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Anyone experienced this (brain fog)

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j98755
j98755

For around 4 weeks It’s felt as if my emotions have been numbed and my head is clouded like it’s someone else’s mind. It’s hard to explain I can’t keep a good player thought in as soon as a I try it’s like it evaporates and with that I can’t get exctited about anything will This pass it’s so scary!

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  • Jasper1375
    Jasper1375 j98755

    Posted

    Two key sources of that

    1.  Benzodiazepine or SSRI on or tolerance or withdrawal will do that

    2.  Burnout ... OCD people get this more when running on autopilot and living a life of servitude - even though enjoying it, it’s still self negligence at the core.  

    • j98755
      j98755 Jasper1375

      Posted

      Is there anything that could help me? Or anything I can do will it ever go away I hope it does 
    • j98755
      j98755

      Posted

      I forgot to mention was on fluoxetine for 10 days and stopped around 4 weeks ago and have recently been changed to citaloptam 10 mg
  • leanne96735
    leanne96735 j98755

    Posted

    It could be your Meds causing you brain fog... it will last a couple of weeks if not longer. I tried both the Meds you have listed but none of them suited me they made me really ill... I finally settled on mirtazapine and venlafaxine. I hope you find some peace soon.
    • j98755
      j98755 leanne96735

      Posted

      It makes me feel worse when I link it to the medication becuase it makes me feel hopeless and that I could be like this for life but when I was linking it to my anxiety and stress it makes me feel a bit better as in I can do something about it 

    • jj07521
      jj07521 j98755

      Posted

      If it is the meds, that's a good thing I think as you can change meds from say an SSRI to a SNRI. I take SNRI's

    • Jasper1375
      Jasper1375 j98755

      Posted

      Hi - sorry it's been busy and hard to check this site.

      They key thing without medications is NOT to challenge your thoughts... but simply allow yourself to be numb emotionally.  It's OK to not feel and when you do - great.

      But situations like yours are hard to work with through a website... You say you were given Prozac ... that's an potent drug of all the SSRI's ... I'm not a fan of either of them.. but like jj07521 apparently it works for them.... but all medications will have side effects but it depends on "your dna".

      > who gave it to you and why?  Doctors are stupid these days - scripting drugs without any psychodynamics

      What makes one lose emotions?

      >  Eating the wrong foods - as simply as that... so high of sugar and junk food

      >  Bad parenting - that last forever (usually this is found in uninvolved fathers)

      >  Depression (but the root reason is needed in order to heal)

      >  Religiously hard on yourself

      >  Having feelings that are views by society as inappropriate and scared you don't belong

      Overall - don't over-complicate life.  It's gotten worse through the years... heck read the Bible Prophecy as (2 Timothy 3:1-7) ... it's not an easy world today.

      So the only thing is to work on what you can... be kind when you can...

      And don't be afraid to share WHO YOU ARE with others... You have Anxiety disorder?  Share it!  You feel depressed - if someone asks - don't be afraid to say "it's not a good day today"... 

      You feeling broken is simply how everyone else feels... we all fake the smile a lot.  Those who seem to be doing amazing - are either yet to face trouble, or finally got themselves out of it.

  • jj07521
    jj07521 j98755

    Posted

    Sorry to hear about this, try not to worry, it will almost definitely go. I agree with the other people, it is most likely the meds. Also have you been ill in the past few months? it could be post viral fatigue. I had post viral fatigue and I had brain fog as a result
    • j98755
      j98755 jj07521

      Posted

      Thanks for all the comments guys really appreciate it makes me feel slightly better about my situation. It’s hard to talk about things to my girlfriend I don’t want to put munch negativity onto her. 

      And I can’t think of anything really as in a virus, it literally started when I started on fluoxetine prescribed for anxiety I felt ok the first 4 days then I got hit by what I can describe as a dark cloud, I was sick and having weird depressed thoughts and a real bout of braking fog for the first time in my life I tried for a couple more days but by the 10th or 11th day my doctor advised me to come off them and see if it would clear it’s been around 4 weeks now and it’s still the same minus the depressed thoughts I just can’t seem to hold a thought for longer than a few seconds, I’m confused and irritable my doctor has prescribed me 10 mg of cetalepram it’s my 3rd day in and don’t feel much different I just need to know there’s light at the end of the tunnel or maybes someone else has been through this and has a solution? I just want me and my life back !! I pray 

    • jj07521
      jj07521 j98755

      Posted

      I really hope you feel better very soon, im sure you will do. I would consider exercising and eating well and just staying strong and trying to relax, in a few weeks things will be better xxx I have NEVER heard of permanent problems/ brain damage or anything like that from SSRI medication. I really do know what it's like to worry about your health, I hope you feel ok, soon you will be fine xxx  

  • j98755
    j98755

    Posted

    It’s on my mind 24/7 as soon as I wake up to when I go to sleep I’m just trying to find answers, my doctor has said that it will clear naturally but I’m thinking what if doesnt really know what’s going on with me etc. This has sent my anxiety disorder into spiral and I’m thinking what about if I’ve done irreversible damage to my brain and I never get fixed and that spiral s into making the brain fog worse it’s literally the scariest thin I’ve had to Face
  • leanne96735
    leanne96735 j98755

    Posted

    It's definitely your Meds, I wasn't half as bad until I started on Meds and they messed me up big time in the beginning... citalipram made me hellucinate, I thought id killed my kids because I saw them dead infront of me. Everyone reacts differently to Meds though theirs no one fits all. It definitely got worse before it got better but it does get better it's just a slow process, you have to give it time. I know that's hard to accept because your going through living hell at the moment but time is the key, it's taken me a year to get where I am and I've still have a long way to go. My mood has lifted but I still have alot of anxiety, my Meds have been upped to try and fix the anxiety. Have hope, things do and will get better for you... medication is trial and error, i hope citalopram is the right one for you. Try and stay positive, trust me I know it's hard but you have to try and hold on to the thought that you will get better.

    • j98755
      j98755 leanne96735

      Posted

      Leanne your comment means a lot you don’t even realise it gives me a lot of hope It seems to make me a lot better just someone giving me a bit of encouragement and to tell me everything’s going to be ok (I feel like a proper wuss lol)over the last few months I’ve totally lost faith in what I try and tell myself I think I just need to make myself beleive  and hoepfully eventually It does actually sink in. I’ve had anxiety up and down for around 4 years but nothing like this brain fog I do feel like I’ve lost part of myself but like you said I will get better and I havint don’t anything to myself that isint irreversible. I’ve decided to give citalilpram a go my dad also suffers with anxiety and it worked wonders with him so at the minute it’s trial and error and hope it works I think I need to relax and convince myself that it will disappear and not to put pressure on myself.
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