Experiences of 'brain fog' on ADT?

Could you give a little more detail? Like, what are you on, and how long you've been on it?

Cognitive issues have been mentioned before. It seems to vary a lot between people. I've been on Lupron and Casodex for 8 months now, but don't seem to have much trouble. My memory is no better or worse than its been the last few years anyway. Some of that just comes from aging too.

I have no doubt that it happens. The best example was the day everyone was looking at me funny at the grocery store (been doing business there for 13 years). The manager came over and asked if I was ok. She explained that I had been there earlier in the day, visited, and had bought the same stuff. I insisted that I had not been there that day. She pulled my reward card history, and showed me the list of what I'd bought. We went out to the car. The bags of groceries were there. I had not actually crossed the grocery trip off my day's list.

I've called credit card companies and asked why there was no stub, and discovered I had paid the bill already. Have paid the rent twice, not paid the rent, the list goes on.

I've been in multi-hour conference calls, and at the end had no idea what customer I was there to talk about.

It happens.

Hmm... after reading a couple responses I do have to confess to something like that. I was at a gas station, putting my loyalty card info in at the pump. It asked for my PIN, a number I've used a long time and know without hesitation. I stood there looking at the screen for probably 15 seconds before I could pull that number out of memory. That was weird.

Another time, I was entering a passcode on my Blackberry password keeper app, a code I enter several times a week. I entered what I thought for sure was the right code, and it didn't work. Several times, almost erasing the Blackberry for too many attempts. I set it aside for a couple of hours. When I picked it up later, I suddenly realized what the problem was and entered it ok. That one really did rattle me.

I hadn't thought to attribute that kind of stuff to HT. Fortunately, things like that are still rare events, but it's scary to think about. My work depends on an accurate memory, so it's a bit concerning.

You guys are scaring the hell out of me right now. (LOL)

Tomorrow I go in for the first of three radiation treatments to prevent gynecomastia and start the Lupron/TAK700 next Tuesday.

I have been so concerned about the physical side effects I had not paid much attention to the mental. So oh great now I can add that to my list of things to be on guard for.

However on the other side of the coin is that I already make lists of things to do or remember. So my bigger problem may be remembering where I put the "Farkin Lists".

But thank you all for chiming in on this, at least I may not be caught to far off guard. Well that is if I remember reading about this on HW.

Have a great day folks,

Sonny