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Why isn't hormone therapy used in all prostate cancers?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Apr 5, 2023 | Replies (53)Comment receiving replies
Can anyone tell me what hormone therapy does to you mentally? My Dad had a shot in July and hasn't acted right since. Gets mean,cusses my mom and gets very angry with her,makes rude sexual comments to women and even started running around outside in the nude this past summer. This all started after he had the hormone shot. He acts very odd. Thank you for any help.
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I had it 10 years ago ,It does soften you up ,Bui I would do it again. I just found a small spot on my iliac bone and getting ready to start radiation, Keeping my fingers crossed
That sounds like sexual disinhibition and emotional deregulation. Internet diagnosis is no diagnosis, but one possibility is that as this was starting there was a medical hypothesis that a hormone shot would help--and it didn't. Here is the first article that popped up when I googled causes of sexual disinhibition.... (NOT a diagnosis, just pointing out there are other things to consider besides side effects of a hormone shot.) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8563511/
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Some, not all, experience depression and cognitive side affects with ADT
Sounds like your father is one of those.
Considering seeing if he is willing to see a psychiatrist for an assessment and possibly medication.
I don't know his lifestyle but here's an article on how exercise can help. He could consider a gym membership and perhaps a trainer to initially help him develop a program that works for him specifically.
https://www.urotoday.com/video-lectures/apccc-2022/video/mediaitem/2648-depression-bone-health-and-exercise-in-prostate-cancer-fred-saad-tomasz-beer-charles-ryan.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5885282/
Kevin