I feel spaced out, drunk/high 24/7

Hi,

I myself have had the lightheartedness and forgetfulness for 3.5 years now. Have you found any answers? Please message me because I think I finally found out what is wrong with me, but it took me seeing many specialists and there are so many people out there that suffer from this with no answers. I am hoping I can help people seek the correct professionals.

please help

Any good news andrew and boxhall ???

how you feeling these days? what medications you take??

regrds

I have found no good leads. I have seen over 30+ doctors and specialists and no one has given me any answers. My only Answer has been " Anxiety " I dont think this is it. I think whatever this is is given me the anxiety. The ONLY relief I have found is Klonopin . It is hard to get prescribed now a days. They tried cutting my dosage and I fought very hard for them to keep me on it.

same is the case with me andrew .. i have also gone to many doctors and specialists. every test and even MRI is normal .. they just told me this is due to anxiety... my drunk condition is so bad that i cannot do my routine work .. you cannot imagine how this is hampering my performance in office .. even walking on a straight line is not possible... my psychiatrist have tried xanax mirtazep wellbutrin and now escitalopram for my anxiety but nothing has worked so far ... i cannot take other medicines because of drug interactions with my blood thinners .. these antidepressants do nothing good but worsen my condition. sometimes i think is there something else or is this so called anxiety is due to some underlying medical condition .. i dont know.. now its been around 1.5 yrs fighting and im still 37. how do you manage your routine life

I am an internal sales rep and am on the computer most of the day. It is so hard.... I used to be great at my job. I could focus, had the drive/motivation, I could remember what customers told me, could read something and could remember what I just read. Now I can't do any of that stuff and that is so frusterating. I was also always really good in school. Had a very good GPA, but now I feel like I am just a blob and not intelligent like I used to be.. I am not going to lie every day is a struggle. I am not suicidal, but I have had days where I thought to myself if something were to happen to me right now I wouldn't even care. There have been days where I just have lost it and was an emotional wreck because I don't know what else to do and no one understand the hell I live with EVERY SINGLE DAY!! Everyone just assumes its all in my head, but its not. The only way of keeping my sanity is trusting in God. He has been there for me when no one else was. When I am having a really bad day, I will open up my Jesus Always devotional and it is like he is talking right to me or i will hear something on the radio and it is something I needed to hear just to get me through the day.

It's not anxiety. Just because doctors don't have an answer for it yet doesn't mean they won't. I know it's hard but you will get used to it. You kinda have to. I mean what's the alternative. Go back to the eye doctor and tell them to test for binocular visual dysfunction or heterophoria. It could be the answer you're looking for.

I actually was tested for it and it came back positive. I tried 2 different sets of glasses and it actually made my symptoms worse. I know they have helped thousands of people!

So the glasses didn't help? That really was my last resort. That's extremely disappointing

They didnt help me. I wore them for 5 days and had to take them off because it made my symptoms worse. I called them and they corrected my lenses free of charge and the second pair was the same way. Waste of $1000.. Not saying it wouldnt work for you. My last resort was Mayo Clinic. I was going to see an internal medicine doctor. Filled out all the paper work and got an email back 3 days later saying unfortunately they cant schedule me and they suggest I keep searching local. I called and they pretty much told me they dont think they can help me... That was last week. I dont know what to do now. My primary doctor doesnt know what to do. I have tried EVERYTHING I have read online with 0 closure. Talk about frustrating !!

well andrew !!! please remember dont feel yourself alone . and dont take any more stress. i am also going through the same situation as you are thats why i can realize your pain pretty much ... there are more other people living with the same condition .. i am a computer engineer working in a well reputed company you cant imagine how difficult is for me to cope up with my work. even i had to deny my managerial promotion. now i am trying to remember things to do by keeping a notebook with me and note the important things in it . i am also using outlook calendar and reminders in my cell phone .. these ideas are useful for me right now. thinking about worst scenario we need to train ourselves accordingly.

I too have been carrying a note pad on me. Something that I can refer to again. That has helped me alot. I am constantly writing notes to myself just as reminders and always put alerts in my phone as well. I guess we just have to learn to deal with the hand we were dealt. Hopefully not forever though...

yeh i hope so !!! Tomorrow i have got an appointment with my doctor after using escitalopram 20 mg for 1 month

will keep you posted.

regards

Hope the appointment goes well! Have you noticed a difference being on that?

no andrew not a bit ... i am sure my doctor will advise me to continue on it 1 more month .. lets see ... will update you tomorrow. actually my choices are limited due to being on anticoagulants

Question for you. I know you said you were a computer engineer so I assume you are in them all the time as well, do you notice your symptoms get worse staring at the screen? I noticed mine do. I have dual screens and I feel like my eyes cant focus on things

Dear Andrew sorry for late response... yes i have to be infront of the screens all the time and my symptoms get worse while working and even performing something requiring full concentration like office meetings and doing some problem solving involving constant thinking .. yes you are absolutely right my vision and sight seems to focus only on one object i cannot feel the surroundings of my focus point ... i also feel looking through a cloud or some transparent plastic sheet ..reading and understanding takes a lot of toll on my mind.. sometimes loud voices also irritates me like making a hole in my head... exactly feel like high after a drink ... i can perform my daily activities though ...

as anticipated my doctor is giving 1 more month to escitalopram.

regards

i feel as if you are reacting to medication that doesnt agree with you.

i had euphoric spaced out feelings when i was on prednisone and also for a year after i came off the drug.

having a hormone imbalance ect can really affect your physical and mental well being

i really feel as if this could be due to cortisol levels have you had a test for that before?

for me i feel as if this is either a cortisol level problem, hormonal imbalance or an allergy

if you are on any medication at all i would say check your not reacting

hi andrew

I am suffering with these issues. is there any info you can provide to help.mw the it? thanks

have u tried zoloft?