Does anyone have these problems, I realise I don’t dream and I don’d find pleasure listening to music. I used to love listening to music. But for past four years, i hardly enjoy any.
Has anyone one recovered from these side effects?
ON DRUG:
- No dreams (REM sleep) on Finasteride
- Constant waking up every few hours
- Unable to get deep, restorative sleep
- Felt like I was in “light” sleep whenever going to sleep, easily woken up
OFF DRUG:
- No dreams 1yr off
- After 1-2 years REM sleep started to get better, dreams started coming back
- Now almost 6 yrs off, am getting dreams on a consistent basis
- Sleep quality has improved, however still not waking up 100% refreshed like pre-fin
- Waking up many times in the night started to improve after 1.5 yrs off, now able to sleep throughout the night.
As for no longer feeling pleasureable emotions from music, hobbies etc – yes, this still remains (emotional blunting/flatness) however it is slowly improving, at a very slow rate. Unfortunately the loss of androgen probably also plays a role in this/apathetic response to most things which were previously stimulating, possibly tying into the dopamine system as well.
I dream a LOT but my sleep is all over the place. Last night i probably had over 5 dreams, but i woke up over 10 times probably and half the time was not asleep properly.
Woke up this morning feeling completely numb in the brain. So i am sitting in bed wondering how on earth i am going to survive the day?
You can have mine if you like, they’re pretty horrible.
ChrisC,
I don’t want to scare anybody, but I am almost 8 years of the drug by now and I have exactly the same problems as while on the - no improvement.
I don’t get deep sleep phases. I wake up at night and can hardly fall asleep again.
I always believed that my body will recover naturally - without anything! However, it is time to act now.