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Can't Tell If My Problem is Mental or Physical. Please Help!
Hi!
I'm a 24 year old man with a perfectly clean medical record. About two months ago, I started a full-time job where I sit at a computer all day. This was a total change for my lifestyle as I used to be a server at multi-story restaurant and was always on my feet.
About two weeks ago, I had a very localized throbbing headache on the right side of my head. I didn't pay it much mind until the next day when the headache was gone but I felt a sort of brain fog over everything. Then, the following day, the fog was worse, so I went to the ER. I had a urinalysis and blood work done (all clear) and a CT scan AND venogram of my brain. It was all clear.
The next day I pulled a neck muscle (the big one) on the right side. Of course, I had been looking up symptoms/diagnoses I could apply to myself and got a little out of control. My neck was in so much pain, and I was convinced the doctors had missed something. I felt chilling sensations along my scalp and in my neck and got so worried that I had a full-on anxiety attack.
I've never had a problem with anxiety, but this whole situation scared me enough that I lost control of my thoughts. I thought I was going to die and that something very wrong was happening in my brain.
Fast forward two weeks, and the neck pain is nearly gone. I don't have headaches (any more than normal people) though I do sometimes feel some pressure in my head (usually the front sides and front proper). What I can't get rid of is the brain fog. Every day, I feel like I'm walking around as a shell. I feel like I'm not 100% there in conversations and that I'm not firing on every cylinder. It's like I'm locked in a prison in my mind. I also have a tightness on the right side of my face every so often and am unbelievably tired.
I did go through a move this past weekend, and I don't think that helped anything. I feel like I can't get rested; my eyes glaze over and I space out more often than I used to, and all I want is to go to bed. There's also a slight sadness that sort of permeates everything – nothing too acute, but certainly present.
I really can't take any more of this fog! What's going on with me?
I'm a 24 year old man with a perfectly clean medical record. About two months ago, I started a full-time job where I sit at a computer all day. This was a total change for my lifestyle as I used to be a server at multi-story restaurant and was always on my feet.
About two weeks ago, I had a very localized throbbing headache on the right side of my head. I didn't pay it much mind until the next day when the headache was gone but I felt a sort of brain fog over everything. Then, the following day, the fog was worse, so I went to the ER. I had a urinalysis and blood work done (all clear) and a CT scan AND venogram of my brain. It was all clear.
The next day I pulled a neck muscle (the big one) on the right side. Of course, I had been looking up symptoms/diagnoses I could apply to myself and got a little out of control. My neck was in so much pain, and I was convinced the doctors had missed something. I felt chilling sensations along my scalp and in my neck and got so worried that I had a full-on anxiety attack.
I've never had a problem with anxiety, but this whole situation scared me enough that I lost control of my thoughts. I thought I was going to die and that something very wrong was happening in my brain.
Fast forward two weeks, and the neck pain is nearly gone. I don't have headaches (any more than normal people) though I do sometimes feel some pressure in my head (usually the front sides and front proper). What I can't get rid of is the brain fog. Every day, I feel like I'm walking around as a shell. I feel like I'm not 100% there in conversations and that I'm not firing on every cylinder. It's like I'm locked in a prison in my mind. I also have a tightness on the right side of my face every so often and am unbelievably tired.
I did go through a move this past weekend, and I don't think that helped anything. I feel like I can't get rested; my eyes glaze over and I space out more often than I used to, and all I want is to go to bed. There's also a slight sadness that sort of permeates everything – nothing too acute, but certainly present.
I really can't take any more of this fog! What's going on with me?
hi it seems to be depersonalisation I have it too it's like I zone out and don't feel like I'm myself search it up it's harmless nothing to worry about plus I suffer with anxiety and panic attacks
Seems likely to be eyestrain imo (more rest breaks throughout the day -- in the form of taking a moment or three looking away from the monitor and at something distant); a visit to a local optometrist might be in order too (bring along the distance measurement from your face to the monitor and ask what prescription would work best for comfortable monitor use).
Try for 'even' lighting (avoid glare on the screen). To get a sense of glary points in your field of view, you might try snapping a photo of your viewing area (the photo may show some irritating bright areas that you're not conscious of).
Try for 'even' lighting (avoid glare on the screen). To get a sense of glary points in your field of view, you might try snapping a photo of your viewing area (the photo may show some irritating bright areas that you're not conscious of).
You say you've been tested in every way possible for something like a thrombosis or stroke? I'd assume a physical link first rather than a mental one. Did you go to a specialist or just to the ER?
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