I know I’m not a PFS sufferer but I can’t be arsed to make an account on a hair loss forum to discuss this. Hair loss is not a major part of my life; I’m an NW 1.5 and I use Nizoral a few times a week. For four days, I started taking a 5mg/8 dose of Fincar (finasteride) per day and experienced side effects I’ve never had before. I just got a new job on Monday and from the very start after taking fin, I became worried that the sides would be detrimental to my job performance but I continued taking it in the hopes that they would go away by day 4. THEY DIDN’T.
On:
Thursday: Soon after first dose (sublingual), major face flushing and brain fog. Almost like mild cannabis or opiates.
Friday: Horrid tension headaches and hot flashes throughout the day, irritable, and in the evening I began having heart palpitations.
Saturday: All the same effects and worsening heart palpitations. Anxiety sets in.
Sunday: Hours after my last dose, the chills were so bad that I still had goosebumps after spending an hour in a hot tub. Extreme irrational anxiety.
Off:
Monday: Effects from Sunday’s dose continue. I start a fairly lucrative marketing job and I felt far more anxious than I should have. I could barely understand what people were saying; my brain feels full of lead. Chills, hot flashes, pale in the face, very “soft” looking, horrible palpitations. Nightmare.
Tuesday: Nothing has changed besides stopping fin on Sunday, but the effects have largely subsided. Heart palpitations lessen.
However, I don’t understand why I’d feel such an immediate difference after stopping the fin since I know it lowers DHT for like a week.
Is this normal? This was one of the most hellish experiences of my life. Has anyone else had such a quick onset of apparent side effects, and such a quick reduction in sides after stopping?