IThat a small proportion of patients develop these sides is also a problem…
Most docs in 2019 still say finasteride is safe…
Plus when you look for finasteride on the net, it is only when you get hit hard by the poison that you read the interesting articles which make sense…
Another big issue are hair transplant clinic
Some of them will not operate on you if you don’t pop finasteride…
That’s how I got on it.
Then you have the reaction to the drug…
I paid attention to a lot of details I knew about fin but was not careful about some others which should have warned me…
I was almost one year in the treatment when my body sent clear signs…
I would have expected those to kick in earlier…
The bottom line is : once you get sides, they can be here to stay…
Now unfortunately the minority getting those sides pay a high price:
Life changing symptoms
Relationships shattered ( I am there and dealing with both PFS and break up is a fairly dangerous cocktail)
The guilt of having being vain
Difficult to open up to people about it and a mysterious if not rare syndrome…
Fortunately in France we have a victim association just like the US foundation which does its best ( specifically one amazing person who knows who she is if she reads that message ) to try and help the sufferers…
I’ m glad I found this forum and though Inhave never been so scared in my life and diagnosed with hypogonadism which makes me fear the worse, I hope we shall overcome !