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wannabenormie
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Around one year ago I started taking finasteride with dosage of 1 mg per day.
Counting just hairloss I am definitely happy with the results - my hairline is very similar to what I had one year ago and there may actually have been a bit of regrowth (I am also using minox though).
Also no problems with erections occurred and that possible side effect was my biggest worry before taking fin.
That being said I felt some other side effects while on it:
my sex drive after taking fin was noticeably lower and I got much more calm and less aggressive.
While at the beginning I didn't give a shit about this with time it was more and more bothersome.
Basically at some moment it got to a point where I had no motivation to do anything and no matter if something good or shitty was happening I hadn't felt anything at all.
I don't know if this is due to finasteride but I am sure that this is not nocebo as this was ongoing for few months and I only noticed possible relation to finasteride as last month I have seen this study:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
And mention "Reduces the Response to Both Stressful and Rewarding Stimuli" perfectly described what I felt was happening with me.
It could be unrelated but I still think it's worth mentioning as shit was terrible and I never felt like that before in my life.
At this moment I am 1 month off fin and I actually feel a bit better, definitely more aggressive and with better drive/motivation.
If the symptoms I described earlier will come back then I will definitely hop on fin again, other way I will probably just do hair transplant.
Counting just hairloss I am definitely happy with the results - my hairline is very similar to what I had one year ago and there may actually have been a bit of regrowth (I am also using minox though).
Also no problems with erections occurred and that possible side effect was my biggest worry before taking fin.
That being said I felt some other side effects while on it:
my sex drive after taking fin was noticeably lower and I got much more calm and less aggressive.
While at the beginning I didn't give a shit about this with time it was more and more bothersome.
Basically at some moment it got to a point where I had no motivation to do anything and no matter if something good or shitty was happening I hadn't felt anything at all.
I don't know if this is due to finasteride but I am sure that this is not nocebo as this was ongoing for few months and I only noticed possible relation to finasteride as last month I have seen this study:
The Steroidogenesis Inhibitor Finasteride Reduces the Response to Both Stressful and Rewarding Stimuli - PubMed
Finasteride (FIN) is the prototypical inhibitor of steroid 5α-reductase (5αR), the enzyme that catalyzes the rate-limiting step of the conversion of progesterone and testosterone into their main neuroactive metabolites. FIN is clinically approved for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
It could be unrelated but I still think it's worth mentioning as shit was terrible and I never felt like that before in my life.
At this moment I am 1 month off fin and I actually feel a bit better, definitely more aggressive and with better drive/motivation.
If the symptoms I described earlier will come back then I will definitely hop on fin again, other way I will probably just do hair transplant.
