Not able to calm my mind

Symptoms Neurological
#1

Do any of you guys ever have difficulty just “being?” Sometimes my mind is so scrambled and full of static, that it’s hard for me to relax and feel comfortable. Night time seems to be the worst because that’s when I would usually be winding down. My body gets comfy but my head just can’t get into it. It’s such a strange sensation. It’s like I can’t “feel” comfort. What ever wiring that controls that particular sensation is blocked or damaged. I really think this static mind is the result of damage to my brains GABA system. Without the proper amount of GABA or GAGA receptors, my mind is just firing off in no particular fashion. THis is the way it feels to me.

On a related front, sometimes when I wake up in the morning I will just have a particular song or saying, repeating itself over and over in my head and it’s like I can’t stop hearing it in my mind. It can get rather annoying at times. THis isn’t like your typical. “I got this damn song caught in my head.” THis is like completely out of my control, like the stereo in my head is just doing it’s own thing. I think this has to be related to GABA as well.

#2

Yes, Ive had the same thing. I know fin effects us all differently, but I’ve had the same thing. The normal everyday stuff about ‘not being able to get a song out of your head’ is due to the mind’s phonological loop (ie: an inner ear and an inner voice) that just keeps looping around. Don’t think you’ve got an ‘inner ear’? Ever heard the saying, 'I can’t hear myself think? If you don’t think you’ve got an ‘inner voice’ then try sitting somewhere quiet and read this message again (read it to yourself…in your head, not out loud). It’s a subtle thing, but psychologists say if you listen, you can literally ‘hear’ the words in year head. It’s even easier to detect if you try shouting the words to yourself in your head (not out loud). When stuff gets ‘stuck in your head’ (most commonly associated with an irritating song)…that’s ‘sound’ going around the mind’s ‘phonological loop’ (backwards and forwards between the inner voice & inner ear).

Since fin I too have on occasion found myself dwelling on this phenomennon in a more obessive way because it seemed more pronounced. I felt weird & a bit freaky, and separate from it. You must do your best not to dwell on these things, you’re not doing yourself any favours. Just try your best to dismiss such things by occupying yourself with something intentional (even if you have to be really deliberate). It will help, and will lessen. I think I mentioned fin made made that dizzy with a spinning/fast panic attack I was hanging onto the wall at times. I lost my quick thinking edge, but as a Maths teacher, had to methodically apply myself ‘through the mental fog’. Eventually, I sort of re-co-ordinated my thinking…or just evolved out of the brain fog cognitively. I hope this is of some help. Do you see? by dwelling on such things you’re doing the opposite of helping yourself. Why are you worrying more lying awake in bed at night? because there’s no other stimuli. Apply yourself.

#3

I have also the same problem

It is like if my mind is boiling.a lot of ideas or thinkings are spurting out, it’s very hard to calm it

That 's why I tried meditation. It helps a lot and it’s also good for depression.

#4

It happens to me all the time, I feel also king of thumping inside my head, like a blood pulse. Not sure what causes it.
I also get tired very fast when I watch a movie or working against the computer.

I’ve started taking GABA piils a week ago and I feel it helps me a little to clear my senses, but my sleep is still not that good. I wake up very easilly.

#5

Wow, i am going through the exact same thing at this moment. Its 4:30 in the morning right now and i cant stop thinking. Ive been trying to sleep, but i get this sudden feeling of paranoya and it makes me get up. I knew it was the propecia, I just started taking it 4 days ago.
I got really worried so i decided to check if there were any mental sides, im a little releived now that there is a forum like this.
I havent had any labedo problems or anything like that, this is the first thing that i ahve noticed. Do you guys think i should continue taking propecia? And does anybody know if these side effects will last the entire time while on propecia?

#6

You are crazy to risk your manhood with this shit (poison). It should not be available. And especially after being fortunate enough to find this site early. Sorry, but you are a fool if you keep taking finasteride!! Unless of course someone asked you whether you would prefer having either your dick or your hair but you could only have one, and you chose hair, because apparently propecia really does work. Merck also pays doctors offces at universities to recommend it to young patients!!

#7

Stopped taking propecia as soon as i experienced those sides. It went away the day after. Im not touching it again.

#8

Does anyone here ever get this completely wired feeling at night when you should be getting the feeling of relaxation and tiredness instead? Last night I had such a surge of this nervous energy it was unbelievable. I almost started working out. It’s just so f’ed up that I can be dragging my ass all day and then at night when i’m supposed to be falling asleep, I get this buzz of energy that is un-parralleled to redbull or something of that nature. Anyone else?

#9

I have a hard time relaxing enough to fall asleep at night, yes. It’s weird since throughout the day I can’t accomplish much due to fatigue, but at night I am typically not restful enough to sleep. So yeah, you’re not alone there.

#10

I have trouble falling asleep too, and I have to stay alone in bed with my depressing thoughts for a time that feels like eternity.
Then I get up, walk around the house and try to get rid from all the toughts. sometimes it works, sometimes not.

#11

Dont mess with this drug, i stopped taking it and it went away. But im lucky, some ppl still have it and its been years. Even if it does go away and your still on it, there is no telling what kind of long term affects this drug can have, ur messing with hormones for christ sake. What if u wanna have a kid one day, and u cant cuz the drug fucked with ur semen supply.

#12

I have the same problem, exercise gives me great relief. It calms me down. Also, when i avoid caffeine it helps too.

#13

I find caffeine actually helps me…not as much as ethanol (alcohol) though…

#14

Cd nuts,

What have you tried as far as supplements?

The reason i am asking is because last Tuesday i started a new regimen. L-dopa supplementation (dopamine precursor). I am having two daily portions of Fava Beans (they are rich in Levodopa, and have been used to treat parkinson disease). I am having 250g of cooked Fava beans when i wake up, and five hours later i repeat the dose. So far, these three days, i have experienced calm, relaxed moments, no brain fog, and a feeling much closer to whom i was before Finasteride. Libido unchanged, but much firmer erections.
I don’t know if this will last. I don’t know if it would work in the long run. but these three days have been a blessing. All i can think of is relief.

#15

I have tried amino acid loading before, but that was when I was still on the shit, not knowing all that I do now thanks to this website. I have not tried any supplements so far as I am taking an extreme dietary approach that will take months to judge its effectiveness.

#16

Hey mate. Feel at least solace that you are not alone. I couldn’t have summed up how i feel better than you just did. Im still on propecia, im gonna quit the stuff soon :exclamation:

#17

I am having this today and feel like im a crazy person. My mind just keeps on thinking. I went to the gym and it calmed it down a bit. Its like an anxious type feeling.

#18

Has anyone had this symptom go away to the point there mind is more relaxed?

#19

The anxiety is the worst side for me as well, I’ve had some improvement since a huge breakdown in 2006 which kept me several weeks out of work but I live with this feeling since 2003, some days better than others but the cloud is always over. The other day I was so nervous that I fainted after a blood test.

#20

How long you been off Propecia?