I'm the same way. I had to drop weight on the deadlifts, too, more than I wanted to. They're still not as high as I would like. But I don't "feel" deadlifts in my hamstrings/surrounding muscles the same way that I "feel" the end of another exercise; that is, the deadlift muscles feel as if they could keep going but my back gets fatigued first. I can tell that the muscles are working and doing what I want them to do, but they don't get to the can't-squeeze-out-another-rep stage. My back usually kicks in before I get there and complains about being overloaded, even though it was quietly going along one rep before and my form hasn't changed. I figure it's an issue with my back not being strong enough.
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