Feel as if my brain has been damaged.
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I was put on Bisopolol on Boxing day, I only took half the dosage so 1.25mg as they made me feel so bad. One of the syptoms was they made me feel like a drunk Zombie.
Middle of March, and I was put on Sotalol instead, I only took this for a couple of weeks as I developed a bad cough so my GP told me to come off. So I have been free of medication for two or three weeks now, but my brain feels so very very foggy, I feel on the versge of catatonia and will find it quite difficult to do anything other then sit completely still staring at nothing with no thoughts in my head. Up until February 9th, I had always been in full time work, now I feel as if I have some sort of demintia, my concentration is gone and my reactions have become very slow.
Could this be a result of the Beta-Blockers?, will the syptoms fail with time?
Only other explaination is that I am getting much better sleep now that I no longer have to go to work, a regular eight hours and at the same time rather than the shifts I used to do.
The other thing, could it be depression?, I have always lived alone but now that I no longer see people at work, my life is almost complete isolation, but yesterday for instance, I saw a friend I havnt seen for a few years, but my brain still stayed very dull indeed.
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peter01729
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Whilst the cough has gone and the breathlessness is no longer a problem, the feeling of being drunk is getting worst, my speech becomes slurred and my balance goes.
So, wondering what the connection between brain fog and a disrupted Autonomic Nervous System is, I come across this article that states those with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, (which I certainly suffer similar to now), have brain fog, and are found to have lower levels of certain immune-system proteins called cytokines in the fluid that bathes the spinal cord and brain. https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=187730
So I look up to see if there is a connection between the Autonomic Nervous System which (beta blockers disrupt), and Cytokines and find this :- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24944034/
annie78444 peter01729
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buddah peter01729
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To get results from any medication you need to take it for at least a month. One dose is not going to give you any indication of whether it will be benificial for you or not
peter01729 buddah
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I did take Bisoprolol for over a month, about five weeks as I recall, but it made my heart rate slower and slower until I ended up in A&E where they claimed I had an anaphylactic reaction and took me off. The Sotalol they then tried, gave me a coughing frenzy from the day I took it, I was only on that a few days then the coughing frenzy stopped, but the desire to cough remained for a full year after.
joshuapryce1987 peter01729
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It could be all the above. It may be depression or medication side effects. You said depression, which does cause these issues. When taking medication for mental issues, the medication usually relaxes the brain, and everything related to body function and relaxation.
peter01729 joshuapryce1987
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It tends to be fatigue that makes my symptoms worst, even when I do fun things, by the end of the day I am finished and it takes me a couple of days to recover.
susanne46525 peter01729
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hi there, can i ask how you got on with your brain fog ? i was taking propanolol for 4 months got bad side effects so been off it for a year and a half now, and still to this day get brain fog etc and gps fobbing me off with anxiety
peter01729 susanne46525
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Hi Susanne, My brain fog gets ever so slightly worst as each year goes by I'm afraid, though the funny thing is, when I go to my holiday home in Spain, its tends to be not so bad. I think it might be to do with either blood being thinner when in warmer climates, or the fact I get more exercise helps pump blood around my body, or even, I read that ME and MS can go into remission when in warmer climates. I don't think I will ever know. I have given up with the NHS I am afraid.