Recent content by fbc91

Is this something that can go away on its own, or what I have to cease the medication?

Thank you and best of luck to you as well. I really don't want to lose any more hair; my forehead looks disproportionately large now. If I had caught it a few months earlier, or started taking it before I noticed any signs, I could still be at NW1. I was complacent and in denial.

Thank you. I'm going to start doing that. I think I will switch to 1 mg every other day based on what you have told me.

Do you think I would be able to know after two weeks? Also, how do you check? Do you rub your hair and count the amount of hairs that fall out? Should I be doing this regularly? How are you doing on 1mg EOD compared to .5mg ED?

Thank you for the reassurance. Do you think I should try and go back on 1 mg per day to see if the side effects will go away? Or stick with 0.5 mg?

Hey guys, Been on finasteride for a month at 1mg/day, but my orgasms are slighty unpleasant -- I get a burning sensation at the tip of my penis when I ejaculate. Dropped dose down to .5mg/day, but the symptoms are still present, albeit lessened. Urologist was puzzled -- my UTI test came back negative...