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I took fin for a few years a long time ago and I'm convinced that while some people do experience real side effects, it's mostly a psychological thing based on internet message board catastrophizing. I think the biggest part of the problem is that most guys start losing their hair in their 30s and 40s, at a time when sex drive is diminishing anyway. They might not have been paying much attention to it otherwise, but when you start taking a drug that has "sexual side effects" as the number one concern, you're going to be more alert to that sort of thing than usual. I imagine that if the rate of sexual side effects were the same overall but there were a higher rate of gastrointestinal effects, sore throat, knee pain, or something else unrelated, everyone would be getting those and few people would notice any decrease in libido.
And then, of course, there are the people who will blame any and everything on whatever medication they are taking regardless of whether it's a listed side effect or not, and go on these sites to warn people that they will ruin your life, at least until you stop taking it. My favorite of these is the guy who claimed that fin made him depressed to the point that he was borderline suicidal. He also happened to start taking it at a time when his business was failing and he had to lay off a bunch of people, and got so invested in some video game that he rarely left the house. Right around the time he stopped taking it was when business picked up and he started having a normal social life again. Yeah, it was the finesteride.
Great comment. I started at age 22, nearly three years ago and still am horny all the damn time. The side effects are real but very unlikely for most people, do not have much to add beyond my own experience since you worded this out better than I could have.
A lot of the ageing stuff happens due to poor life choices. Steve Maxwell is 72 and rolls regulalry, works out, all without taking any hormones. He has aged and looks half the size he was at 45 but men can retain a large amount of vigor and life force into middle ages. 60 and above will see a decline which can be slowed down to a trickle with a better lifestyle.
Taking fin saved my hair, I have a better head of hair than most guys I meet, not a complete norwood 0 kind but I am not actrively receeeding and can style my hair however I want. A tranplant will also require you to hop on the same meds so hop on them before you need a transplant.
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