Could you guys describe your memory issues and brain fog?
I know exactly what you mean man, at least you have a small business you run online; that sounds pretty comfy. Still, its frustrating knowing that you can’t live life to the full extent because your mind won’t work properly
@Mercked I have trouble understand “complex” concepts, also I tend to forget things easily or have a pretty slow recall. Like for example it often takes me a few minutes to recall what I had for lunch or even what I did earlier in the day. If I have trouble recalling simple details like that, imagine more complicated ones. That being said, my memory is not entirely shot, nor is my ability to understand complex concepts, rather my memory and mental strength is just weaker than it originally was.
I’m a college student at an elite business school and finasteride hasn’t ruined it for me yet. It seems to have a minimal, but noticeable impact on my memory.
The worst of my problem in academia doesn’t come directly from the physiological reactions of finasteride.
I have lost all of my drive and passion for business that I was once full of. I used to spend all my time thinking business. Now I don’t keep up with the business forums that I read daily. I no longer have a desire to dive into the business world.
I can’t get over the fact that I had a live ahead of me with frankly lots of privilege and success to be had.
I was just starting to understand and be confident in my sexuality. Now I can’t have the thing I desire most, a relationship.
I just struggle with caring about my academics when my health is destroyed.
If I can’t fall in love with someone then what’s the point?
I love going on dates with people and getting to know them, but never getting too close. It’s the closest I can get to a loving relationship. It also helps boost confidence that my appearance is still decent.
My game plan is to see where the science goes. Even if we can prevent or reverse the root of it, the damage caused will be much harder to repair.
There has to be some cost benefit analysis of life. I’m closely evaluating my options. I would like to see to it that I give myself a shot. I owe that to myself. I find tribulus, clomid, and magic mushrooms to be interesting substances. Pending my due diligence I’d like to find time to try them.
Other than that, I don’t think there’s much to be hopeful about in the medical community. Maybe 10 or 20 years from now we could treat the root cause, but I’d be shocked if we ever get to 100% reversal of damage.
I’m not sure that’s a journey I want to take.
Just thought I’d share my story as a student.
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I’m also getting tired of the endless suggestions for treatment. It’s impossible to try all.
Formal medicine is even worse. I hate paying $600 to see a urologist to be told my testicles and penis haven’t changed. I know for a fact they have. When it comes to pfs we are better than 99% of doctors. They are clueless and a great way to go bankrupt. Use them for the precriptions and tests, but otherwise avoid them.
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@hopingiwillheal thanks for sharing man, totally agree about motivation. I used to be so passionate about many things but these days I just feel blah to neutral about most things. I can also relate with what you said regarding relationships, I do the same thing. I enjoy “going through the motions” on dates and getting to know someone new, feeling the chemistry etc etc, and at least for the first few dates I like to pretend that maybe there is a chance of a relationship, or give myself some hope, but inevitably things break down. It is nearly impossible to find someone that will stick around if the sexual aspect of the relationship is not fulfilling, nor do I blame them. Nonetheless, it feels good to at least pretend for a while that my life is normal and that a normal relationship is possible.
totally agree about formal medicine too. I stopped wasting time and money on doctors a long time ago, there is nothing they can really do for us, we know significantly more about PFS than they do. We are in this alone
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Currently a CS major in my second semester after I had to take a few months off in between and I’m struggling. I’m only enrolled in 3 courses, and I actually feel terrible that I can’t fucking understand the same material I basically blazed through in high school. I know I should be grateful for what I have, and I try to be, but at the same time I just fucking hate that I put in way more effort and get way less of a reward. Coincidentally, I’ve also been doing the whole cost-benefit analysis of life thing and considering stuff to try in the future if I can, and it just all fucks with my head a lot. Good luck man, hope it works out alright for you.
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I love my life and my family. I had grand plans, but I’m not so sure of them now.
When pfs first hit I was emotionally done with it all.
Now I’ve mellowed out and I can’t say it done too much for me.
Science probably isn’t that far away from finding a solution to pfs minus the damage caused, but our human science seems so far away.
It’s funny that the fda considers banning the one substance that keeps me going (kratom) while leaving finasteride legal.
Like I said prior, I’m going to give myself a chance to heal. Still, I’m not holding my breath.
I’ve decided that if I continue on I will need to live for a purpose bigger than myself. There’s days this seems great and days I want to be selfish.
I don’t want to live for other people.
I’m fortunate that pfs doesn’t impact most of my life. I can talk with people and have fun without anything holding me back.
What I can’t do is fall in love, have a clean appearance, my muscles, and stop thinking about how I ruined my plans for life.
Makes me upset because a lot of people say they are going to do something when they grow up. I was actually following my plans for life perfectly until finasteride.
If we all die at some point, why should I go through life without love?
Maybe I’ll just enjoy a year of traveling.
All I’m pointing out is that it can be peaceful.
I don’t know where I’m going with all this, but I can’t imagine the next 60 years with pfs.
I wish you luck as well!!
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Yes, I feel like I just put on a fake personality which mimics the old me. It’s wrong and I hope one day this man made poison is taken off the market.
If you ever want to talk dm me.
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Exactly same here now i even forget add the routes after IP configuration. It is so basic network 101 and I feel like a retarded Intern. I got an adult adhd diagnosis though i was perfectly fine before pfs and SSRI usage.
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Are you network engineer too?
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Yes brother i am and also i have an animal science degree.
Have two professions but at one time i felt like i had early Alzheimer’s now mental capacity and brain fog are recovering steadily for 1.5 years.
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Nice one 
Which certificates you got now?
I am on my way to get JNCIS-ENT and soon jumping on CCNP, probably CCNP will be after February next year as Cisco changes everything after that date, I think was 23.02.2020 if I am not wrong
I have CCNA-CCNP for may be 10 years and lots of other brands certificates i also got ipv6 recently and now implementing the structure. For some reason i always choose to stay away from juniper
For our line of work, ability to handle constant low level stress and steel like focus and attention required, which impaired by pfs’s neurosteroidal effects.
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My job is low stress and this is good for me tho. Also I have the ability to work from home certain days of the week, so I am not full 5 days in the office. I got CCNA too but as this is my first IT job, I took it despite that it is Juniper based. We do have Cisco switches but we use them at the access layer only as L2 devices. Soon we are going to deploy Palo Alto firewalls and will have the opportunity to get Palo Alto certs too. This is massive as IMO if someone have Juniper, Cisco and Palo Alto certs, this guy can get high, really high!
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If you know the basics you will take all carts with little effort. Choose one for excellence like ccnp or security then you will find that all brands almost same logic with a little bit different Linux like command line or GUI focus on protocols like Ospf, is-is, bgp or layer 2 ones like mpls, rstp etc. you will find that every brand has similar user interface and policies more less and most are emulating Cisco command line for compatibility and marketing purposes.
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True, the base, theory is the same, the command line is different. It is a bit difficult for me as I still have days with brain fog and if I have days without I have bad flu-like pain and this makes it so difficult…
Low serotonin and inflammation makes you feel like in flu. I recommend Sulbutiamine every morning and very high dose fish oil with immediate release niacin. Try it for brain fog if it won’t help try choline methylfolate with hydroxycobalamin
There is no inflammation in my body, did blood test for that, also I have to check the serotonin first before I take anything, otherwise I might get fucked further as I already did by experimenting with my body… Don’t wanna shoot in the dark anymore.
What I mean is neural inflammation anyway there is no direct serotonin measurement for brain but I recommend dna testing from www.selfdecode.com they usually recommend best supplements for people according to their genetic makeup.
My recommendations were only vitamins and only Sulbutiamine is high dose since it is regular B1 vitamine.
Vitamine D/A fat soluble and acts like hormones dangerous to use them with out medical supervision also methylcobalamine increases anxiety a lot that’s why I recommended hydroxycobalamine.
For brain fog these usually helps a lot and next step is stimulants and cholinergic medications.
And if you have brain fog that usually (not always) points out dopaminergic or cholinergic system imbalance/problem And Least connection is with serotonin system.
When you take serotonin boosters with out compensating dopamine system you will have increase happiness and self esteem but also confused and inattentive.
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Cheers