see if its the propecia.

Is it possible that I'm seeing propecia results (after almost 2 months) or am I seeing rogaine foam results (on my 3rd can)?

I want to stop the propecia but continue the foam. I hope the foam is doing the job rather than the pill.

Helppppppppppp

Has anyone ever experienced mental side effects w/ propecia?

The middle of July will 2 months of me on propecia and with my foam I'm seeing very pleasing results.

But I've been depressed and feeling/thinking unwanted thoughts?

I feel like I'm going crazy and this did start after I took the drug. I don't wanna stop because my hair is growing but I want to stop b/c I feel like I'm going crazy.

Is it giving me a chemical inbalance?

I'm going to see a therapist tomorrow and see my dermatologist july 21 for the 2 month check up...

Help

Okay guys its been a month. No visible changes but I'm not expecting any huge improvments until thanksgiving 2010.

My sides and everything are still thick however, just the stupid freaking top/crown uggggghhhhhh.

I'm thinking about starting a detailed blog. Taking monthly pictures etc.

Wow dude what happened? You can't just disappear like that lol

Wow, thanks for all the info!

I chose TH just cause my friend uses it and suggests it. I won't need it forever, just something to help kickstart my workout regimine and cut off the extra fat. I'm in desperate need to hurry up and get fit again (I have a fashion show I'm trying to get into) but I was thinking about using HUMAN GROWTH HORMONES (hgh) cause I read it can help make me taller and also reverse aging. Including hair regrowth!