This may sound odd, but although when I first began noticing sides it was the opposite and my t levels were unusually high which made me very excitable and anxious, now that my sex drive has decreased somewhat I feel less distracted and overwhelmed (although the anxiety is still there in some ways). I have brain fog, but this is in a way made up for by the abscence of the distraction that comes with unusually high libido. I feel less narrow-minded than before, many of my previous OCD tendencies have subsided and I now view everything on a level playing field and with no obsessive distractions clouding logical decision-making and assessment of situations.
When I was on Propecia, my anxiety & ocd symptoms went away. The propecia pretty much numbs your emotions and messes everything up. Now that Im off propecia the anxiety symptoms are back, however it seems like alot of people have the anxiety as a side effect when coming off. Its not the same anxity I have in my Pre-fin time, its much worse right now. Hopefully it pans out and gets me back to my old self where I wasnt worrying that much.
I had intense anxiety, insomnia, paranoia after stopping Dutasteride. After 7 months it seems to have subsided when the hot flashes stopped and when the tachycardia went away. I feel a different type of anxiety when trying to speak to people now-- instead of having extremely intense emotions/anxiety, I’m now anxious about not having any emotions at all. It makes it very difficult to hold on a conversation.
Propecia seemed to increase my anxiety when speaking DRASTICALLY. I never had anxiety before.