Posted by zeugma on July 5, 2003, at 21:53:55
In reply to Re: SEVERE BRAIN FOG » crazychickuk, posted by Edgefield on July 5, 2003, at 19:47:10
Edgefield,
I read the posts in the other thread, but I will clarify what I mean by brain fog: a feeling that my mind isn't 'there' when I need it, a really maddening feeling because it makes me distrustful of my own mind: I feel like I can't rely on myself to do the simplest things! So it is quite debilitating. Strattera is great at clearing my mind enough to where I feel I can control my mental capacities a fair percentage of the time.
I also have severe ADHD, and when I'm unmedicated my ability to direct my attention wanes and the hyperassociative, phobic part takes. It also becomes connected with sleep issues because I start feeling like I'm neither fully awake nor fully asleep when I should be: I start getting weird, scary mixed states that are totally disruptive. I found some good descriptions of these abberations in J.A Hobson's book, "The Dream Drugstore." I have gotten a lot of insight from this book and I have always suspected mental illness could stem from dreaming invading waking life (and vice versa). The periods in my life when I've been most depressed have also been the most dreamlike. Sometimes there's been an inexplicable beauty (that might sound strange, but it's true) but more often it's been an anxiety-ridden nightmare.
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