Any idea, mindset that could help me quit Finasteride?

Symptoms
#1

I’m 32 and my male pattern hair loss first started 8 years ago. At that time

I took Propecia for a few months and then I quit because I was worried

about side effects and at that time I was only at the early stage and I

‘‘wished’’ things wont get worst and I still had a lot of hair.

After 8 years now, I have been taking Propecia again because my hair loss

has become so obvious, possibly NW5 now. I really hate it and feel depressed

and I decided to take Propecia again one months ago. Now it’s the second

month.

but now, I have been struggling every day whether to stop or to continue,

my worries about side effects come back again, after a lot of internet search.

I don’t know who to trust, but it’s like serious side effects are always there but

it doesn’t happen to everyone, but it’s like putting yourself at the wheel of risks

I don’t know.

I can’t forget how bad I feel when I look at my head.

but I am also so worried about the possible side effects, especially it could be

very serious and irreversible.

But there is only two-way in my belief. Take it or stop it. I don’t believe anything

like DHT blocker shampoo or supplements without Finasteride, or

Saw Pal… (I don’t know how to spell)

I understand that many men could experience hair loss in their life and

hair loss is not even a disease. I understand women do not value men

by their hair but their money. I totally understand all of that, but I

just can’t get through the idea of going bald.

any idea, mindset that could help me quit Finasteride??

#2

It is pretty insensitive to ask a forum of members who have had their lives irreparably harmed by Propecia for their thoughts on whether you should continue taking the pill. However, I am aware that the rest of the world really doesn’t understand about what we are experiencing so I will try to help you. Here is what you should consider.

[*] Post finasteride syndrome is very much real. At this point, there is a lot of data supporting it but for a lot of reasons the medical community has been slow to fully understand the implications and risks of the illness. Go to the post finasteride syndrome foundation website to see the full body of articles and researchers who have actually taken the time to investigate the issue.

[*] Only a small percentage of Propecia users get PFS. It is hard for doctors to diagnose and rare which explains why it has flown under the radar for so long. The best study that was finished this year measured that it happens in about 2% of men who take finasteride.

[*] It is up to you how much you care about saving your hair. I personally think it is idiotic to take a dangerous drug to save something as superficial as hair. I was one of the patients that was literally defrauded because I was told it wasn’t as dangerous as it actually was. You will know better by the time you make a decision. It is not healthy for your sense of self to be overly focused on your physical appearance. I really only think it makes sense to even consider the risk is for men whose livelihoods directly depend on their appearance like actors and models.

[*] If you really care about your appearance that much, consider this analogy. You have a full deck of 52 cards and you randomly pick a card from the deck. I forget the exact number but about half of Propecia users benefit from the drug and the other half don’t. If you get a red card, you will benefit which means you maintain or regrow your hair but only temporarily. About 2% get really fucked up and it doesn’t seem to be treatable, curable, or reversible. If you draw the King of spades you become a PFS patient. If you are willing to take this gamble, take responsibility for your actions. By this point, you should be more or less able to figure out the real risks of this drug.

I hope that helps you but do me a favor and in the future, realize that you are trivializing our condition by even considering Propecia. Many of us would consider the thought of risking your general health for hair to be idiotic or extremely irrational. Very few of us actually had a choice since we based our decisions on the false information that was put out about Propecia for so many years.

#3

That’s true and a lot of those guys get off scot-free in terms of side effects while we are left with the eternal shame of being vain when we might not have known how the medication works and treated it like a hair-growth vitamin to balance out deficiencies caused by stress from overwork and hypertension. There was no information from the doctor or the internet when I took it, and believe me I was thorough and searched through pages of Google search results.