let me first give some detail about me. i am a 17 year old male, i weigh 70kg and i am 184cm tall. i had my appendix removed about 2 years ago.
when i told my psychiatrist about it she told me that it was anxiety. i began to take pills for it and they did not help, i then moved onto stresam which is a tablet that is taken when feeling stressed. when it first started i only felt that way during the summer and when winter came it was fine and then the one winter came and it did not go away and have felt that way ever since.
it feels like i am not in the moment and cant remember anything. my brain feels like it is slow. i had a EEG done and the results showed that my brain slows down from time to time like a slur. i have been on concerta for my whole childhood. it gets really bad when i am around a lot of people like a party or a mall, all of a sudden my brain seems to turn off and gets better after a night of sleep
This actually sounds a little more like depression to me, with some anxiety. I know it sounds basic and cliche but take a look at your patterns. Where can you make some changes that might help you feel more engaged and challenged in your life. Try exercise, and not boring stuff, dynamic and interesting workouts. Switch up your routines and try to keep life more fresh. Also look at your diet. Try to mix that up too, lots of variety. And try taking some vitamins, especially magnesium and vitamin D.
Depressed and anxious people get very stuck in a pattern of negative thought. We avoid change and stay stuck. But change is a huge way to move your mind forward. It has helped me many times. Stay positive, you will get through it.
my problem with this is that i am in my last year of boarding school, the routine is the same every day. i do find that when there is change it helps a lot.
Have you tried to go off them and see what happens. I am on antidepressants and a prescription for my mood and my brain feels like its being effected too loss of memory and loss of myself and how I usually communicate. I dont understand it either.
I wish I could be of more help. I am so sorry. You are young there has to be a way to solve it.
That is tough. You may have to get creative with how you can mix things up. I dont know what kind of time you have to do things but learning new things, especially really engaging things, in your spare time can be amazing. I have to say too, creative and changing exercise can really break up your day too. Just setting goals and pursuing them actually kick starts your dopamine system in the brain. You might want to check out some youtube videos from Jordan Peterson. Hes a psychologist, but the stuff I have been learning from him is actually really helping me
thank you carrie for all the help i will try to fit as much change in as possible. after this year i will be done with school and it should all be better. i also tried taking the vitamin D and magnesium and it seems to clear the head quite well.