To all of us (and also to non-finasteride sufferers) it is a riddle why we are suffering from permanent side effects.
Why we are suffering from permanent side effects seems to be as unknown as why some people get e.g. cancer. Even though billions are being invested in cancer research, the root cause of many forms of cancer is still not known. You may know where I am aiming at…
Nevertheless, I still have hope. This is what keeps me alive.
A quick story. In 1988, there was an unlikely discovery connecting the link between magnesium deficiency and migraine headaches. For decades, no scientist researching migraines was able to make this link. But an information scientist was able to make the connection using medline. Here’s how he did it. 1) he found that migraines are associated with epilepsy; and 2) migraines are associated with blood clots. Then he found that magnesium deficienty makes blood clot more easily and that magnesium deficiency increases suspectibility to epilepsy. Further therapeutic trials confirmed that there is indeed a migraine-magnesium connection. Just by using a search engine, this information scientist was able to make a medical discovery that had eluded doctors for decades. Scientific knowledge has explaned so much that many connections go unnoticed. The riddle to PFS doesn’t have to be solved by research experiments; it can be solved by finding new meaning in existing data. Fortunately, scientific experiments are being conducted (awor’s team) along with dedicated men searching for causal links and providing more data (propeciahelp.com/forum).
/rant
yes, it’s also weird to see the same ppl hang around here … are we so few?
for sure we r more but …
it might take a couple of years, but im optimistic about therapeutic targets making us feel better down the road.
bruins, just a question
u r member since 2009
why u post so few here?
im in this for the cure, nothing else. alot of stuff said here is off point and doesnt pertain to what really is ailing us.
I agree. And there’s been a lot of bickering. But things seemed to have changed recently. There’s been more cohesiveness and unity. People are rallying behind autoimmune theories and more testing is being encouraged.
true 
at least with the haystack, we know the needle’s in there.
Wow, now thats a productive comment hehehehe!
The endocrine system is very complex, and far from fully understood. Most doctors don’t understand the significance of DHT in relation to estrogen, and the reference ranges for hormones includes results from men between 18 and 70+. As if that wasn’t enough, no one knows anything about hormone ratios, so there is no wonder that they don’t understand what’s wrong with us. To figure this out, you need to know how it all begins - and that’s DHT deficiency and estrogen dominance.
Second Amendment, I love your signature - lol.
That said, some people may be more sensitive to changes in neurohormones, which makes the problem even more complex.
There are so many things regarding medicine that we don’t know. But persistence can eventually pay off and I think continued research is a good thing. At least research is being done as opposed to some rare health problems that aren’t being researched and studied because of lack of funds.