Finasteride and Headaches: What Users Say

• Jus...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• May 12, 2016

Finasteride for Androgenetic Alopecia "Complete brain fog, worse than anything you can imagine, literally can't get out of bed because of the brain damage that this drug induced on me. I feel completely, literally detached from the world now, not to mention even the less serious it caused, ED, no libido, head pressure, complete cognitive shift. Feel like I'm in a whole different world. NEVER TOUCH this drug EVER, EVER, EVER, unless you're old and have nothing else to lose and don't care about life anymore. I would trade this with ANY other disease just for my brain function to come back again. I feel like I'm in a coma, it's absolutely frightful, every day 24/7, it never leaves. Sexual sides are a joke compared to this."

• hlj...
• July 12, 2019

Finasteride for Androgenetic Alopecia "I took 5 pills from April 2-6. Over the course of those 5 days, I had worsening symptoms of brain fog, headaches, sleeplessness, suicidal ideation, ED/impotence, loss of libido, increased fat mass, and muscle weakness that didn't dissipate for a month and a half. Even now (July), I still have increased fat mass, increased tissue on the breast, peripheral edema (mild), and difficulty (mild) with erections. I'm not as focused or driven due to ongoing sleep difficulties (mild/moderate) and the intensity of these effects. Every day, I regret taking this drug. I took this drug without researching any side effects, I really regret not looking into possible side effects. Please be aware that the consequences could be extremely negative and persistent."

• Mon...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 23, 2021

For Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia "If you're taking this poison for hair growth, I urge you to stop! Bald is better than the side effects. I took it for enlarged prostate but decided it wasn't a good option. I'm 71, so ED isn't an issue for me, but after two months, I started getting headaches that wouldn't go away. Then, four days into the headaches, I woke up feeling dizzy. I'm not talking a little dizzy, I'm talking big-time spinning room dizzy that felt like the worst drunk of my life dizzy. I was 24 hours before I could walk to the bathroom without falling. I'm reading that only 2% experience the side effects. I'm betting it is a lot higher than that. Stop NOW and hope you get better. It has been a month since I took any, and I am still having light-headed days and minor headaches. Hopefully, this isn't permanent."

• dub...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 10, 2019

For Androgenetic Alopecia "Took the drug for a week and experienced severe headaches all week long, 'hangover' like. Still have them after stopping the drug. Not saying that this drug is poison or whatever, but honestly watch out, guys... I decided to stop because there are a bit too many testimonies against this drug to simply be 'in guys' head' in my opinion."

• Bil...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 24, 2019

For Androgenetic Alopecia "PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG. I read all the negative reviews and thought to myself that they must be in that few percentile of unlucky people, but I was so damn wrong, man. If you take this drug, you will be doomed anyway because if you get off this drug after a few years or months, then you will have Post Finasteride Syndrome. It blocks DHT, which is the hormone that makes a man a man. Please read about DHT on Wikipedia before jumping on this drug. They say, oh, it only blocks around 70% of DHT levels, but come on, guys. Is hair more important to you than losing your sex drive and erections? I was on the pill for 24 days. The initial 10 days were awesome, with almost no hair loss and my sex drive really good, but then the shedding started, where I started to lose hundreds of hairs in the shower and on my pillow, and then I noticed I didn't have the urge for sex, nor was I interested in girls. Then came headache and then muscle pain."

• Gar...
• April 19, 2017

For Androgenetic Alopecia "DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG. I started this drug mid-January 2016 - March 2016. I've had depression, anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia, thoughts of suicide, headaches. I got better by September 2016, but my body crashed again in October (another common side effect from this drug). I got better by Christmas, but since February 2016 I've gone downhill. Please don't take this, use topical or have a hair transplant."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 11, 2022

Finasteride for Androgenetic Alopecia "Severe headache, short breath, heart attack, dizziness, pass out."

• Sik...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• December 2, 2019

For Androgenetic Alopecia "Destroyed my libido, constant tinnitus and headache, depression, loss of feeling. Destroyed my life since I was 20 years old (now I am 32)."