Nothing looks or fells real anymore…thats the best way to put it.
Is anyone else like this or has gotten over this?
I just hope its not brain damage
Its not brain damage. i have this also. but heres the reason i think its not permenent: I also have very good days where I am sharp as a tack. couldnt do that if it were brain damage.
I think we now understand why some old me are kind of “zoned out” . we are probobly dealing with the kind of androgen deprovation that sometimes happens later in life.
I feel very much like that today, but like the above poster says, there are days when I feel very fit and mentally aware.
Tim,
It sounds like your referring to almost like an out of body experience. Many of us have posted this before where you feel almost like your not really feeling situations. It’s like your viewing it from outside yourself. I don’t think it’s brain damage. I think it’s nuerotransmitters in your brain.
It’s a horrible feeling. It makes it difficult to have normal relationships with people. What I hate most, is the loss of the spark of life that you used to feel, to just be alive.
I can’t begin to tell you how much I can relate to this. The sense of absence really sucks. I sometimes find it hard to read or especially difficult to read and understand directions. Its tough. All I want to do is get my memory back and clear up this mental fog. I could really use some hope right about now.
Snotz
snotz, it wont be long to there is better days
Remember the 4 words mate
“finasteride wont beat me”
Hang in there Snotz, the mental part and brain fog get much better over time. Sadly, The physical part and sexual sides remain.
I have also experienced it, and still do. But its also true that last year, after 10 years with the drug, I felt in love just like a teenager, when your heart turns crazy when you see her… So this give me hope. Its only 2 months and a half that I left finasteride. I hope soon I can feel real everyday during the rest of my life and not just some days