AG Family,

So I've been dealing with this for a while. It doesn't help that I'm also dealing with benign positional vertigo (when I tilt my head, or look, to my right, the symptoms just aggravate.) Anyway, was wanting to see if anyone out there is dealing with it, and if so, can you suggest how you got rid of it (if at all.)

Honestly, it's frustrating. My anxiety is caused now my by vertigo, and feeling of awkwardness as related to "brain fog" (or whatever else you want to call it.)

In case you're wondering, I do work out almost 6 days a week, drink tons of water (within reason of course), and I'm as active as one can be with my work schedule (I play softball and I'm in a bowling league.) Also, having a girlfriend who is very active, and a dog who wants attention, keeps me on my toes.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Peace and Calm,
Arturo

I presume this is pretty much the same as derealization. Feeling spaced out, confused, in a dream-lie state which really scares you after a while. Well, there's no quick way of getting rid of it: the more attention you pay to it and the more you wish for it to go away the more it will persevere.
So the only way is to go with the flow: wait it out. It feels awkward but it doesn't hurt, and if you let it be and focus on your daily tasks it will also stop scaring you / making you more anxious. I have it on a daily basis but I know DR is completely harmless and it's just my brain trying to take a brake from all the stress (that's what causes DR, brain fog or whatever else it might be called: certain part of your brain are subjected to stress or shock or whatever and somehow enter a semi-sleep state to relax, and thus you end up feeling awkward, spaced out etc...)
It'll go away, so don't worry
Cheers, Martin

I've been dealing with it for a while. I went to my doctors because of chest pain, and all tests came back negative. They told me I needed to lose the stress. I told them about this foggy, heavy head, pressure around the eyes thing, and again, they said it was stress. I do find that when I take a clonazepam, it all goes away. Am I overly stressed? Sure am.

I hate the feeling to, and I do freak out at times. But then, I calm the nerves by telling myself that it is not brain cancer, or my head is not going to explode (although it truly feels that way) and that it'll all go away once I stay the course and do what I've been told I should to do, which is to get rid of the stress. Easier said than done but I want to get rid of all these sensations. I shouldn't complain about them since I haven't done anything about them.

I will not let anxiety run my life, and I need to believe in that 100%. I'll start tomorrow (and it's not the first time I've written that on this forum.) Hoping this time I'll get over the hump.

Hang in there,
Arturo

Brain fog is a common symptom for me. I don't always know where it's coming from since I have Graves' Disease and Hypothyroidism in addition to GAD, Panic Disorder and Depression. I don't mind so much when I'm home but when I'm on the job it's frustrating. I feel that people are judging my intelligence because my mind is not as sharp or I'm feeling lethargic. "To be great is to be misunderstood" - is what I tell myself, lol.