REPOST MENTAL HEALTH QUESTION

[jrlexusman]

Hi sorry for the re-post but i left out one thing and this is ONLY for an EXPERT to answer: I am a 31 year old male with no previous mental/health issues:i cannot find an answer to.  back in November 2007, i had a stiff neck, which was okay i got it fixed then a week later i got this back spasm then all of  a sudden it turned into this weird attack, my arms went numb, my left hand hurt i took an 0.25 xanax and all of sudden i could not remember who my dad was, i screamed really loud jumped up in the air and screamed again. i fell to the ground felt outside my body. felt like i was going to die. Adreniline was pumping had trouble breathing started crying, then it stopped, the next day i woke up had brain fog, and had short term memory probs. 5 days later same attack. (scraming numbness etc) then i went for a check up blood work fine urine fine. Then i woke up one morning could not remember what day it was year it was etc mind was racing got CT Scan NEG. then i had MRI w contrast PERFECT Brain. in January 2008 i was in church and all of  a sudden i had trouble talking and  then my face went numb and eyes and eye lids i was in FLA in jan 08 my left eye started going in and out and got blurry. since that day steady memory decine and it made my brain feel different and mental confusion, i have long/short memory probs,concentration probs, lost my little voice that tells you if u should do something or not ( conscience) and have blurred vision got a VEP test it was clean. been to 2 Neuros and nothing,, had 2 ct scans and mri with contrast fine. allblood work clean AMA etc systemic check all neg. been to psyc they said they really didnt know what happened, but ever since that day my vision changed 2 monrhs later had PERFECT vision and memory decline and totally lost TIME for example i dont remember yesterday or last week or cannot plan head my mind is NOT racing it is like stuck in the moment. It is like something has changed in my brain. .
Thanks

[finditat]

Yes.
loss of time is a dissociative symptom. You must talk to another psych and at least try meds. If they dont work , well at least you tried. I had simialr symptoms and they scared me so much i went to the county mentala health clinic and talk therapy did not help my symptoms but meds did.
good luck

[jrlexusman]

dissociative reaction?? never heard of that one. would that explain my sudden "amnesia" like symptoms and long and short memory and storage problems. i also feel outside my body and my body does not feel real. my head does not feel attached and i have storage problems. my whole body has this empty feeling and my brain and head has this empty feeling. my mind is not racing and i have problems forming thoughts and the complete loss of time.

hanks
Jim

[Roger Gould, M.D.]

With all of the tests you have had, and studies by neurologists, it is very unlikely that this is a brain problem.  The other likely diagnosis to think about is dissociative reaction, with anxiety attack symptoms.  You should go back to your psychiatrist, or find another, and explore that diagnosis, and have a trial of anti anxiety medications.