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• hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m gonna be the donkey with the obligatory “please talk to an expert”.

  Joke aside, you might wanna consult with a psycho/speech therapist. The other symptoms you are described might not be related but they could be and you always wanna tackle the problem, not the symptom.

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  • cymbal_king@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Agreed. OP is really asking: do my problems rise to the level of needing to see some sort of medical professional? The answer seems like yes. There’s no way strangers over the Internet can tell what’s going on here

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• TootSweet@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Very likely ME/CFS.

  Also, you apparently don’t want to hear this, but a huge percentage of sufferers of long COVID had no acute symptoms, have no positive test, and otherwise have no reason to believe they ever had COVID except a) chronic symptoms consistent with long COVID b) which came on in 2020 or 2021. Nothing about “I wasn’t” (acutely) “sick” or “gradual onset” sways me in the slightest away from the possibility that this sounds very much like long COVID. Both are entirely consistent, even typical, of long COVID.

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• sartalon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You may have sleep apnea as well.

  Like others said, you really need to see a doctor.

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  • Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This person sounds like me before I got on CPAP.

    I was living in a deep fog, sleeping 10-12 hours and still needing a nap during work. Would get home from my commute on an 18 lane highway and not remember the whole trip. I would perceive myself talking in slow motion but I don’t know if I actually was or my perception just crashed into the ground.

    My life completely changed on CPAP, I felt like a whole new person, so much so that I reintroduced myself to my coworkers. It took me 32 years of my life to feel the concept of awake for the first time. It took a few years to get rid of some of the worst issues but I can’t believe I didn’t kill someone or myself on the road.

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    • kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This CPAP thing sounds amazing. If only I knew what ot stands for. No, searching doesnt yield anything related

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• darkmarx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is happening to me, just you described!

  Tired beyond belief. Sleep doesn’t matter, or at least doesn’t seem to help. Everyday, it takes hours to feel awake, and only lasts for a couple hours at best.

  Slow to find words when speaking, though I know what I want to say. It coupd take seconds to think of a simple word. I’ve started speaking in very broken, sometimes reversed, sentences. Someone said it was like listening to a slow version of Yoda, but worse.

  The world feels off, as if experiencing everything through a memory rather than actually being there. The best way I’ve been able to describe it is, it’s as if being far back in my head. Everything is at a distance, like my eyes are binoculars turned around, or like looking through tunnels.

  I used to have a great memory, now I’m lucky if I remember a conversation from a week ago. Not just what was said, but I might be only vaugly aware that the conversation even happened.

  Movement isn’t sluggish exactly, though slower than I used to be. Doing anything, even routine tasks takes a ridiculous amount of concentration.

  I’ve also developed weird ticks. I’ll sometimes speak outloud as I’m thinking of a sentence, or lyric, or whatever, but its just one or two words. I then repeat the word over and over without realizing it. Once I notice, it takes me a second to stop. I’ve also started geaturing with my hands without meaning to, when not even talking or anything. Like I’ll randomly point or gesture like I’m speaking.

  None of it was sudden, it’s been a slow build up to the point that I don’t know when any of it started. The symptoms are finally enough to overcome my anxiety of talking about it, and I’ve scheduled an appointment with my doctor. Whatever is happening, I figure it will be better to know than not.

  I’m not saying we have exactly the same thing, it just sounds like we have some similar symptoms. Whatever it is, know that you aren’t alone. Take care of yourself random internet stranger, and please call a doctor.

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• trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Repeat covid infections. It affects the language processing portion of the brain. I’ve personally noticed that my brain will skip over words when writing a sentence. Simple words like “the”, “of”, etc… It’s like my brain assumes they are there.

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  • DoomProphet@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I had that long before covid was a thing. Might be because of my dyslexia though.

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• Waldelfe@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Severe depression and/or burnout can have similar effects. I’ve been in a brain fog for years and it only started getting better with antidepressants. However, first you’ll need to make sure that there is no physical cause. Any good doctor will check your blood more in detail with those symptoms. There’s also the chance that there are several causes, not just one. You could have e.g. sleep apnea and also some other issue.

  Are you taking any medicamentation? Even if it’s a common one like allergy meds, you could be one of the unlucky few with severe side effects.

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  • FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s really good to know because i had the same problem and people were telling me i was burned out and then i had to take a year out of uni and resit some modules. It’s a lot better now

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• Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Between Fibromyalgia and CPTSD this is my brain now for ~8 years.

  I feel so much less intelligent/responsive then before.

  And knowing how I thought/felt then vs now, makes me more sad.

  🥹

  R.I.P. my nervous system.

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• blarghly@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  See a doctor

  See a doctor

  See a doctor

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• yenahmik@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Were you sick any time before the onset of this? It sounds like the some of the symptoms of long COVID or chronic fatigue syndrome.

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  • Jormander@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I forgot to clarify that. No, I wasn’t sick. It was a gradual onset.

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    • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Doesn’t even have to be an illness you remember. A mild Corona case, a flu, EBV could all lead to this.

      What happens if you overexert yourself? Do you feel sick 0-3 days later with flu-like symptoms? Try to look out for that. That’s the most prevalent symptom of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Long Covid. The worst about it is that the really bad symptoms turn up with a delay from the trigger, making it harder to notice.

      Hope that’s not the case and that you manage to find out what it is.

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• luxadazy@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  i have diagnosed long covid for three fucking years now & this all aligns with how i feel. diagnosed with bloodwork (unexplained inflammation leading to chronic fatigue, soreness & brain fog) & other diseases (rheumatoid, lyme) ruled out.

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  • starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My doc refuses to test for lyme “because you might have had it some other time.”

    Wut?

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• just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  1. See a Doctor
  2. Get a blood work, and ask for a CRP panel along with your CBC and WBC
  3. Ask for an allergy panel
  4. In the meantime, track your diet and try reducing things with High Glycemic indexes: pastas, starches, sugar…etc. Reduce them all, and try eating just straight up fruits, vegetables, and clean proteins for a few days to see if there is any improvement.
  5. Check your house for humidity or mold. Look EVERYWHERE, and consider getting some mail-in mold tests. Check vents, behind your furniture, bed frames, under your mattresses, and even the dark corners of your closets behind hanging clothes.

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• rozodru@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  something similar happened with me after I got covid. I’m dyslexic but now after covid it “ramped” up. not so much writing things, I’ve always had issues with that but just talking. slur my words more, switch words around, etc.

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• RoddyStiggs@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Lots of things can cause this.

  Long covid ME/CFS Alzheimer’s Magnesium deficiency B12 deficiency Circulatory issues / poor cardiovascular conditioning Frequent alcohol use

  You should see a doctor.

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• doodahjones@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Your doctor (with all due respect) may not think to consider that something in your environment has pushed your body and immune system into “Chronic Inflammation.” It has very weird effects.

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• starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Many people don’t notice they have Covid. Getting more and more brain fog is classic post covid syndrome.

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• violentfart@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Check carbon Monoxide levels in your home too.

  Someone here has to have the link to that Reddit post…

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  • clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    One of my all time favorite Internet stories, and I was there when it happened!

    old.reddit.com/…/ma_postit_notes_left_in_apartmen…

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    • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      11 years?!? god damn

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• Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Definitely see a doctor.

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  • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And hope that they know their stuff and don’t just tell OP that they’re just imagining it.

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• otherbarry@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not a doctor and you may want a doctor’s opinion on this stuff…

  But I’ll mention what you’re describing is very much brain fog like symptoms. It’s more well known as a long covid symptom nowadays however it did always appear as a symptom of other infections. I have an older family member that went through an intense encephalitis infection (for him it started out with a viral mosquito infection, west nile virus to be specific) and since encephalitis affects the brain he eventually recovered with brain fog symptoms among other things.

  Thing is that healthier/younger people can be infected with viruses leading to encephalitis and be asymptomatic (no symptoms) during that time, but down the road long term symptoms can show up like brain fog. Yes, like long covid, but other infections can lead to the same result is what I’m getting at. Getting some blood work done with a doctor would narrow down or rule out stuff like this.

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• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Before we all play fake doctor and doing our own research, how old are you?

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• LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Lots of good suggestions here. See a doctor and get a blood workup. Ask about side effects of meds you may be on like statins that could cause some of the issues. Track your sleep with a phone or watch app. Even if your asleep for 8 hours, it doesn’t mean its restful sleep. Also could be worth asking the doctor while your there about sleep apnea. Exercise regularly, doesn’t have to be much just something. Eat really clean for a week or so and see if it helps. But yeah, see a doc and describe everything to them. Write it all down before you go in so you don’t leave out important details.

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• Psaldorn@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not here to diagnose, but get your blood sugar checked before breakfast sometime. Probably everyone should now and then.

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• NABDad@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The normal range for TSH is between 0.4 and 4.0 mIU/L. However, if my TSH is 4, I’d barely be able to move. I do better with it as close to 0.4 as I can manage. You could have a “normal” TSH and still have symptoms.

  Also, did they check for thyroid antibodies? After my wife and I were both diagnosed with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, we started pushing to get our three kids tested. They were young, and had “no symptoms”, so the pediatrician didn’t want to test them.

  My wife chose to be a pain in the ass and harass their doctor until she gave in and ordered the tests. Imagine her shock when the two older kids had high TSH and our daughter, who was in the normal range, had positive thyroid antibodies (showing that she also had Hashimoto’s even though her TSH was normal).

  Also it turned out they all did have symptoms. They all experienced personality changes when their thyroid levels were off. The oldest would get mopey, middle kid would get weepy, and the youngest would get angry. It was wild.

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  • Jormander@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Did you/they have the thing about talking? I’ll mention testing for thyroid antibodies next time!

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    • NABDad@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Definitely. When we’re under-treated my wife and I both struggle to find words that we should know. Sometimes saying the wrong word without realizing it.

      I started always using Google maps on my phone when I was driving because once day while I was driving home from work I found myself at an intersection and didn’t know where I was.

      I typically don’t realize I missed a pill until the next morning, then when I see it all the crap I went through the day before makes sense.

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• Lycist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Whatever it is that causes this runs in my family. My grandmother is like this, my mother, and so am I.

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• too_high_for_this@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Don’t ask Internet strangers for medical advice

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• CallMeButtLove@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have been experiencing this very same thing for a while but never knew quite how to put it into words. Do you find yourself forgetting words? Like it’s on the top of your tongue? That happens to me a lot. I think my ADHD medication has been masking how tired I am all the time.

  I’m going to give a more optimistic suggestion. Have you considered you may have sleep apnea? I have been single for over 10 years but recently had a brief relationship where we stayed overnight a lot. She told me I snore really loudly if I’m on my back. She said it’s like I’m gasping for air.

  I haven’t looked into it yet but I really need to. It could just be that you aren’t getting good sleep, regardless of how many hours you get.

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• Triumph@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Lyme disease?

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• My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Don’t discount IBD as a potential cause. Some forms of IBD can produce tons of brain fog and confusion with few other symptoms at all; even if your digestive tract is quietly getting all messed up by your immune system, you might not feel much of anything for a while beyond the neurological effects.

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• quick_snail@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Likely long covid.

  Probably >10% of the global population got long covid. I think that’s one reasob why we’re sliding further into fascism. People are literally loosing their ability to think clearly.

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• vk6flab@lemmy.radio ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You need to go to see a doctor now! Likely you’ll get a referral to a neurologist. Do not fuck around with this.

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  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yay…a neurologist who can do nothing.

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    • crimsonpoodle@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s a big problem space, sometimes there is nothing to be done, but often times there is. You maybe have had an anecdotal experience, and I can understand your frustration and distrust. But this is science, it’s better to know you don’t know than to offer false conviction.

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    • some_designer_dude@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The fuck? A GP can do nothing. A neurologist is step one in actually doing something…

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