Ihatepropecia1's brain fog discussion

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#101

@Ihatepropecia1 Again, I’m going to recommend you don’t add more drugs to this mess to try to fix the problem. You’re 3 days out from your last dose of Finasteride? 4? Let your body try to reach homeostasis on its own. You might be fine in a week or two. You can always add drugs down the road, but you can never reverse the ones you added. I personally regret buying herbs like Tongkat and Yohimbe days after my crash, because they didn’t help me at all, and I’ll never know if they hurt and regressed my overall PFS status.

Let’s say worse case scenario happens and you do have PFS. In that case, you could add the Vyvanse to see if it improves your brain fog. Search the forum to see what reactions to those drugs are, because often times people get worse when they try drugs out. Just my two cents.

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#102

I’m not trying to use adderal or by Vyanese to help the PFS My doctor prescribed it for my adhd. I need to use it but I don’t want to if it’s going to make me crash

#103

How long should I wait post finasteride to use adderall?

#104

I see. Have you used it before, or did you just coincidentally get it prescribed? If you’ve never used it, why not wait about a month or so? When are midterms and exams? Like 6 weeks into your semester?

#105

You could search to see what’s been said here in the past.

https://forum.propeciahelp.com/search?context=topic&context_id=41054&q=Adderal&skip_context=true try

I haven’t read that stuff. Remember that people writing here may or may not know what they are talking about.

Generally, you should avoid things which affect 5ar or hormone levels. Google brings up a lot of stuff for Adderall and hormones.

I suspect there is potential for this to be a problem for you.

#106

My doctor actually prescribed it to me when I was 1 month into fin. I was only saving it for when I was starting school. My finals aren’t for 4 weeks I can wait until then. But I’m so scared about the crash no matter when I take it

#107

Damn that’s scary

#108

Hey everyone, I’m now 2 weeks since my last finasteride pill and yet the sides are hitting even worse. My brain fog has doubled, I’ve had to quit my job, drop out of school and hardly can think. I am eating clean, taking fish oils, and am seeing a neurosurgeon but idk what to do anymore. I don’t see this brain fog going away. It seems like permanent damage. Does anyone have any experience using Adderall or vyvanse to help with the brain fog? I’m dead inside

#109

i went through the same exact thing- had to pause work and everything else because of brain fog

you can only do 1 thing

– wait.

all the other supplements either didnt help or made it WORSE

just WAIT

most people have improvements over time

#110

My doctor recommend I use a low dose of Adderall until it goes away

#111

I used adderall to get through college and it didn’t have any positive or negative effects long term. Short term it increased my libido but made it harder to get an erection. It’s definitely not a cure just helped concentrate for school work

#112

I won’t make any medical recommendations to you

Just merely giving you the collective experience here.

Doctors are for the most part, useless to us

#113

Hi everyone. I’m now a week off of finasteride and still have horrible brain fog beyond everything else. Yesterday was the first day my brain fog actually felt like it was dissapearing and then today BOOM came back and I can’t fucking move. Does anyone feel this and have any way to get rid of it? It’s this feeling of tiredness, pain, foggy feeling. I can’t fucking move, fil want

#114

Take a fluctuation in symptoms as a positive.
Proof you’re not brain damaged as you feared.

If it cleared before it can again.

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#115

Why did it come back?

#116

No way for me to know.

#117

Hi everyone. Im now two weeks post finasteride last pill and my brain fog is worse then ever. I read some reports that brain fog is actually considered brain damage from the finasteride. I’m starting to think I will never recover from this brain fog especially since it can be considered brain damage I don’t see a light at the end of the tunnel. I had to drop out of college, lost my job, and am going to be homeless soon all because of finasteride ruining my brain. I’m trying to see a neurologist to see if I can fix it surgically but I don’t know anymore. That pill made me fucking retarded and disabled, how did you guys deal with brain fog and keep your job and move forward? I don’t see an end. My life is over if I can’t study and become a doctor

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#118

Some posters shared some of their experiences related to this

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#119

Mine is way better these days man I’m 2 years out I’m no longer a zombie anymore, I’m about 70-80% recovered from that side effect.

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#120

Any tips? I don’t know how you were able to deal with this for two years that is insane

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