SPACINESS - Please, help!

[KellyB]

My name is Kelly, and I am a 28 year old female living in Ontario. I work full time as an administrative assistant in a counselling office (ironically
For a year and a half now I have been feeling "spacy" -it's a rather subjective thing to try to define or explain to a doctor, but the best descriptions I've been able to come up with so far are that I feel like I am always stoned on cold medicine, or like I have the feeling you get when you're sick with a bad cold and say you feel like you're walking around in a dream. I am always tired, would love to just sleep all day, and am suffering from depression (not sure if it's because of the spaciness, or the other way
around.) I have also gained a significant amount of weight (partially, I realize, due to poor diet and lack of exercise, but it still seems excessive to me.) To date I have had many appointments with my family doctor, and have also seen an ear/nose/throat specialist, a hematologist, a rheumatologist, a neurologist, had a colonoscopy because of my constant loose stool/diahrrea (and I believe I have been officially or semi-officially diagnosed with IBS), had an upper g-i series, had my vision checked, had umpteen blood tests performed, had a head scan, have seen a counsellor on several occasions, have ceased taking birth control pills - in case they might be the culprit - and am currently taking Zoloft (tried Celexa before) for depression, as well as Lorazepam occasionally as needed. I'm also probably forgetting to list some of the specialists and procedures, since there have been sooooo many. The most recent appointment I've had was for an EEG, the results of which came back totally normal.
My question to you is, do any of you suffer from this "spaciness"? Could it be attributed to stress/anxiety/depression? Is there hope that I could overcome this (I am beginning to lose hope myself)?
I really look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks for your time,
Kelly

[dea4]

Have you ever had your thyroid tested, not just the regular tests but extensive testing where they check for antibodies? If you have not had that done I think I would request it, you have a lot of symptoms of a thyroid disorder and yes, the spaciness feeling goes with that as well as depression, anxiety, weight gain, the list goes on and on. A lot of people with thyroid disorders are first diagnosed with depression or anxiety or are told its all in their head because blood tests come back normal, so be sure if you get tests done to also get the antibodies test because antibodies can be present for years causing symptoms but your regular thyroid tests that most docs do can be "normal"
I hope you get an answer soon, good luck!

[KellyB]

I have had thyroid tests in the past, but to no avail. My doctor even went so far as to prescribe me some meds for it, but when the latest test came back "normal" she told me not to start the meds afterall. :rolleyes"
Wonder if I could convince her to refer me to a specialist to have more extensive testing done...

[sfdave]

Originally Posted by KellyB

My name is Kelly, and I am a 28 year old female living in Ontario. I work full time as an administrative assistant in a counselling office (ironically
For a year and a half now I have been feeling "spacy" -it's a rather subjective thing to try to define or explain to a doctor, but the best descriptions I've been able to come up with so far are that I feel like I am always stoned on cold medicine, or like I have the feeling you get when you're sick with a bad cold and say you feel like you're walking around in a dream. I am always tired, would love to just sleep all day, and am suffering from depression (not sure if it's because of the spaciness, or the other way
around.) I have also gained a significant amount of weight (partially, I realize, due to poor diet and lack of exercise, but it still seems excessive to me.) To date I have had many appointments with my family doctor, and have also seen an ear/nose/throat specialist, a hematologist, a rheumatologist, a neurologist, had a colonoscopy because of my constant loose stool/diahrrea (and I believe I have been officially or semi-officially diagnosed with IBS), had an upper g-i series, had my vision checked, had umpteen blood tests performed, had a head scan, have seen a counsellor on several occasions, have ceased taking birth control pills - in case they might be the culprit - and am currently taking Zoloft (tried Celexa before) for depression, as well as Lorazepam occasionally as needed. I'm also probably forgetting to list some of the specialists and procedures, since there have been sooooo many. The most recent appointment I've had was for an EEG, the results of which came back totally normal.
My question to you is, do any of you suffer from this "spaciness"? Could it be attributed to stress/anxiety/depression? Is there hope that I could overcome this (I am beginning to lose hope myself)?
I really look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks for your time,
Kelly

This is exactly the symptoms I have, i have just started prozac. are you still suffering from this?