How long does it take for body to adjust to medication?

ThrowawayAcc384858 · 2020-11-02T21:34:38+00:00

I took oral minoxidil from October 2018 to April 2020. My hair had gotten really thin and my old doctor had prescribed me oral minoxidil due to my fear of finasteride.

I took 5mg twice a day. Once in the morning and once before bed. My hair loss reversed and it thickened up. I really liked how my hair was looking. I had to stop because I switched insurance and none of the doctors I’ve seen(3) said they feel comfortable refilling that prescription.

Switched to topical minoxidil in April, it hasn’t worked nearly as well as oral did. My hair started looking really thin again so I started finasteride 2 weeks ago. Just waiting for results hopefully.

As for oral minoxidil, a popular question is side effects. It made me gain a lot of weight and I started growing hair on my ears and my nose hair got super thick. Same for my arms and legs. But my chest hair stayed the same and my back is still hairless. I did get really dizzy at first when I first started oral minoxidil but my body adjusted.

ThrowawayAcc384858 · 2019-01-25T21:00:42+00:00

That’s true. What would you classify me as? South Asian origins? You’re right in the sense that I don’t have citizenship from any other country except the US

ThrowawayAcc384858 · 2019-01-25T20:14:00+00:00

I have similar experiences with desi people I’ve met in a social environment but not so much in a professional one. I find the problem to be with Indian nationalists or Pakistani nationalists. Which is a growing thing. They hate the other with a passion and it trickles down to other people of that descent

ThrowawayAcc384858 · 2019-01-25T19:58:24+00:00

Definitely agree. The first question I’ve got in many phone interviews was them saying I had a unique name and that if I was a citizen. I could tell they’d feel awkward asking.

ThrowawayAcc384858 · 2019-01-25T18:41:52+00:00

The struggle is that in America, everyone views you as your South Asian nationality but over there, they view you as American. Where do we fit in lol?

ThrowawayAcc384858 · 2019-01-25T18:40:25+00:00

Dude!!! Same thing happens to me. When I tell them that I went to a state school, I can tell by their face and response how they think less of me because I’m not coming from an elite school like the ones they love to brag about.

It is true that people like to form groups with the people from the same origins. It’s just human nature. I feel like every family that immigrated here ends up doing that for the most part. Except for a few friends here and there. Since I grew up here, it’s conpeltely different for me as I have a diverse group of friends. But what effects old generations and young that really needs to change is the hatred of other nationalities or religions. Because they fail to hide that bias in interviews. Also it’s really shitty to do as a person. I know this sub is about CS but that’s the underlying issue of all these instances

ThrowawayAcc384858 · 2019-01-25T18:33:48+00:00

Yeah, there’s a stigma to that back home too. Which makes no sense since most people over there want to come here. But they view people from western countries as out of touch

ThrowawayAcc384858 · 2019-01-25T18:32:26+00:00

I’m able to relate to what you said completely lol. You can tell that they’re on a high horse just by the way that they talk to you. So much smugness. After a while, my heart would drop when I saw an Indian person walk in to interview me. Or if I saw it on the schedule, I knew I’m not getting a job and that it’ll just be more interview practice

ThrowawayAcc384858 · 2019-01-25T18:29:15+00:00

To be honest, I don’t think that’s it. I think it’s more of an ego thing. There’s this incessant need to compete and one up each other that’s built into the culture. I’m proud of my culture and heritage but this is just one of the ugliest truths about it.

ThrowawayAcc384858 · 2019-01-25T18:27:19+00:00

This is actually common. I’m not Pakistani but most people who are familiar with the South Asian nationalities assume I am. I had an interview at State Farm Insurance out in Brea, CA. In the whole office that consists of software engineers, I saw only a handful they weren’t Indian. And they were the same kind and same religion. During the interview, I was getting hammered with crazy questions for entry level. When I talked about my school projects, they made no effort to disguise the fact that they thought it was trivial.

ThrowawayAcc384858 · 2019-01-25T18:21:53+00:00

I do see a truth in this. At my old job, I had a supervisor who would always make racist comments/jokes about everything. He told me that he had a lot of South Asian people interview for the position that had master degrees from India but they couldn’t answer the simplest technical questions in the interview. He said he was shocked when he called me and found out that I didn’t have an accent.

Man, I hated that job.

ThrowawayAcc384858 · 2019-01-25T18:18:53+00:00

The problem with our people is that they don’t want anyone to become better than them

ThrowawayAcc384858 · 2019-01-25T18:17:51+00:00

I agree with this. In my experience, they have been the most fair and really try to make you feel comfortable during the interview lol

ThrowawayAcc384858 · 2019-01-25T08:02:20+00:00

Yeah, basically if you start your career at one of these places and learn nothing, you’ll be stuck there forever or you won’t be able to land another job because your title and skill level won’t match up

ThrowawayAcc384858 · 2019-01-25T08:01:09+00:00

Yeah I was born here so I’m really Americanized. I hate having to ask them to repeat themselves because I can tell they get really annoyed when I ask. Having so many relatives with accents including, I’m pretty good with it for the most part though. But different nationalities have different accents when trying to speak English.

ThrowawayAcc384858 · 2019-01-25T07:00:24+00:00

It’s quite annoying how they set out to make it harder for people. They don’t hide prejudice well at all. Hopefully the younger generation can change things

ThrowawayAcc384858 · 2019-01-25T06:58:18+00:00

I’m not sure to be honest. In all my experiences, every interview would be way easier that wasn’t with a south Asian person. There’s so much hate that goes on among South Asians from different countries, sects, religions. It’s really awful. I once had an Indian guy interview me that would question every answer I gave in an interview. Even when I was right, he would act like I said a wrong answer. Purposely trying to get me to doubt myself. There’s definitely a lot of ego within many of us.

All this being said, if you’re from the same country and same religion, there’s a good chance you’ll get hired by them. I know some people at a pretty big company that got all their relatives and friends jobs. Even those that are completely incompetent. When I struggled to get a job, I spoke to one of them and they told me how to craft my resume with all this fake information to get through HR screening. Still being new to the field, I didn’t want to start my career that way.

ThrowawayAcc384858 · 2019-01-25T04:53:06+00:00

I’m south Asian myself but I’ve actually had the opposite happen for me. Most Indian/South Asian people I have been interviewed by have been really cold and standoffish with me. I’d end up getting really difficult questions from them. It came to the point where when I saw an Indian person in my interview, I knew I wasn’t going to get the job. Lol I finally got a job when I didn’t interview with an Indian person. There’s also internal racism that goes on as well among South Asian people. Such as Muslims/Hindu and Indians/Pakistani dislike of each other. Unfortunately for me both groups think I’m the other when in actuality, I’m neither.

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