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I'm not on meds anymore. Did try them for a month though. Worked great aside from giving me stress as it wore off. Really weird to feel stressed for literally actually no reason.

What it did give me is a look into what functioning normally-ish would look like, Which has helped enormously.

I'm not a huge fan of medication myself, but if I were you I'd definitely give it a shot. You can always stop if it's not your thing and there's a fair chance at lasting improvement even when you DO stop.

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I take meds for unrelated things, for allopecia, like Finasteride, Minoxidil, Saw Palmetto. I am not sure how those would interact with the medicines I saw on this thread.

I also take Algae based Omega 3 semi regularly (but that stuff tastes like crayons).

Oh jeez definitely look into the potential side effects of finasteride if you haven’t already. ADHD meds have nothing on it, side effect wise.

As someone on both this is not true ime. finasteride has had no side effects for me, while adderall makes me irritable and paranoid when it wears off, not to mention the insomnia it causes.

For what it's worth, stimulants' effect on sleep varies a lot from person to person. I definitely know people who struggled with insomnia from amphetamines, especially when their dose was too high, but for me and others I've talked to, it let me lay down and choose to sleep, which as someone who had suffered from insomnia most of my life, was a godsend.

Please see my comment : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33691229

It's worked fine for me so far.

Checkout these post:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30557068, https://medium.com/@bladley/my-battle-with-post-finasteride-...

I also have OCD, ADHD and a PD mom, so I know the pain of being unwell. I take Fluoxetine and Ritalin. While I have not used Finasteride use them with caution, because I do not won't any one to go through any more pain due to meds.

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