Debilitating symptoms. Brain fog...extreme memory loss...spacey 24/7!

Hey Taylor,

I know this is super old but just wondering how things are. If you found anything else out besides what was previously stated.

I've felt this way since it happened one day at age 15. I'm now 25. It's just gotten worse especially after a rough relationship. It's so bad now that I literally can't feel any good emotions. Happiness, joy, love, excitement nothing. Im numb constantly and I have a temper I never had ever before. That in itself will make a person go crazy. It's the worst part of it and making everything else way worse. I'm saying this because no one on here has really brought this up so i was wondering if you were experiencing this also. Or if anyone else was. Thank you.

Hello Tyler,

I am posint on this 3 - year old thread only because you recently commented on it.

I, too have been suffering from similar thing. It's been about 2 years and symptoms are getting worse as time passes. Symptoms are: 

-Emotional numbness (aka depression)

-Visual changes (after images, trail vision, visual static)

-tinnitus

-headaches/ head pressures

-anxiety

-slow thinking 

-tiredness 

-brain fog

It is very annoying and I've been believing my illness to be "Depersonalization/Derealization". However, as you all may know, doctors do not prescribe to that diagnosis. They all say it's anxiey/depression. I realize there is really no point of naming this illness. Whether it be depression,depersonalization, anxiety,  therapeutic methods seems to be similar and medication for them are very similar, as well. So, I am giving CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) a try now. If this doesn't work, I will maybe go with antidepressant/CBT combo.  Have you had any success with either of them? or any other treatment?? Please give me some advice.

Before I close this, something worthy? to mention is... that I had done alot of psychedelic drugs in the past (LSD,shrooms, salvia, etc etc) and had some spiritual experiences and have seen ghostly/demonic beings even when I was sober. Really strange thing is that, recently my mother and her sisters went to  see a really well known spiritist to ask some stuff about people around them. Apparantly, the spiritist was telling everything right about their relatives when only their first and last name were given to her. It really surprised my mom when she had mentioned my name, the spiritist started to freak out and started saying I have depression, problem with my vision, headaches, chest aches etc and they were being caused by 2 demons that are in my body?? When my dad heard about this later on ( he did not go because he does not believe in those things). It surprised him as well. BTW, my mother and aunties were inquiring about more than 15 people, and she only reacted so violently about me. Furthermore, my story was not told to any of my aunts prior to this, because my parents thought it to be shameful thing.

I wrote the last paragraph because I thought it was interesting how I had "spritual" experiences in the past and had seen some bad entities myself and some spiritist tells my mom that I have demon oppression on my body and im having symptoms because of it. 

have you looked into multiple sclerosis it sounds a lot of like things I went through when I was younger it may not be but blood work is definitely not going to find it sometimes anymore I can but sometimes it takes a spinal tap. Perhaps one of those audio visual type MS. It measures how fast and slow you can hear and see.

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Hello,

I just registered to comment on this.

I have the same symptoms since some years ago, but just intermitently.

Usually it happens to me after a night out, but it lasts always about 2 weeks, when it slowly fades away. It feels like some kind of depersonalization. I wouldn't say it's cfs, as I don't suffer any physical pain or suffering.

I can see myself interacting more "automatically" with people. Usually they don't even realise, and I can socialize with them. But as I said, I feel it's "automatic", like I'm not thinking what I'm doing or saying and I'm just watching what my body is doing. It's really complicated to explain.

Does somebody from here found a reason for this and a solution?

I changed almost all my habits and diet, but it still persist. I see that this can happen even if I'm not drinking, and sometimes I'm not sleeping at all for a while and I'm not experiencing this. After all this time I still couldn't find the 'trigger'.

This has been a hard year for me, my marriage was falling apart and I realized that the career path I have been on for 11 years now isn’t for me. Like most people I have plenty of responsibilities/priorities like my families wellbeing that prevent me from throwing my hands up and walking away from my current profession. Back to the topic at hand, I began noticing how forgetful I had become earlier this year and I knew it had something to do with my high levels of anxiety. As time moved on the condition progressed and the only way I can explain it is that my brain felt muddled. I couldn’t clearly think about anything nor could I find the drive to pursue something that I enjoyed as if it took much brain power. This feeling is intensified as I get to work. I worry about how long I can conceal this condition, how long until people begin to realize my lack of effort.  I fear that I will have to resort back to anti-depressant medications to thwart off this feeling. 

Exactly how's I'm feeling. Every single day. Literally wake up thinking why do I have to feel this way every damn day, I just want to be able to feel "normal" just once the least! I find that if ive had a stressy day it feels a whole ton worse and I'm usually around my big family so when my siblings children come over the house is unbearable. I prefer quiet rooms.

I just hope but one day I won't feel this brain fog, dizzy headache like- out of this worlds feeling. Its been going on for over 2 years and it's affected my mentality. I can't think clearly, speech is getting worse, memory is becoming worse by day, can't express verbally because I end up having that ditziness forgetful moment. Ugh. Sometimes don't even make sense 🙄🙄

Could be Anxiety causing it. Depression cause fatigue. Brain fog, depersonalization. 🤔Yeah check these ones out. 👍

Hi everyone.

I've been suffering from this now from almost 3 years ago.

It has not been solved yet (forehead pressure, inability to sleep, poor memory, inability to retain knowledge):

This is what worked:

-SLEEP. I dropped from school. I started trying to sleep as i used and as I needed to. In order to sleep, use:

-MELATONIN. The best thing  to sleep. Currently I'm taking about 15 mg of fast delivery melatonin and 6-8 mg of prolonged liberation melatonin.

-TURMERIC. If you manage to get 8-9-10-12 hours of sleep, you're on the good road. Now I can sleep about 7-8. My simptoms are still not solved. Turmeric has helped me regain some of my brain. I cannot focus completely, but I used to not be able to even watch TV. I was not able to read or do anything meaningful. Horrible. I was so dumb that I don't even cared about my inability to do anything. In fact, I relate to quite a few comments in this thread. So, one of my best findings:

I discovered that turmeric helps. I was able to 'eat' about 48 grams (1.69 ounces) of turmeric per day during some time, but take it slow, as it damages you (for example your stomach), and it can make you sick from anemia (it makes it harder to absorb iron, so take vitamins for that while you eat turmeric). It helped me a lot. When you eat turmeric the pressure on the forehead increases, but your cognitive abilities improve after. It does also improve sleep.

-EXERCISE. I run about 9 miles a day, and that helps a lot with the symptomps too. Increases the blood that goes to the brain, and it helps you with sleep too.

-SEEK HELP. You need all possible help. You will need 5-6 years probably to solve this (I don't really know if it's solvable, hopefully it is). My mental performance has gotten better in three years, but i cannot do anything else in life aside from focusing every single day in order to make sure that I'll sleep OK that night and that the next day I'll be able to get up from bed (which I'm not always able to do).

-VALERIAN, URTICA DIOCIA (NETTLE) AND PASSIFLORA  INCARNATA (PASSION FLOWER). those help with sleep.

-FOLIC ACID (I recommend you eating legummes) and B class vitamins.

-AVOID TOXICS. Parfums usually worsen everything. Try to avoid them.

-IMPROVE YOUR DIET (vegetables, avoid onion or garlick)

-DON'T GIVE UP. THIS IS THE SADEST, HARDEST PROBLEM TO DEAL WITH. MY BRAIN HAS IMPROVED, BUT IT SEMMS THAT I NEED MORE AND MORE THINGS TO KEEP IT AS IT IS, AND MAKE IT SLEEP EVERY NIGHT. If I don't manage to sleep the hours my brain needs, I'll only go to the previous situation, and that is bad, really bad.

If we don't act, I am very worried that we will end up with some kind of dementia. Please, be strong, keep the courage in. I know you deserve it. Convince someone how big the problem is, how big your brain has been damaged, seek help in your parents, tell the doctors that you're gonna end up on the streets, with an empty space inside your skull. Be dramatic if you need to, this is no joke. We need a lot of help, because this is not easy to reverse, and it won't do unless you put all your efforts on it.

After periods of anxiety and stress, brain damages. There are parts that are 'easy' (with help of turmeric, exercise, and good sleep) to recover (by easy, i mean three years, for example). But the sleep... That's f*****g hard. My brain doesn't know that it should sleep at least 8 hours per day, so I have to make everything possible myself to make that happen. And when it does not happen, you just go run your 9 miles (the next day), eat your turmeric, and pray god that next night you'll be able to sleep.

I'm seeking new ways to fall sleep in hope that I will continue to recover from this, hopefully something does work.

God helps us. Best luck to all of you.

Blessings.

PS: Please, if someone manages to solve this problem, I would be very glad to hear how did he/she overcomed it. Specially if there's something that is effective in making your brain sleep as it should. My need for melatonin, valerian, exercise, and all that has just increased in this years. And I cannot cure myself if my brain doesn't know that it has to rest in order to recover itself.

PS2: Sorry for the tone of the post. I just didn't managed to watch all this people thinking that they're gonna die, or that they will end up with some kind of dementia. I come across this thoughts too, not too long ago, when I was suffering from anemia besides this problem. It's a really tough thought, and a very depressing one. So keep strong please. All my love and my support from here. Doctors have little clue about this. We should try to spread awareness.