I'm losing everything, please help. Extreme confusion/disorientation and altered mental status
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Hi all,
I'm a 25 year old male, 5ft9 and 76 kgs. For the past 10 weeks I've had bouts of confusion/sedation/balance problems and general cognitive decline that genuinely feel as if I've taken an incredibly large dose of valium. It all started with my usual diazepam dose (6mg daily) suddenly feeling a lot stronger (1mg nearly knocked me out).
In response we tapered down the diazepam over several weeks without too many problems. The waves of sedation/confusion never left, and now 3 months after stopping they're worse than before.
At times i can hardly have normal conversation, I can no longer read the subtitles on movies and just feel very out of it, barely recognize my own house etc. I feel very sedated, calm, but completely out of it. The past few weeks these symptoms seem to be a lot worse after
Eating
Physical activity
Mental stimulation (long conversations, phonecalls, difficult tasks (trying to read, ..).
The only thing noteworthy about my recent medical history is elevated liver enzymes (ALT: 200 MAX, now about 60-70 & AST: 80 MAX, now about 40), Carnitine deficiency and a noticeable but bearable pain/discomfort in my right side/abdomen for the past 8 weeks.
Nitroglycerin patches seem to mildly alleviate symptoms.
I'm losing everything because of this and there's no answer in sight, please, help me.
Very much interested in any insights/suggestions you all might have. Thank you.
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glyn94 william12723
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I don't know what your condition is exactly but ive been suffering from something similar as well. I constantly feel calm but in a sedated like manner i tend to avoid long conversations and have the feeling that I'm suffering from something like cognitive decline since I act lot slower than I used to when I had nervous but racing thoughts rushing through my head. I find that I have to look at things for more than a couple of seconds in order to understand it and feel increasingly inactive and have the feeling that my goals in life are coming apart. I also suffer from insomnia as well.