Can you push through anxiety? (finasteride)

[Oh really]

Hi everyone, I’m 35 - one week in on finasteride 0.25mg every day. Sides have been ok, tired for a couple of days but the past 4 I’ve had rising anxiety to the point today I was quite unsettled by it. It rises and falls throughout the day. It’s different to normal anxiety I’ve experienced.

Is it something that my body can adapt to or could I be neurologically incompatible with this drug?

I’ve been preparing to take finasteride since covid and was ready to push through anything but anxiety is a strange thing that I wasn’t prepared for

 

[Oh really]

Took one day off and switched to 0.1mg applied topically. Feeling 90% better. The brain fog and anxiety was real for me, I just wasn’t the same person.

Will check in again! Mental health is really everything especially with a young family.

 

[mary_jones]

I strongly agree with the statement that mental health is as important as physical health. I often suffer from anxiety disorders and am still learning how to cope with them. But it's good that I found a way to get out of this condition in time. Currently, I am most often helped by medicines from Pharmacy B2B. This really makes me feel better and I realize how important it is to take care of myself and my health.

 

[otis]

I strongly agree with the statement that mental health is as important as physical health. I often suffer from anxiety disorders and am still learning how to cope with them.

See a specialist for anxiety

 

[Cenabby]

Starting something like finasteride can definitely shake things up in unexpected ways. Someone once balanced their own anxiety with natural supplements from places like gomicromagic, which seemed to ease some tension without messing with their meds. It might be your body adjusting, but if the anxiety feels too intense or different, checking in with a Doctor is key.

 

[Quaylechar]

I had some anxiety early on too, mostly in the first couple of weeks, but it got better over time. Lowering the dose helped me feel more in control mentally.

 

[Mr. Slap Head]

You should give it some time to see if you will adjust.

Only thing you can really do to compensate would be to do things that will increase testosterone.

I would also keep in mind that 0.25mg, while it sounds like a low dose, it still blocks about 60% of DHT, compared to about 70% at the full dose. If the goal is to reduce side effects, you would likely have to go even lower, to a dosage around 0.25mg every other day in order to allow for more DHT. I think it reduces it to something like 50%, which might be a better balance for you. Hard to say for any given person. It's all trial and error.