I can't think at all. I am frequently in a low mood and I can't even do simple math sometimes. First, I can't seem to function educationally which is my biggest concern. My brain is often turned off and I can't turn it on. I can't form basic sentences or function at all. I've tried coffee and energy drinks but when I get like this nothing can stop it. Second, I am frequently in a low mood. When I am like this I can't do anything. I suffer from chronic depression which is to blame for this and I cannot be medicated due to my chosen career path.Third, I cannot remember anything anymore. I will be listening in class to my instructors but I won't remember a single thing they say. My grades are already really low and this is only my second semester of college.Fourth, I am perpetually tired. I get between 7 and 8 hours of sleep a night and even more on weekends but I still have the constant need to take naps and I try to get in at least one nap a day if there's time.My mom is kind of like this mentally but she was never as bad as I am. I eat healthy and exercise but I have nothing to show for it. Is there something for this that doesn't require medication? Or am I destined to be brain dead for the rest of my life?There are so many more details for this post but I can't remember them right now so I'll probably add to it later.
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What is wrong with my brain?
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It does sound like depression.
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Originally Posted By: ImBobI suffer from chronic depression which is to blame for thisYou can blame it but in reality it's just all you(I.E. you said you can't form basic sentences but you just wrote several complete sentences perfect and fluently) If you let it be your excuse you'll never get over it.I used to tell people that i was depressed and had epic ADD but i just accepted it as me and thought to myself whenever things got bad or very frustrating"stop whining, calm down, get over it" It helps to take it as a joke and never take it too seriously, you probably knew that though . It could be worse too, you could be Angelina Jolie's child xD
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Quote:(I.E. you said you can't form basic sentences but you just wrote several complete sentences perfect and fluently)The problem is when I am in a non-functioning state. Right now, I am functioning normally but when I am not really functioning I am just a vegetable. I can't choose or change myself when my brain is "off." I try vitamins, energy drinks, everything. The fact that no matter what I do I can't pull out of that state is what really bothers and worries me. I'm concerned that there might be something seriously wrong (tumor, etc.).
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I swear you just wrote how I have been feeling for the last year... though I don't think, in my case, it's depression. It's like my brain just stops functioning and/or over fuctions. Like for example, earlier I was typing a e-mail to a friend and I just stopped typing. For the life of me I just could not think into words what i was trying to type. Than I couldn't think of the word I was trying to use. In my mind I knew what I wanted to say but I just could not get it down into words.When it comes to reading, I just cannot focus long enough. 95% of the time when I read my brain wonders off thinking about something else. I often have to read something 3-4 times before I actually understand it because I just cannot focus.My memory is just shot to all hell anymore. I blame it on the fact my brain just never stops "thinking". By the time I remember something I'm supposed to do it's already late or its past the point to worry about it anymore.I'm tired all the time, even if I get 8+ hours of sleep. If anything I think I am mentally drained because physically I actually (usually) feel okay. Again I wonder if it's because my brian just never stops and there for makes me mentally drained. At night when I go to bed, I often lay there are at least an hour before I actually fall asleep because it's like my brain is still processing the whole day.I wanted to go back to college this semister to start finishing up my degree but I was too scared because I was afraid with this new "condition" I would fail miserable because I just couldn't be able to concentrate like I would need.I know this doesn't help you at all, but at least you are not the only person going through this. I do plan on making an appointment with my doctor to get tested for perhaps adult ADD or at least see that she thinks. Something has got to give or I am going to go insane!
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Bob and Intro you guys are describing the exact same thing i have been going through for the past few months and im only 18.19ish. Memory is a bitch anymore, as is thinking in general. I have such a hard time thinking lately and i dont know what it is. My brain is always going going going also, ever since i was like 15 my brain has been over thinking (so it feels like) and now it just stopped. Im usually pretty tired alot also even if i get a ton of sleep. I feel like i have no physical energy to do anything, MMA has become so hard lately that sometimes i dont even go because i dont have the energy. Remembering and learning all of my Jui-Jitsu moves has become extremely hard also. When i was first doing MMA i soaked everything up like a sponge, now i have a hard time remember all the steps to moves ive done 100 times over again.I dont know whats wrong with me but its been bothering me alot lately, and it sound like you both are going through something similar. I hope we all get better I feel for you two and i know how hard it is, just know your not alone.
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Originally Posted By: NtroducingMyselfI swear you just wrote how I have been feeling for the last year... though I don't think, in my case, it's depression. It's like my brain just stops functioning and/or over fuctions. Like for example, earlier I was typing a e-mail to a friend and I just stopped typing. For the life of me I just could not think into words what i was trying to type. Than I couldn't think of the word I was trying to use. In my mind I knew what I wanted to say but I just could not get it down into words.When it comes to reading, I just cannot focus long enough. 95% of the time when I read my brain wonders off thinking about something else. I often have to read something 3-4 times before I actually understand it because I just cannot focus.My memory is just shot to all hell anymore. I blame it on the fact my brain just never stops "thinking". By the time I remember something I'm supposed to do it's already late or its past the point to worry about it anymore.I'm tired all the time, even if I get 8+ hours of sleep. If anything I think I am mentally drained because physically I actually (usually) feel okay. Again I wonder if it's because my brian just never stops and there for makes me mentally drained. At night when I go to bed, I often lay there are at least an hour before I actually fall asleep because it's like my brain is still processing the whole day.I wanted to go back to college this semister to start finishing up my degree but I was too scared because I was afraid with this new "condition" I would fail miserable because I just couldn't be able to concentrate like I would need.I know this doesn't help you at all, but at least you are not the only person going through this. I do plan on making an appointment with my doctor to get tested for perhaps adult ADD or at least see that she thinks. Something has got to give or I am going to go insane! Ntro, you just said exactly what I am going through in my life as well.But I do have depression and personality disorder, so it may due to that. I think I am gonna go crazy soon if I dont find a way out. I am taking meds but they dont help me much.Wish you luck, hope the doc helps you.