Did Propecia Make Me Irritable?

Doc..I am a pharmacist..37 y/o male..I was started on propecia approx 2 weeks ago and noticed that I have become moody and irritable. do your patients complain of similar sx? is this common? does it resolve or should i consider stopping? thanks

You are a pharmacist, so your post-graduate training has been the study of drugs. You do not need me to tell you about side effects and how Propecia works. In fact, you are one of the rare few that can read the entire drug profile insert that came with the medication and actually understand it!

If you are asking me if I have personally seen anyone with your complaints at my private practice, I would say yes, on rare occasions people have discussed personality changes with me and mood swings. This is not a common complaint, and I don’t have information about whether it goes away or not. If you do enough research on the Internet to see if people have complained about your possible symptoms, I am sure you will find it.

I have come across a Neuroendocrine Physician, Dr. Alan Jacobs, and he wrote an interesting blog post on his site that you may wish to read.