My situation has just gotten worse. Relentless scalp pain/burning/itching, it doesn’t stop not even for 5 minutes. The only escape is when I’m asleep, and it often takes me a long time to fall asleep. I was supposed to be traveling the world with my best friend in November, that’s been called off now. I’ve been to every possible doctor and they’re all useless.
One tried me in a trycyclic anti depressant, which can reduce pain/itching, which has now given me gynecomastia, even though I only took it for two weeks. So I’ve got that to deal with now. I’m losing everything, lost my girlfriend and most of my friends, my body and hair are fucked up, losing touch with reality because of how relentless this is, losing my mind because this doesn’t allow me to think or feel anything else. I don’t socialize, go out or do anything anymore, I spend half my life on the internet searching for something, anything that can treat this. Like I’m sure you guys do, every day, probably every 5 minutes, I fantasize about my life if I hadn’t taken Propecia. I didn’t even need to take it, I had a few millimeters of receded hairline. I read Merck’s studies about 2% side effects, which went away when stopping the drug, and thought I had nothing to lose by trying it. Now I know I’ll be battling this chronic pain, burning and itching for the rest of my life. This may not be the same as PFS but I know what it’s like having something so seemingl harmless take your happy life away from you.