PLEASE tell me it isnt true! AAS and the brain

[dec11]

This thread seems to be bunk, but I will say I have been having this problem lately. Constant sleep interruptions (sweats, weird dreams, general insomnia) have put me in a constant state of exhaustion despite having decent energy during the day. I feel good, but I am fuzzy, and will fall asleep if I close my eyes and relax for a minute.

i get periodic patterns like this and i had them long before ever using AAS. so for that reason i dont connect them

I'm a details guy. I like to be able to read the clinical data and come up with my own conclusions.....

yeah but think about, how many studies would there be under the title of, 'right lets take an incredibly intelligent person and stick 'em on AAS and see how stupid they get'. lol, ya get me?

[JohnnyVegas]

i get periodic patterns like this and i had them long before ever using AAS. so for that reason i dont connect them.

Me too. I had problems with insomnia in high school as well. In this case AAS is just amplifying the problem. Allowing my dogs to sleep on the bed contribute as well, so I am not saying AAS is the cause. But damn, waking up in a puddle of sweat makes it hard to sleep.

[dec11]

Me too. I had problems with insomnia in high school as well. In this case AAS is just amplifying the problem. Allowing my dogs to sleep on the bed contribute as well, so I am not saying AAS is the cause. But damn, waking up in a puddle of sweat makes it hard to sleep.

i hear you on the animals, one of our two cats always comes up the bed and head butts me looking for attention, they're a breed thats very bonded with their owners and i havent the heart to lock them out of the room.

[Wayacrucis]

I dont see why anyone would be inclined to believe this is a bunk thread. Anyhow, the word stupid was evidently over exageratted. I just returned to school after a one year break. Before school I didn't notice anything.

This topic needs to be assesed logically. I never said AAS lowers IQ, but if you google " AAS and the brain" almost every site asserts that - the limbic system is influenced by AAS. Thr limbic system plays a predominant role in converting short term memories into long ones and learning capacity. Most people that use AAS arnt in school, so the chances of them noticing such change within the duration of their cycle is unlikley. In addition, the impairment is evidently not too extreme. The studies suggest that it "impairs" not "disable" memory and learning functions. Unfortunately I only found one study and this entire assertion is given credit to by a single study on hamsters.

As I initially mentioned, my main issue is that once I study for several consecutive hours, by night time or next day I cannot completely recall the details of the topic I studied. Almost as if I obly have a very generalized idea of the topic, while everythonf else is vivid. This isnt being stupid, it just means my learning and ability to convert what I learned previously into long lasting memory is not nearly as good as before. Are AAS the culprit, I truley hope not, but Id like to know if anyone has found any studies on humans in regards to this matter.