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.
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.
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.
I'm a 25 yr old female. About 5 years ago I started to develop these rather serious issues. My brain is very foggy. I forget things all the time like numbers, names, words, conversation with people, things that happen in movies, etc. A lot of times I forget something that just happened not even 5 seconds ago. It seems as though the more I try to think of something, the quicker I'll forget about it.
To describe the brain fog, it feels like the brain is too big for my skull. There's a constant pressure in my head. I can feel this pressure behind my eyes as well. I don't physically see fog, but the feeling I get from it is like there's fog in my brain, and so everything I do I have to try harder to get through the fog. This foggy feeling is always there 24/7. I feel like there is not enough oxygen or blood getting to my brain. It is hard to think. It is hard to do anything. I feel stupid.
My speech skill is going down hill so fast it's not funny. Words just come out weird and confusing. Conversations are short and awkward, and they usually end when I say something that has nothing to do with the start of the conversation. I don't like being a quiet person, but a lot of times I have to keep my mouth shut, so I don't embarrass myself.
My reading skill is getting bad as well. My eyes try to skip ahead everytime I read, and I always have to read the same thing 2-3 times to get it, only to forget it about a minute later, of course.
I can't take it anymore. I don't know what's wrong with me. I want to kill myself because it hurts so bad and it is enabling me. I feel dead. I am a zombie.
I have constant head pressure and brain fog, but have not experienced much in the way of steady cognitive decline as you describe. Compared to yours, mine would be more in the area of poor short term memory and terrible attentional skills. It has seemed like its gradual, although its hard for me to really chart the progression. My first symptom was head pressure, about 6 years ago now. I don't have any DX and I haven't found a way to fix any of these problems.
One important thing to ask is.. can you remember the first time you got head pressure, and what you were doing at that time? This could help point to a cause.
It started six years ago when I started college. I can't think of a main cause. I feel like I might have had a stroke. I blackened out, my whole body went tingly, and I broke out into a cold sweat all over. I read that you can get checked for this by getting an eye exam and seeing if there is pressure on the optic nerve. I wish I knew what was wrong and I am sorry that you experience discomfort.
well I am interested in brain fog,because I have it too.
for me I think mine is caused by changes in my hormones.I say that because I have had this before and then it would ease up and I'd be okay.I wasn't prepared for it this time around and I'm really crying me a river everyday.
I just woke up one day and felt "different"...that's the only way I can explain it.So my brain fog was sudden...leading up to it though I did first have a "pulling feeling" on the right side of my head and then dizziness with head pressure then a mess of headaches for about a couple of weeks and then this.
I really feel so weird...like I know everything is real,but yet it seems like something isn't right.
also a couple of days before the brain fog started I was dehydrated and had muscle spasms in my legs.even now I feel like I am slightly dehydrateted.my dr. says it might be an adrenal gland problem.so I will be seeing an endocrinologist on Oct.6th.
It started six years ago when I started college. I can't think of a main cause. I feel like I might have had a stroke. I blackened out, my whole body went tingly, and I broke out into a cold sweat all over. I read that you can get checked for this by getting an eye exam and seeing if there is pressure on the optic nerve. I wish I knew what was wrong and I am sorry that you experience discomfort.
Strokes are profoundly rare in young people.
This episode you describe could also be a panic attack.
Scout, what you described in the last page is basicly exactly how i feel.. Its weird also that both of ours started after dehrydration. I just had an eye exam last week and the pressure in my eyes is normal.. whatever that has to do with it. I just dont want to tell my parents unless its serious so i dont look like an idiot infront of them.
Also i can hardly talk too.. everything i say is weird.. like this morning my dad was messing with a camrea and my dog was right next to him lookin at the camrea like he wanted it. I was trying to say "no camrea winston".. but what came out was "dont take pictures winston" or something along those lines about my dog taking pictures.
Also i doubt this is a stroke.. idk what it is.. but sometimes if i move my head in a weird direction or move it fast the upper back of my neck hurts really bad like i rip the muscle.. then the side it happens on.. that side of my head goes numb. so if i feel like i ripped a muscle on the right side.. the whole back right side of my head goes numb and tingles
listen I', thinkin' maybe you too should see an endocrinologist...do you have any other sx with the brain fog?do you feel thirsty most of the time?have to pee frequently?sounds weird,but maybe just maybe it's something to do with the endocrine system...which could be any of the glandsituitary,adrenal...etc.What is your diet like?lots of sugar?no sugar?drink or not drink water?try to think of any other sx you are having even if they seem trivial.I want to help you,others and myself if I can.
Don't feel like you're alone...I'm here for you...try to stay relaxed and try to keep your mind on other things and rest when you need it.
An endocrinologist can do sophisticated tests that a GP dr. can't/won't...so there is hope and you will get better....I keep telling myself too that I'll get through this.
also maybe you need an MRI...I read that MS can cause brain fog too and my drs. in past thought I may have MS,but my last MRI was in Dec.'06 and I didn't have any brain lesions....so many possibilities,but sooner or later you have to get a dx.
The other thing I wanted to say is.. wouldn't you know it, if you had a stroke? The most typical symptom of a stroke is difficulty with basic functions on one side of the body, or at least this is what I've read time and time again, and that's what I've observed in pretty much everyone I've known who had a stroke.
Dont have the best diet.. Eat a good dinner with alot of veggies and meat and stuff. iM not thirtsy much and dont have to pee a lot. I drunk pleanty.. Think i should get an mri?
ituitary,adrenal...etc.What is your diet like?lots of sugar?no sugar?drink or not drink water?try to think of any other sx you are having even if they seem trivial.I want to help you,others and myself if I can.
