finasteride and brain fog

[Nickola]

Have you ever thought that all that brain fog you`re blaming finasteride for,maybe is not coming from finasteride?
Maybe it`s coming because you are thinking so many things at the same time,preventing you to focus in your social life,or job,or sex or wtv.Things like:i am a looser,i am balding,i am spending so much money in treatments with no real future,i used to look handsome with hair and now i look like sh1t,i used to get compliments,now i don`t,i used to get respect from others,now i don`t,i used to be confident and any of my moves used to be 100% sure,look around me,so many beautiful people with heads full of hair,with no real problems,happy people,i am becoming miserable but i don`t want to show it,i hate the way i look and every morning that i wake up to go to work seems like a nightmare,i am having fun only when i am drunk,how the f4ck did i became like that,i used to be a king,why to meeee!!
Or just that`s all in MY head and you are having a diet poor in vitamins and fibres and omegas,things important for the brain function,or youre doing too many drugs,or youre having family problems,economic problems,other health problems,crisis in your relationship with your gf,or the weather outside is rainy so many days now..
I mean let`s stop blaming finasteride for the brain fog...There are many things around us that don`t let us focus on what we need to focus on..
Maybe i am wrong !! and finasteride causes brain fog for real...Maybe i became mad
who knows..

 

[Notcoolanymore]

Nope. Everything that happens to me since starting finasteride, I blame on finasteride. Yesterday finasteride gave me diarrhea.

 

[Bad]

Nope. Everything that happens to me since starting finasteride, I blame on finasteride. Yesterday finasteride gave me diarrhea.

lol

 

[JZA70]

Seems this link never gets old - http://area1255.blogspot.ca/2013/06/exclusive-what-how-of-dht.html

you are having a diet poor in vitamins and fibres and omegas,things important for the brain function,or youre doing too many drugs,or youre having family problems,economic problems,other health problems,crisis in your relationship with your gf,or the weather outside is rainy so many days now..
Maybe i became mad who knows..

You should add delusional to the list.

 

[zzzzz]

Seems this link never gets old - http://area1255.blogspot.ca/2013/06/exclusive-what-how-of-dht.html




You should add delusional to the list too.

so? Who cares if DHT has all those functions. Clearly finasteride or even dutasteride doesnt inhibit enough for them to stop functioning properly.. I wonder how women's brains operate having DHT levels comparable to that of men on finasteride or even lower. They must have terrible brain fog along with all the other functions that DHT must be there for to perform. Right? Womens brains/nervous system must be totally ****ed up

women must have all these functions absolutely destroyed because of their low DHT at finasteride-like levels.

DHT regulates alpha and beta adrenergic receptors.
DHT may increase alpha-1-receptor density.
DHT increases serotonin 5-HT1A receptor density by influencing A1-Adr.Receptors.
DHT facilitates the release of Epinephrine (adrenaline).
DHT increases cyclic AMP.
DHT increases GABA and GABA-A (neurosteroid-specific) receptor expression.
DHT increases NMDA-receptors in the Hippocampus.
DHT increases Ca3 (Calcium) evoked Acetylcholine Function(AcH release).
DHT increases nervous system strength and regulates blood pressure.

 

[JZA70]

so? Who cares if DHT has all those functions.

And I'm going to stop reading there.

 

[Travalanche]

I haven't noticed any more brain fog than usual, if anything the only emotions I ever get are anger and indifference anymore. Anger at being helpless and ind indifference after realizing I can't do anything about it afterwards. I haven't been happy nor sad for as long as I can remember.

 

[goodguybadhair]

so? Who cares if DHT has all those functions. Clearly finasteride or even dutasteride doesnt inhibit enough for them to stop functioning properly.. I wonder how women's brains operate having DHT levels comparable to that of men on finasteride or even lower. They must have terrible brain fog along with all the other functions that DHT must be there for to perform. Right? Womens brains/nervous system must be totally ****ed up

women must have all these functions absolutely destroyed because of their low DHT at finasteride-like levels.

DHT regulates alpha and beta adrenergic receptors.
DHT may increase alpha-1-receptor density.
DHT increases serotonin 5-HT1A receptor density by influencing A1-Adr.Receptors.
DHT facilitates the release of Epinephrine (adrenaline).
DHT increases cyclic AMP.
DHT increases GABA and GABA-A (neurosteroid-specific) receptor expression.
DHT increases NMDA-receptors in the Hippocampus.
DHT increases Ca3 (Calcium) evoked Acetylcholine Function(AcH release).
DHT increases nervous system strength and regulates blood pressure.

it's less about DHT and more about the peripheral issues from inhibiting 5ar II. women + pseudoherms are bad examples, different cns, different biochemistry, etc. etc. etc. brain fog from finasteride is very tenable. of course if you're on finasteride you'll likely chalk it up to incessant worrying, in which case you're an idiot and doing yourself a huge disservice if you can't tell the difference between your pre finasteride and current self.

 

[zzzzz]

^^^

fair, but he posted claiming it was the role of DHT that caused these sides, as well as the article. That is not the case. Even so, I think the enzyme's other functions are not as important as some make them out to be otherwise there would be a higher rate of occurrence and greater severity in studies.

LOL there is no difference between me prior to dutasteride and me on dutasteride now, I got blood work just to make sure it was real there was absolutely no sides besides maybe some acne which could easily be from something else. I have been making gains in the gym, doing my school work as usual, libido absolutely the same, etc, everything. Absolutely no difference. Not everyone experiences changes or even most people. I have been on dutasteride 3 months now

 

[Donny J]

i can say with 100% certainty that finasteride DOES cause brain fog. obviously, not for everyone, but it does occur and it can be incredibly debilitating. after 3 weeks on the drug (.625mg/day), my brain fog kicked in full gear and i was in a complete clouded/haze state, as to where i didn't even feel safe driving a vehicle, let alone being able to do any work or social activities. i got off the drug for 2-3 days and it cleared right up. i, like you and many others, was skeptical on whether it could have been something else, so i got back on the drug again, taking the same dose daily. again, right after 21 days, it kicked in full again. still not convinced, i repeated once more with the same results.

...the strange thing is is that after discovering that after 21 days is when it began to kick in, i decided to try doing 3 weeks on, 1 week off (i later changed this to mon-fri on, sat-sun off), and i didn't experience the fog. seems like [for me, at least] my body either a.) had a "build-up" of sorts, where it could only absorb so much finasteride per day, or b.) couldn't tolerate being DHT-less for more than 3 weeks straight.

 

[Crabby]

i can say with 100% certainty that finasteride DOES cause brain fog. obviously, not for everyone, but it does occur and it can be incredibly debilitating. after 3 weeks on the drug (.625mg/day), my brain fog kicked in full gear and i was in a complete clouded/haze state, as to where i didn't even feel safe driving a vehicle, let alone being able to do any work or social activities. i got off the drug for 2-3 days and it cleared right up. i, like you and many others, was skeptical on whether it could have been something else, so i got back on the drug again, taking the same dose daily. again, right after 21 days, it kicked in full again. still not convinced, i repeated once more with the same results.

...the strange thing is is that after discovering that after 21 days is when it began to kick in, i decided to try doing 3 weeks on, 1 week off (i later changed this to mon-fri on, sat-sun off), and i didn't experience the fog. seems like [for me, at least] my body either a.) had a "build-up" of sorts, where it could only absorb so much finasteride per day, or b.) couldn't tolerate being DHT-less for more than 3 weeks straight.

Got you. Same here. Works wonders but like you it has seriously fucked with my head in a negative way. Brain fog, depression, the works. Came off like you and noticed the difference after arou d a week. Went back on, back to sq one! Thanks for keeping it real.