My very first oral Finasteride update, but before I get too far, you probably have some questions. What the hell have I been smoking, did I just forget everything that happened the last year or so? Perhaps I was microneedling a little too hard and popped my brain.
Let me explain.
Up to this point, I've been taking Finasteride by mixing it into Minoxidil. But I have since ran out and could not find that same liquid stuff I've been using at Costco, so being the lazy guy that I am, I just grabbed the foam alternative then called it a day. Except now I have a predicament, I cannot take the Finasteride topically anymore with these sealed containers.
By the time you see this update, I have been following this regiment for a couple weeks.
And here is my experience so far:
For the first few days, I took a whole 1mg pill. What I noticed in my body was that I felt different, nothing alarming, just felt like changes are happening. My focus was off like there was something affecting me mentally. But I wasn't feeling unmotivated or any lack of energy per se, also my sex drive was unchanged.
I decided to cut the dosage in half. I usually have this mental fog that happens naturally, so I cannot pin that on the Finasteride. After a few more days on the 0.5mg, I noticed some strangeness. My focus was getting worse and it felt like I was always inside my head, but the main thing was my erection was noticeably weaker. Like those nights where you drank a little too much and can't perform, this was happening while I was sober. I felt tired, just this drained feeling that hit me both mentally and physically. It is interesting because I've only been taking it for a short period of time, how can I get side effects so soon. I do not know what is going on, but something is definitely going on.
Now we are here at the current state of my short experiment. I wanted to try taking that higher dosage longer to see what happens. But I kept getting that spaced out, tired, and lazy feeling. It was starting to really annoy me. A new thing I noticed was that I am calmer and not as quick to get mad, which is good for my road rage. But to be extra cautious, I cut my dosage down to a half of a half. So I am now only taking a quarter of a pill a day.
So far, I don't feel that weird hormonal change going on with this lighter dose. I did notice my hair was getting thicker and quicker. Like way faster than it ever did while I was doing that topical thing, I noticed changes that took 6 months to happen, happening in a couple months instead.