“Yes, smoking kills, but mostly it kills the other guy.”
ted.com/talks/tali_sharot_th … n#t-682135
I think this might help us understand why people don’t think side effects will happen to them.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimism_bias
The optimism bias (also known as unrealistic or comparative optimism) is a bias that causes a person to believe that they are less at risk of experiencing a negative event compared to others.
Yeah - I seem to be one of a few that was aware of the existence of persistent side-effects before starting the drug.
I was at such a point in my life where I couldn’t come to terms with losing my hair at an early age, so saw it as my only option. The risk was quoted as little as <1% so thought why not.
Problem with hairloss is that it can be so psychologically distressing it’s easy to overlook how catastrophic this whole thing is. This is why those without side-effects are so sensitive to the idea of persistent damage, as the idea would ruin the only effective hairloss treatment on the market. I’ve even read posts on hairloss forums claiming they’d rather keep their hair then their libido, the tramua cannot be conceptualised.
Same here. I thought risk was <5% for short term sides, and < 5% again for persistent. What’s that then, 0.25%? I’d also reconciled taking the drug by assuming people who had PFS had pre-exisiting, underlying problems. There was no way this could happen to me.
when i first started taking propecia in 2004 the doc who first prescribed it hadnt even heard of the stuff,he had to look it up on his computer,the leaflet which came with it said that any side effects would go away after stopping taking the drug or would even go away if you continued taking it,i never thought there was any chance of being harmed by it,it didnt even enter my head that it would harm me,i thought it was completely safe and had been through every safety trial possible,so when i crashed in 2007 i continued taking it for quite a few weeks thinking that the terrible feelings would pass just like it said in the leaflet,that was 7 years ago and im still pure fucked off it…