Lightheaded, brain fog...Not right

[MBArkestra]

Hello everyone, 25/M

About a year ago I began experiencing some strange sensations which I sometimes have trouble finding the words to describe, but their presence is definitely there regardless. In a nutshell my symptoms seem to be fatigue, lightheadedness, "brain fog", trouble focusing, numbness and generally just feeling disconnected. I'm "not there" so to speak, both physically and mentally. I can still function in my daily life, but doing anything that requires real thought (including conversation) is very hard sometimes and it's sort of like my mind and body have been numbed and covered in novocain. I feel stoned and like things just aren't really hitting me so to speak. There are times when it's hard to even focus my eye sight on anything, as all my eyes want to do is drift off and blankly stare in to the middle distance while my head shuts. I'm like a zombie and talking to people is like struggling through improv. It doesn't feel natural and life is sort of like reading the words out of a book and understanding what they mean, but not quite having them quite connect. Sometimes I feel like I'm going crazy, or that I'm not even a real person...but again, it's hard to describe. I also have fatigue, which hits me very hard toward the end of the day (along with dizzy spells) and all I want to do is crash in my bed when I get home from work. I've also suddenly developed large bags/circles under my eyes over the last year, but I'm not sure how that could be related.

I've had every type of bloodwork done which all came back normal as did my EEG. This has brought me to the conclusion that it has to be something "mental" as opposed to physical, but whether that's anxiety, ADD, depression, depersonalization, post traumatic stress disorder or something else is hard to say. I tried taking Lexapro for a short while which may have helped a bit, but I stopped about a month in since it completely killed my libido and that wasn't even remotely acceptable to me.

Has anyone else experienced similar symptoms? Is this all in my head or are there physical disorders that can result in these feelings? My only other lead is that I started feeling this way shortly after I moved in to my new apartment, so it's possible there's some sort of mold that's making me have problems. I also feel somewhat better when I visit my parents out of state for a week, but that could very well just be in my head or a result of lessened anxiety...Who knows. I just need help and I honestly don't know what else to ask.

[Daniellepond]

Same symptoms.  All blood work done and good. :-(

[margypops]

Possible allergy to EMF's electro magnetic fields ...or the toxins they are spraying us with, have a heavy metal test done .

[rossdamerell]

I feel exactly the same

[coco454]

I just want to start of by saying thank you so much for posting this!! I never knew how to put these feelings in to words. I experience these same symptoms and its a very scary feeling for me I feel as though I am literally going crazy. some times it gets so bad and last for so long I need to isolate my self from every one because im afraid I might do or say something I will later regret (I feel this much disconnected from myself) Have you figured out yet what exactly this is the cause of? I hate this feeling so much and I really feel as though I need help its getting worst and worst over time it started off just every now and then happening but now this is how I feel almost all day every single day...I thought I was the only one I am very grateful for your post!

[leahjones]

did you ever figure out what was wrong? I feel this way all the time :/

[chrispfink]

Just out of curiosity, how many of you have, or have had, a history of ear problems, such as infections, etc. I'm 30 years old, and until I was 14, I had severe ear infections and in that span of time, I've had 3 sets of PE tubes implanted in my ear drums. I have a feeling a lot of what we're feeling is with our ears and eustacian tubes...NOT ANXIETY. I don't care what anyone says, it is NOT anxiety, this is something physical we're all experiencing. Just curious, as I'm coming up on 4 years this August of feeling this way. There has to be something so simple to answer why we're all feeling this way. Please, I'd love to hear what you all have to say, I may be on to something. Hope some of you are pulling through well...thanks!