[JustAbbey]

Abby,  

Can you expound on how it is more effective? 

Also, did you experience any mood or libido changes ?

Sure! 1mg finasteride and 1500 mg RR both had definite effects. Most obvious was some early breast growth, loss of spontaneous erections (morning wood) and overall improvement in mental health due to decreased sexual urges and other T related emotions.

Once I switched up to 5mg finasteride, I noticed a marked increase in breast growth and body feminization, specifically facial changes. I had a further decrease in sex drive, but was still able to get an erection when aroused. Ejaculate almost completely disappeared, and testicle size decreased by about 50%.

Dutasteride is also a very good option, and I would imagine will replace finasteride in the coming years since it is a more broadly acting DHT blocker.

I chose the DHT blockers over Spirolactone for two reasons: first, as a pretty athletic person I didn't want to deal with the diuretic side-effects of Spiro, and second, there is pretty good evidence that Spiro inhibits breast growth by acting as an estrogen competing agonist triggering early breast bud fusion. There is good evidence that high circulating (free) testosterone levels don't have much correlation, and in fact, higher circulating T levels on DHT blockers is an indication that it is not being converted/bound in T sensitive tissues.

Hope this helps!