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Thought I'd update as it might be of interest to other who struggled on fin. As I've already posted, fin caused me brainfog from the get go. It was horrible, basically hit an hour or 2 after taking it and persisted most of the day. For those that say it's all in your head I experimented with puting a 1/8th of fin inside a vit d capsule, the chose between one with and without fin, at the end of the day I'd check which one I'd taken. It was very easy to tell when I had taken the fin. Also had a couple if days I felt great, only to find when I got home I'd left my bit of fin tablet on my desk and had forgotten to take it. However I persisted and about 3 months ago started noticing my daily brain fog was not as bad. I started taking 1/8th of 1 mg everyday as opposed to 5 times a week. About a month ago I started taking 1/6ths and in the last week I'm taking 1/4mg some days. Brain fog has been minimal with this higher dose. 1/8th now causes basically no problems. I'm going to try and work up to 1/4mg most days. Morning wood was another problem, it disappeared when I started fin. However in the last few months I've had a few days here and there when I woke with a solid MW. Apart from this I've no other problems. Hair is looking really healthy although it hasn't thickened, it isn't staw like anymore. So at the moment I'm happy. I'm not sure if it took time for my body to adjust but I'm glad I kept going. TLDR started fin on low dose 11 months ago, had horrible brain fog but over time symptoms subsided and have been able to increase dose without major sides.

I personally failed to get the finasteride in tablets to disolve into ethanol despite the fact it is supposed to be freely soluble. I tried numerous methods including heating and shaking violently, all failed

Thought is give an update. I have continued taking a small dose of fin, around and 1/8 of a mg about 5x a week. I am still getting a bit of brain fog, so take the odd day off. Some days I don't get it at all. Also still have a loss of morning wood. However after a recent haircut after it had grown quite long I got a pleasant surprise. Normally when I styled it the thinning area would not hold shape and would basically collapse. This did not happen. I then realised that the hair looks healthier and rather than being dry and sick looking is beginning to shine. I thought at first I was imaging it but I'm now convinced it has improved.

You think loss of morning wood is okay and can be ignored?

Just wondering what is available in the United Kingdom, either topical finasteride or even topical dut? Looking for something without minoxidil. Xyon looks interesting but I don't think it's available here? Thanks

Went back on fin yesterday, but i had nearly a week off it and morning wood came back after about 3 days and had it a couple of mornings. I expect it will be absent now that I'm on fin again

Even at a low dose, oral fin stopped my morning wood altogether. Took a break for a few days and it started coming back. Because it basically happens while you sleep I cannot possibly see how it could be nocebo effect or in the mind in anyway. I'm pretty certain it's as a direct result of altering your hormones. I'm almost 3months in, I guess the question is will my morning wood come back on its own in a few months if I continue taking fin? I have my doubts tbh

You could try cutting back, I'm at such a low dose already I'm not sure there's much point. I don't know if loss of morning wood matters or not, but I've read of people experiencing penis shrinkage on fin, although that might not be true I sort of think regular mw is important keeping everything operating correctly.

Update, decided to stop for a few days. On day 3 woke up with strong morning wood, first of 2023.

Thanks, eq seems normal when it comes to sex at the moment but morning wood 99% gone so the hormonal shift clearly affects it, I'm sleeping fine, the only thing different is the fin.

You might not lose benifits but yo-yoing dht levels is not meant to be a good thing

Neither do they go trolling on hairloss forums but such is life

I haven't no, I'm not sure how available topical are in the UK. Would you consider complete loss of morning wood a deal breaker? Thanks

Hi everyone, last year I attempted to get on finasteride but struggled with side effects, mainly brain fog and I eventually stopped. At the start of this year I made a 3rd attempt, only taking 1/8th of a mg per day. This time the brain fog hasn't been as bad, can sort of live with it. However like the last time I have lost morning wood almost completely. Sexual function seems okay at the moment but I'm concerned about the loss of night time errections as I understood they the important for penis health? 1/8th per day is a low dose but I can say it has stopped my head itching almost completely so I'm sure it does some good. Any advice?

Unfortunately my experience was different, I always thought if my hairloss got bad enough I could take fin and be fine. Sadly I did have horrible sides, so I've no regrets not taking it earlier. Now on topical fin, no side but not sure its doing any good either