Hey everyone. I was wondering if there was any correlation between minoxidil use and trouble concentrating (brain fog) and possibly anxiety?
Here's my situation. I started using minoxidil when I was 19.5 because I was noticing shedding. I had no symptoms, and its questionable whether its ever really done anything for me. I continue to use it just for the sake of it, hoping that its stopping shedding for than not using it would.
Just before I turned 20, I experienced an incident which has led me to develop a fairly intense anxiety problem. I have seen people and for the most part been able to deal with it. The last year of my life has been relatively normal, and the whole time, I have been using minoxidil.
The past couple months, I wake up, take a shower, apply minoxidil and for the next couple hours, I feel very brain foggish, which makes me anxious. I never even thought to associate this to minoxidil cause I've never had problems before. The past two days, I didn't use it and felt pretty great. This morning, used it again (5% minoxidil from walgreens) and bam, the same thing happened again. I just felt out of it for a solid two hours.
Now I could just be anxious/smoking too much weed/not exercising enough, but at the same time, I feel as if I am witnessing a certain correlation. Maybe its because my hair isn't dry enough when I apply it?
Has anyone heard or experienced anything like this? It's not that big a deal, but its definitely uncomfortable. Should I lower dosage (I currently only use 1ml as directed)?
Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: I'm now 21.5
Here's my situation. I started using minoxidil when I was 19.5 because I was noticing shedding. I had no symptoms, and its questionable whether its ever really done anything for me. I continue to use it just for the sake of it, hoping that its stopping shedding for than not using it would.
Just before I turned 20, I experienced an incident which has led me to develop a fairly intense anxiety problem. I have seen people and for the most part been able to deal with it. The last year of my life has been relatively normal, and the whole time, I have been using minoxidil.
The past couple months, I wake up, take a shower, apply minoxidil and for the next couple hours, I feel very brain foggish, which makes me anxious. I never even thought to associate this to minoxidil cause I've never had problems before. The past two days, I didn't use it and felt pretty great. This morning, used it again (5% minoxidil from walgreens) and bam, the same thing happened again. I just felt out of it for a solid two hours.
Now I could just be anxious/smoking too much weed/not exercising enough, but at the same time, I feel as if I am witnessing a certain correlation. Maybe its because my hair isn't dry enough when I apply it?
Has anyone heard or experienced anything like this? It's not that big a deal, but its definitely uncomfortable. Should I lower dosage (I currently only use 1ml as directed)?
Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: I'm now 21.5