I made the mistake of originally calling this the cure to brain fog (I have another thread on this), but after quitting propecia twice now, I realize that what I was experiencing at the time when I tested this solution wasn't actually brain fog, but was instead a post-finasteride mental crash which left my mind in a complete 24/7 haze (I use the term "haze", rather than "fog" or "brain fog" because while the symptoms are close, I found the experience to be quite different).
A quick background & then I'll explain what I did to cure myself from the PFS mental sides:
I was on finasteride for 3 1/2 years. I had experienced brain fog in the past, so I know that I'm pre-disposed to potential mental sides. After 2 1/2 years on the drug, I began to develop a strange reaction to anxiety/stress, which led to high light sensitivity, headaches, and even a migraine (which I don't have a history of). After a several months of this, I eliminated other potential causes for it, with no such luck. It was at that time which I reluctantly decided to blame the finasteride, and I took myself off of the drug. After being off the drug for 3-4 weeks, my symptoms only got worse & I fell into this 24/7 haze I mentioned above. Shortly after, I began using the solution below, and within 2 days, I felt like myself again -- it was night & day.
After this settled, I decided to get back on the finasteride, sine I didn't feel any better when off of it (and I actually got worse, which I know now was due to a PFS crash -- I didn't know that was a thing at the time). I was on it for almost another year, when I started to experience intermittent hazes + a continuation of the stress/light-sensitivity/headaches. I decided enough was enough, and I was going to get off of the drug once more, this time for longer than last. Again, 3-4 weeks after quitting, I experienced the same 24/7 mental haze. Doing some reading, I only then found that this was a semi-common effect of quitting. I got on my vitamin regimen again (below), and within 2 days I started feeling better. Only after a few days of being on the vitamins, I decided to quit them to test out a.) if I was cured that quickly, and b.) to verify that the vitamins were actually the reason for me feeling better. A day or two after being off of the vitamins, I began to feel like **** again. Starting the vitamins once more, I began feeling 100% again...confirmed -- this was 3 times now where the vitamins proved to fix me during a PFS mental crash.
Without further rambling, my cure is the following:
-Butterbur (50mg, 3X daily)
--i've used a couple different types of this now, all with the same effectiveness
-Niacin (500mg, "flush free", 3X daily)
--most pharmacies will carry this, OTC
-Ginkgo Biloba (120mg, 3X daily)
--most pharmacies will carry this, OTC
...after 2 weeks, I dropped down to 2X daily, one more week and then 1X daily, then one more week and I got off the vitamins and have been feeling fine every since.
feel free to ask any questions.
A quick background & then I'll explain what I did to cure myself from the PFS mental sides:
I was on finasteride for 3 1/2 years. I had experienced brain fog in the past, so I know that I'm pre-disposed to potential mental sides. After 2 1/2 years on the drug, I began to develop a strange reaction to anxiety/stress, which led to high light sensitivity, headaches, and even a migraine (which I don't have a history of). After a several months of this, I eliminated other potential causes for it, with no such luck. It was at that time which I reluctantly decided to blame the finasteride, and I took myself off of the drug. After being off the drug for 3-4 weeks, my symptoms only got worse & I fell into this 24/7 haze I mentioned above. Shortly after, I began using the solution below, and within 2 days, I felt like myself again -- it was night & day.
After this settled, I decided to get back on the finasteride, sine I didn't feel any better when off of it (and I actually got worse, which I know now was due to a PFS crash -- I didn't know that was a thing at the time). I was on it for almost another year, when I started to experience intermittent hazes + a continuation of the stress/light-sensitivity/headaches. I decided enough was enough, and I was going to get off of the drug once more, this time for longer than last. Again, 3-4 weeks after quitting, I experienced the same 24/7 mental haze. Doing some reading, I only then found that this was a semi-common effect of quitting. I got on my vitamin regimen again (below), and within 2 days I started feeling better. Only after a few days of being on the vitamins, I decided to quit them to test out a.) if I was cured that quickly, and b.) to verify that the vitamins were actually the reason for me feeling better. A day or two after being off of the vitamins, I began to feel like **** again. Starting the vitamins once more, I began feeling 100% again...confirmed -- this was 3 times now where the vitamins proved to fix me during a PFS mental crash.
Without further rambling, my cure is the following:
-Butterbur (50mg, 3X daily)
--i've used a couple different types of this now, all with the same effectiveness
-Niacin (500mg, "flush free", 3X daily)
--most pharmacies will carry this, OTC
-Ginkgo Biloba (120mg, 3X daily)
--most pharmacies will carry this, OTC
...after 2 weeks, I dropped down to 2X daily, one more week and then 1X daily, then one more week and I got off the vitamins and have been feeling fine every since.
feel free to ask any questions.
