mogs_me
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i started fin 6-7 weeks ago. stopped coping and realized that i'd progressed to a NW2 and this wasn't just a "mature hairline" (what a retarded cope btw)
been taking 1mg EOD because I'm a pussy, will probably increase to every day soon
as far as side effects the first few days I had mild ball ache and watery semen. ball ache went away on its own, i think watery semen probably went away on its own, but I also started taking zinc supplements, so I don't know if that contributed
for about 3 weeks after that i felt higher t than ever before, super horny and smashing PRs in gym. as far as im aware this is normal due to T levels increasing due to lack of conversion to DHT, until your body eventually regulates T back to baseline
after that I had a crash for a week or two where I felt lower T, was getting weaker boners, etc. maybe some of it was in my head
now for the past few weeks i'm back to baseline, if not a bit higher, in terms of libido and other markers of T. i feel hopeful that it will continue like this in the future. altho im still paranoid about symptoms (e.g., the other day something brushed against my nipple and had me freaking out, "are my nipples always this sensitive? am i getting gyno?" etc retardation)
i wanted to do a blood test before starting but both my derm and PCP rejected it which i thought was pretty stupid. they just said it "wasn't necessary". whatever
anyways now i basically feel suicidal because i think im hitting a shed. this was surprising to me cuz altho my hairline was receded i didn't think I had a lot of active miniaturization. but I feel like I'm getting a decent amount of hair fall in the shower, and I can see through my hair to the scalp in certain areas in certain lighting that I couldn't before. of course I was not expecting my hair to look better in this time frame but I think it looks worse, and it's hard to cope with. ppl say a shed is a sign the medication is working well, but how are you meant to distinguish this from a poor responder who is continuing to regress?
now I'm feeling desperate and want to add on minox as well (oral or topical I am undecided), but now I feel too scared due to increased shedding risk. what is the move here? do I wait for the fin shed to end and hopefully regrow back, or do I just get on minox now and rape my hair and shed into a diffuse nw7 and get it over and done with?
ive already watched every mpmd video on hairloss, every haircafe video, along with like 100 other yt channels, ive read through every single thread and comment in the history of r/tressless, my hair is all I think about, it feels terrible. I guess it's not even that bad right now but if it continues to get worse I think I'll kill myself. but basically i was just curious what your guys' experiences are. does anyone have similar experience to me with early shedding? is it worth to add minox if im already shedding?
been taking 1mg EOD because I'm a pussy, will probably increase to every day soon
as far as side effects the first few days I had mild ball ache and watery semen. ball ache went away on its own, i think watery semen probably went away on its own, but I also started taking zinc supplements, so I don't know if that contributed
for about 3 weeks after that i felt higher t than ever before, super horny and smashing PRs in gym. as far as im aware this is normal due to T levels increasing due to lack of conversion to DHT, until your body eventually regulates T back to baseline
after that I had a crash for a week or two where I felt lower T, was getting weaker boners, etc. maybe some of it was in my head
now for the past few weeks i'm back to baseline, if not a bit higher, in terms of libido and other markers of T. i feel hopeful that it will continue like this in the future. altho im still paranoid about symptoms (e.g., the other day something brushed against my nipple and had me freaking out, "are my nipples always this sensitive? am i getting gyno?" etc retardation)
i wanted to do a blood test before starting but both my derm and PCP rejected it which i thought was pretty stupid. they just said it "wasn't necessary". whatever
anyways now i basically feel suicidal because i think im hitting a shed. this was surprising to me cuz altho my hairline was receded i didn't think I had a lot of active miniaturization. but I feel like I'm getting a decent amount of hair fall in the shower, and I can see through my hair to the scalp in certain areas in certain lighting that I couldn't before. of course I was not expecting my hair to look better in this time frame but I think it looks worse, and it's hard to cope with. ppl say a shed is a sign the medication is working well, but how are you meant to distinguish this from a poor responder who is continuing to regress?
now I'm feeling desperate and want to add on minox as well (oral or topical I am undecided), but now I feel too scared due to increased shedding risk. what is the move here? do I wait for the fin shed to end and hopefully regrow back, or do I just get on minox now and rape my hair and shed into a diffuse nw7 and get it over and done with?
ive already watched every mpmd video on hairloss, every haircafe video, along with like 100 other yt channels, ive read through every single thread and comment in the history of r/tressless, my hair is all I think about, it feels terrible. I guess it's not even that bad right now but if it continues to get worse I think I'll kill myself. but basically i was just curious what your guys' experiences are. does anyone have similar experience to me with early shedding? is it worth to add minox if im already shedding?