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Do you think i have some kind of neurological disorder?
For the past couple months, i've had recurring depersonalization (feeling disconnected from my body), and it kinda throws off my depth perception. It always starts in the afternoon and ends at night, no matter where i am. Whenever the depersonalization starts, i am hit with severe fatigue, i get very lethargic and struggle to keep my eyes open. A couple times i've had weird racing thoughts that made no sense whatsoever, i can't even remember or make sense of them to give an example. i'm also getting very bad bruxism (urge to clench/grind teeth. When my depersonalization fades, so does the urge to clench so i think they are related somehow. My short term memory has been getting increasingly worse. i'll be walking into a room and forget why i was going there in the first place. i'm having a hard time remembering certain phrases and words. At work today i almost misplaced certain items while walking to put them away, but i caught myself before hand and put them where they belong. But that never happens to me. i'm starting to get really scared, i feel like maybe i'm going crazy. i have no medical insurance and literally no money to see a doctor/psychiatrist. What could this be? Is there any way to prevent the depersonalization? And why do i feel so extremely lethargic when it hits?
Other info that might be helpful:
*i'm 20 years old
*i had my first child a year ago, immediately after his birth i was diagnosed with Post Partum Depression
*i take 20mg of Paroxetine (generic equivalent of Paxil) every other night
*i'm always stressed
*Also not sleeping well. i can easily fall asleep but cannot stay asleep
Can someone please help me? Has this happened to anyone else? Were you able to get it diagnosed and fixed? Is this possibly some kind of neurological disorder?
i'm just feeling off/weird in general. i feel like something is definitely not right with me. i feel out of it half the time.
Even once my paycheck hits i still cannot afford a doctor because i am uninsured. Can't you read? And no these are definitely not side effects from the Paxil.
4 Answers
- ?Lv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
This is a tough one. I'm just going to talk and maybe it will give you some stuff to google. Tiredness in the afternoon points to thyroid. It affects every tissue and so depersonalization it seems to me might be possible. Hypoglycemia is associated with bruxism and is worsened by adrenal fatigue. Something that a person under considerable stress might have.You can check but it seems to me that anyone diagnosed with PPD might be at higher risk for adrenal problems. This could also affect you in the afternoon particularly if you have a high carb lunch. Hypoglycemia can create memory problems. Many have both thyroid and adrenal issues. Everything interrelates.
There is some evidence that SSRI's - paxil for example can cause bruxism and some people have had success taking the serotonin precursor 5-HTP instead.
What I would do. Go on-line and take the thyroid and adrenal quizzes from a couple of sites. Change to a lower carb, higher protein diet. Scrutinize your lunches especially. Switch to 5-HTP at supper and bedtime and wean yourself off the SSRI. It will also help you sleep.
Sorry I can't figure this out. But I have shared some suspicions.
Hi it's me, I'm back. This is weird but I had a really crazy idea and it is probably about as relevent as skis in the Sahara but....do you have mercury amalgams by any chance?
Bruxism whether caused by SSRI's or not could measurably increase your mercury levels if you do. Mercury has all sorts of strange effects including messing with the thyroid and adrenals. People can have normal thyroid tests and still show signs of hypothyroid. It can decrease cortisol production as well. I am not going to go into huge details on this as obviously, I don't even know if it applies to you.
- 1 decade ago
Sounds a lot like anxiety/depression.
Tiredness, going to sleep but not staying a sleep, feeling like you're above your body not in it, weak, feeling like something is wrong with you, going crazy, forgetting things easily.
All of this is very normal for someone with anxiety/depression. the tiredness could also mean that you might be anemic or have low blood pressure, but most likely its from anxiety/depression.
Talk to your docter, it's normal for someone with a younge child, and a first time parent, to feel like this. Talk to someone. there are places for knew time parents to go, when they are having trouble making paychecks, they offer free babysitting, help with finding a good job, if you want to take some classes at a local college, paying for a docter visit, food cost rent costs.
- ?Lv 45 years ago
If she refuses to visit the healthcare professional then there may be little you'll do. It would be whatever neurological or, whatever like diabetes even - if she has diabetes and her blood sugars are dangerously low, they she could be disorientated, burdened and many others - she could get better nearly instantly that she ate whatever. Either approach, that is simply natural hypothesis - she demands to look a GP. If it was once me, I could no longer have hesitated.
- 1 decade ago
I don't know because I'm not a doctor, whom you should see as soon as you get paid. :) Could it be side effects of your prescribed meds?
