Minoxidil topical and Fatigue: What Users Say

• Max...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 4, 2021

For Alopecia "Minoxidil really induces a wide range of persistent sexual, physical, and psychological/mental side effects that do not go away even after drug discontinuation, including persistent loss of libido, ED (erectile dysfunction), impotence, loss of morning, nocturnal, and random erections, reduced sperm volume, weak ejaculation and watery or clumpy sperm leak, weak orgasm, penile shortening and curvature, genital numbness, severe depression, extreme anxiety and fatigue, difficulty focusing and concentrating, loss of motivation, loss of train of thought, slurring of speech, brain fog, dizziness, muscle twitches, loss of muscle and bone, weight gain (fat), collagen disorders, sleep disorders, weak urination/urine flow, blurry vision, testicular/penis pain, heart palpitations, swallowing disorders, bad body response to junk food consumption, and high sugar (tickling of throat)."

• Nev...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 20, 2020

Minoxidil topical for Alopecia "This Rogaine Men's Extra Strength medication caused my face to swell and my hands/feet. It causes excruciating headaches and makes your head feel as though it weighs 5 pounds. It causes irregular and rapid heartbeats, some nausea/vomiting. In the area applied, it takes the color from your hair and leaves it 'gray.' It causes you to feel dizzy, like fainting and fatigue with cold chills intermittently. Maybe taking a diuretic would have eliminated the discomfort and unpleasantness of facial swelling and feeling heavy-headed."

• Anonymous
• February 20, 2021

For Alopecia "I used this medication once (Costco brand 5%, applied 1 mL to hair and spread around with dropper), and it caused dizziness/lightheadedness within 10 minutes that are still persisting 7 months later despite being totally healthy, physically and mentally. I applied it a few more times in the following week, and each time felt increasingly worse. Doctors are still trying to figure it out, but it looks like a vestibular migraine (always light sensitive, pulsatile tinnitus, headaches, vertigo from motion, and sometimes random, clumsy, almost always with a heavy head feeling, half-conscious and very fatigued). No prior migraine history, very healthy, lots of exercise, previous college athlete, low stress, 23-year-old male with early stage of hair thinning, and now it's totally screwed me up. I have had most necessary diagnostic tests and am otherwise normal/healthy."

• ste...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 8, 2023

For Alopecia "My dermatologist prescribed this to help with my androgenetic alopecia, which I developed since I started using the Mirena IUD to treat heavy periods. However, in less than a month, I have not seen much improvement in my hair loss or hair growth. Instead, I have started feeling very angry, irritable, and depressed. I feel extremely tired, have low energy, feel weak and confused, and have headaches and breast pain. This product has turned me into a depressed zombie, and I hate it. I do not recommend it. If you have naturally low blood pressure, do not take this product as it will mess you up badly."

• Geg...
• June 1, 2015

"I applied minoxidil gel 5% only two times, once at night and once in the morning on my beard. I suffered from the systemic side effects: dizziness, headache, fatigue, blurred vision, and blood pressure lowering. I don't think I applied an overdose. Anyway, I stopped it immediately and won't try it again. Very bad experience."

• joh...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• November 27, 2022

For Alopecia "I have stopped using it. The more I used it (the higher the dose), the more I had soreness at the site, but this didn't bother me much. Other symptoms did, such as: loss of sex drive, palpitations, dizziness and light sensitivity, headaches, nausea, fatigue, digestive issues, weight gain, brain fog. Don't be vain in your 20s and dead in your 40s for this stuff. It never really did anything noticeable anyway!"