Ok so I am a 23 year old male who has been taking propecia for about 5 months. I am thinking about getting off the medicine because of brain fog and I don’t know how to go about this and I had some questions.
My symptoms:
No sexual symptoms at all( mostly brain fog)
Dizzy/lightheaded 24/7
Detachment from reality…i feel like I’m hungover everyday
Confusion
Poor concentration and memory
Fatigue
For lack of better words I feel retarded
Anyway I have been on the drug since roughly November. At first I thought I was having antidepressant withdrawal because I took 25 mg of zoloft and I quit cold turkey because my doctor said it would be ok for me to quit on such a low dose. I am now taking Zoloft again so I know now it’s not antidepressant related.
I am a pretty healthy person and don’t drink a whole lot but do sometimes party like any other average college student lol. Anyway I did smoke week off and on for about a 3 month period, I have smoked pot in the past and have felt completely normal after. So I thought it might have been the weed that was causing this problem. But these symptoms have lasted roughly 2 months and I havent smoked pot in a real long time so I ruled out pot.
I have been going through a lot of stress lately with quite a high workload at school…but I’ve never felt this way before so I dont think its stress…I also had the doctor check my blood work and he said everything was fine.
So it finally hit me that propecia could be the problem and I did research and all the brain fog symptoms seem to fit me perfectly. I have this weird cognitive haziness everyday and its extremely annoying. Its even hard for me to type this.
Can someone please help me??
If I quit will these symptoms go away or am I just permanently scarred for life??
I am a healthy college student who is about to graduate and I am a very determined person who is for the most part positive and energetic…but lately I have been depressed and scared because of this stupid brain fog thing.
What is going on??