So.. i’m a 32 year old, fit caucasian man from europe. Been diffuse thinning for a while now and i tried everything. Oral minoxidil sadly gave me heart palpitations and anxiety through its effect on allopregnanolone (and i am normally a super chill person). Sadly i had to quit that and i went the topical dutasteride route.. this was a big mistake, it worked for a while but gave me the same sides that lasted for 1,5 months.. and i cannot tell you how horrible it is to have 4 massive heart palpitations every minute…
So..why did i start oral min? I found that topical minoxidil helped a lot in the beginning so i respond good to it. Plus i have cats so want to not have to be so cautious anymore with petting them.
I read into the possible sides of oral minoxidil and i figured that they are quite reasonable at a low dose.
I started today with a daily dose of 0.625mg while continuing twice topical 5%. Will do this for two months to see if i tolerate everything well. I have a blood pressure tracker, have a garmin 970 that checks my resting heart rate and HRV, plus it can do ECG’s(simple ones i know but still). I am checking my weight to see if nothing changes and i am not experiencing edema.
After two months i will up the dose to once daily 1.25mg and will drop one application of topical min.
Will document my changes here. Pictures are from exiting the shower and i will keep the after shower pictures as the indicator if any change is visible
