Foggy Brain - Half dead - Brain & Nervous System Disorders Message Board

john1993 · 08-05-2009, 10:17 PM

For the past years I have been feeling worse and worse.

I don't know how to fully describe what I feel.

My brain is foggy. I feel like I am half dead, something is missing. Starting about 1 year ago I have been studdering more and more. I forget what im thinking easily.

I dont know how else to explain this.

Should I go in for a MRI? see if anythings wrong with my brain

EDIT: New ways to describe this.

I feel like im not here, im somewhere else.
Or I am in a video game.

writeleft · 08-06-2009, 02:49 AM

Hi John, welcome to the boards...If you don't mind, may I ask a few questions to better understand your situation?

What is your age?

Did this fogginess come on suddenly, a year ago? Was there any other noticeable effects that began at the same time?

How is your general health? Do you have any other major issues with your health?

Could you have had a stroke? Exactly how does this foggy brain interfere with your life?

I hope you can give me a little more information so we can best help you, OK?

john1993 · 08-06-2009, 10:21 AM

It seems it started a few years back after i had gotten dehrydrated. I had to get an iv at a camp.

I am 16.

I feel like i am dumb because of it. That i am not in reality or that i am not here. For my physicals the doctors say i am in tip top condition.

Kasey443 · 08-18-2009, 05:34 PM

Hi John, when you got dehydrated, were you told you had heat exaustion? How long were you ill when you got dehydrated? I would suggest going to the doctor and explaining your symptoms and when they started and ask if you can get a cat scan. If you let the doc know how long this has been going on and all your symptoms, they will know what tests to do.

Benit · 08-18-2009, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by writeleft

Hi John, welcome to the boards...If you don't mind, may I ask a few questions to better understand your situation?

What is your age?

Did this fogginess come on suddenly, a year ago? Was there any other noticeable effects that began at the same time?

How is your general health? Do you have any other major issues with your health?

Could you have had a stroke? Exactly how does this foggy brain interfere with your life?

I hope you can give me a little more information so we can best help you, OK?

I would think if he had had a stroke, there would be more symptoms besides just brainfog/dissociative feelings??

I too experience some of the same things John describes (for me, I get the occasional "moment" of dissociation). However, my whole ordeal began with this "head pressure" symptom and over the span of 6 years has grown from that ONE symptom to encompass over 25 different symptoms at times. The origin of my symptoms began in the throes of drug addiction at 22 years old.