Hello all! I VERY recently started oral minoxidil (2.5mg) and oral finasteride (1.25mg) about a week ago at 18 years old (yes I’m thinning and balding at 18, and yeah it SUCKS lmao, but I managed to catch it early).
The thing is, after a week, I can immediately feel a significantly lower libido. My erections are way weaker, way less frequent, and sex or any form of intimacy have completely left my mind, this all started happening about 2 days ago, thought it was a one day thing, but then it got way worse the next day, and I’m not sure if the finasteride is the reason, but my sleep has also been horrible, with me often waking up in the middle of it. Just for the safe side, I stopped taking it, not sure if this was the right move, but I did it.
I know a lot of you will be saying this is probably in my head, that there’s no way my body responded this quickly and this harshly to finasteride in just a week, and that it probably isn’t as bad as I think, but I can promise you all, as an 18 year old who stays with his girlfriend in her dorm 24/7, I felt a VERY big difference, and could physically feel how much weaker my erections had gotten, how much harder it was to get them, how little I cared about sex, along with a bunch of sleep problems I recently picked up, and most worrying for me, the disappearance of morning woods.
I’m thinking about lowering my dosage, but I’m not sure what to do, as I’ve heard it can be way less effective as well.
Should I lower my dosage? I saw that some people say that there can be temporary side effects in the beginning, but then I’ve also heard about people having to deal with ED for the rest of their lives because of fin, and I just don’t know what to do.
Any help would be appreciated, thank you all!