unable to focus when reading, foggy and feeling of being disconnect

[Ranger01]

I've been experiencing some odd symptoms over the past few years and they have since gotten worse and now concerning to me.  My vision is constanly bothering me and I have a hard time focusing on words when reading.  In the past I've had spells of blurred vision followed by a lathargic state and then a pounding headache.  This headache sometimes lasted for more than 24 hours.  About 3 years ago, I had an MRI done and all came back clear.  I recently had bloodwork done and thought Diabetes was the case, but all results came back clear except my liver count (elavated AST and ALT).  I'm still going through some tests for the liver, but already had an ultrasound and Hep A,B,C test which were all clear. The blurry vision/foggy feeling has me concerned since I have recently been to the eye doctor and all was good. He simply gave me computer glasses and sent me on my way. The feeling is almost like being intoxicated and being disconnected. When I have conversations with people, it's hard to concentrate on that subject and even hard to remember what was talked about earlier. I'm a 31 year old male (6'1 210lbs) and in relatively decent shape.  I drank alcohol somewhat heavily on the weekends in college, but have 3-6 drinks a weekend at the most now.  

It's gotten to the point that I'm stressing about it and searching the internet for any clues.....If you have the same symptoms and hopefully a suggestion, please let me know. Any help is appreciated.  It seems that doctors have shrugged it off and I'm desperate for answers.

[elsaliyah]

Hi all
i have the same symptoms its beenlike 3 months and its stressing me out. has anyone started feeling better .please adive

[Trying1989]

Just adding my name to the pile. I have most of the same symptoms everyone else here has described and have been seen by every specialist in the book. Neurologists, an ENT, a cardiologist, a psychologist, chiropractors, an OBGYN, numerous GPs, two acupuncturists. I'm kind of over trying at this point. I just want my intelligence back; I used to be so mentally sharp, and now it's a struggle to put together a sentence sometimes. That and I want the excruciating headaches to stop and to not feel unsteady on my feet all of the time, have to hold onto handrails for dear life on stairs and escalators, etc.

The hardest part of it all is the way the doctors treat me. It would be fine if they'd just tell me, "I don't know." But no, they have to take it a step farther and tell me that because they can't figure it out, I'm just crazy. I've lost all confidence in myself because of the way they keep telling me I'm not qualified to tell when there's something really wrong with my body. I feel like I can't trust myself anymore because I'll have a symptom, and then they'll just tell me, "Oh you just made that up. It's not real." I think I need to just stop going to doctors; they're making me worse off than I once was by treating me like an incompetent, invaluable moron. It's a shame. I used to be very self-confident and a natural go-getter, and now I put off doing things like applying to jobs because I feel like I'm not smart enough to do anything and will just fail at anything I try.

Thanks, doctors, for treating me like I'm stupid and don't matter. About that "Do no harm" oath.

[soohoo]

I haven't posted here in a while but have all the same symptoms, was finally diagnosed with late stage lyme disease/neuro-lyme.  I'm in treatment now, and the person who keeps saying to try a month a doxy, that's not really the solution.  The doxy made me even sicker.  I'm now in alternative treatments.  So a month of doxy may not make you feel better if you have lyme.  It may make you feel worse.  I'd find a lyme-literate doctor to properly diagnose you.  you can look under ILADS to find one in your area.  Some people get better with antiobotics, some need more alternative treatment depending on the individual.  Some need to combine both.  But I can just about guarantee if you're in late stage it will take a lot longer than a month to get better.  But if this is your diagnosis, don't give up no matter how long it takes.  

[slaministry]

My name is Michael.  I am 22 years old, about to be 23 in August, and the past year and a half or so has been a nightmare and really hasn't given me much hope for the future.

I have had brain fog for about 3 years and about a year ago i started having instances where my reaction time goes down, my vision gets blurred, i have a hard time understanding people, and a hard time getting my words out.  These instances only appeared to be happening once a month initially, but then it moved to once a week and then finally to it happening everyday.

My neurologist thinks that i have been having mild seizures, but all the medication that he has given me has only given me strange side effects and hasn't helped the actual problem.

Any advice would help, i just want my life back.

[SuikoNinjitzu]

i thought i was the only person in the world that was special enough to go through this i am also from MN OP i had 1 terrifying dream and woke up in some sort of extreme panic it was just a dream no reason to be scared i couldn't understand why i was so terrified of nothing 15 minutes later my ears started ringing & my head head started buzzing 1 minute later it went to an even higher Level my eyes started having some sort of glossiness on the sides as a sort of frontal only vision and not being able to see things from the corner of my eyesight i couldn't feel like anything existed in reality no emotion loss of coordination and taste (ketchup tasted like vinegar) i couldn't find my way in the dark no matter how hard i tried i went to the emergency room 3 time's or more hoping to be put in some sort of drug induced coma but they did nothing for me and just sent me on my way with no answers just looking at me like it's make believe like it's all my fault maybe making a stupid pointless dr. appointment they couldn't understand the extreme severity of it i needed help immediately not 1 month from then i could not sleep i could not dream if i slept i went to sleep for a minute and woke up feeling dry and depleted of all saratonin or whatever the freshness was when i used to wake up feeling great



( from what i have read it is Post Traumatic Stress )
i may also believe that its the cell phone towers screwing around and scrambling peoples natural electric waves in people brains because these things have sky rocketed since they started mass building these towers

[Canadamanda]

jdski, you are experiencing classic migraines (which mean migraines with aura). Ask your doctor about abortive therapy for when you get one. Some people are able to avoid them entirely with certain medications.

The lack of coordination and focus is the headache prodrome (symptoms that occur before the headache event), the wavy lines are the aura (the lines as you describe them are scintillating scotoma). The headache is the migraine.

Floaters are unrelated and don't harm you. They are annoying but not dangerous.