Hey guys, I bought finasteride maybe back in September and have since given it two seperate tries. First time I took the full 1 mg for about 4 days in a row and experienced ball ache but most notably intense brain fog rather shortly after just my first dose (maybe 12-13 hours after). I stopped taking the propecia solely because of how slow it made me feel and it took my body about a full week to begin feeling back around 100% again. Fast forward a few months and I decided to give it another shot at a reduced does. I quartered my pills hoping that the side effects might be lessened as some people had suggested but once again within about the first 24 hours I felt the brain fog creep up on me again. I continued this for about half a week again until I quit out of fear I might be causing irreversible damage. My question then I guess is whether or not this fog is a normal initial side effect of beginning the drug and if I should persevere for maybe a couple of weeks through it? I always hear of people talking about the initial sexual sides of propecia but not so much the mental ones. Any advice on the matter would be much appreciated.
Need advice, to try again or not
- Thread starter Ramchops
- Start date
nate30
Member
- Reaction score
- 7
Finasteride has a pretty flat rate for DHT inhibition (.2 mg inhibits 60%, vs 70% at 1 mg) so taking smaller doses shouldn't have much of an impact on sides, contrary to popular belief. I seemed to be fine starting out on the drug for about a year and a half (aside from watery semen), but eventually it caught up with me. Sexual sides and yes, brain fog.