I started using Minoxidil 5% from Wal-Mart about a month ago. I did so because I was going to get on a regimine for minoxidil, finasteride, and nizoral...I have the nizoral and minoxidil, but am still waiting for finasteride...About a week and a half ago I started shedding tremendously, I went from about 15 hairs in the shower...