5mg of proscar per day is too much, split the pill into 4 or 5 pieces and take one piece per day.
Your hair will start shed when you go on proscar/propecia. This process is normal, but it sucks.
Keep in mind that taking a dht blocker like proscar/propecia can have sexual side effects and once you take it you are stuck taking it for life, because any hair you grow on it will fall out once you go off of it.
I took proscar for about 2 weeks then went off because i want to see if my hair will grow back naturally.
I'm using nizoral 2% and i just started on 5% spironolactone solution from
http://www.minoxidil.com.
I'm also taking saw palmetto which is a mild dht blocker that you can get from any gnc or health goods store.
Since using a chemical caused my rapid hair loss, i am not going to take anymore chemicals to try to fix it (at least internally). To be honest i'd rather be bald and able to get a hardon than have a full head of hair and a softy.
I might go on xandrox as well, its another topical, has the same ingredients as rogaine but again, its only as good as long as you use it.
I'll keep you updated on my progress. I am starting to grow hairs, but they are thin, and i've noticed some short hairs falling out, which supposedly can happen with telogen effluvium, but not sure about androgenic apolecia.
At this moment i'm not sure whether or not i experienced telogen effluvium (sudden rapid hair loss due to the letro, hair will grow back) or androgenic apolecia (usually happens over time, and hair does not grow back.)
i'm sure i'm not the only person to experience this, but folks here on the board have been pretty silent, so i imagine its pretty rare.
Hope this helps, it's tough but hang in there. If your hair is going to grow back you will not see any change for anywhere from 6 months to 2 years.
Matt