Greeting from SouthEast. Psychiatric awareness are poorly practiced here in Indonesia. I am looking support from you guys.
Here's my story.
I've been struggling on cognitive impairment (brain fog) issue for abt 5 months. I never suspected before that this might be due to depression but after series of consultation with neurologists they refer me to psychiatric facility thou. Apparently they diagnosed me with major depressive disorder an the funny part is that i don't experience any psychological trauma or major live events to be considered as trigger factor. Am I just genetically predisoaed toward it? Idk. It seemed to happen overnight.
My most devilitatimg shmptom is lack of energy and cognitive impairment. My memory is soooo bad, both in short term ir long term. Retrieval is far from accurate and I could only recall 20% of it. I could instantly forget things in just 4 seconds. And son't ask me about comminicating, It's tiring because I should constantly remember the context of cinversation. I also suffer from focus and concentration issue.
Before I am experiencing this brain fog, my memory is very great. I din't even need to try when somene ask me about specifc subject. I am an art curator and also working as scholar and lecturer. Currently pursuing my magister degree. But apparently things ruined since I am experiencing this cignitive issue. I stop working, I lost my job, and focusing for my health right now,. Taking Zoloft 50 mg per day religiously didn't help. My psychotherapy session also contributes nothing. Seemed that my therapies couldn't understand my problem.
Honestly I don't know what to do and to whom I should seek help. They said that I am hypochondriac and this brain fog is only in my mind. I am hopeless because they couldn't understand me.
I am seeking advixe from anyone who happen to experience similar problem. Will I get my cognition back? Will my memory improve later?
Any suggestion?l and advice?
Cher Gumilar - si je vivais la même chose que ce que vous décrivez - je me sentirais très perdu et effrayé. Cela ne signifie pas que je devrais ou avais des raisons de me sentir perdu et effrayé. Cela signifie simplement qu'il se passe quelque chose d'inhabituel en ce moment et, comme pour la plupart des choses inhabituelles, il faut être patient et gentil avec soi-même. Les questions finissent généralement par trouver des réponses et c'est à ce moment-là que nous pouvons les gérer.
Je n'ai pas moi-même expérimenté de brouillard cérébral ou de problèmes de mémoire (bien que certains amis pourraient ne pas être d'accord...) mais j'ai des amis qui ont décrit les symptômes que vous décrivez. Ils aussi se sont vu prescrire des médicaments et, parfois, cela a empiré les choses avant que les médecins ne trouvent les bons médicaments.
Le Zoloft est un antidépresseur et ne convient pas à tout le monde. Comme beaucoup d'ISRS : il peut vous rendre plus détaché. D'autres médicaments peuvent vous rendre plus concentré. Vous devez vraiment informer vos médecins de vos "progrès" et de la manière dont vous réagissez au médicament.
N'importe quoi peut déclencher une période de dépression. Cela pourrait être un souvenir du passé profondément enfoui, la pression des examens, les drogues, une rupture, des problèmes familiaux, etc. Peu importe à quel point cela semble insignifiant et à quel point vous pensez pouvoir le gérer.
Ce qui compte, c'est de vous donner le temps de comprendre ce qui se passe avec vous.
Si vous le pouvez - alors donnez-vous cette chance. Demandez-vous si le travail était le bon. Si les personnes autour de vous sont les bonnes.. Et soyez honnête avec vous-même.
Thanks for your reply Tancam
Well, I did try to describe to my therapist about my progresses but it seemed that they always misinterpreted it. Brain fog seemed to be the least of my psych's concern. They tend to address my state of emotion. I try to convince them that If i get my cognition back I would be really fine. I am not an emotional person before and flatness of emotion has been my character.
Could my un- or subconscious issue be the culprit? I am not consciously and aware of having any emotional conflict and trauma before this depression. I was a passioante, analitycal, fierce person and always on top of the game. I do also have a great and supportive family and friends. Now i feel like a crap. Useless as a clap.
Unfortunately, my options for antidepressant are limited here since we only manufacture some types of SSRIs (fluoxetine sertraline escitalopram fluvoxamine) and only effexor for SNRI (did try to no avail). We don't even have Wellbutrin, which I consider could address my cog issue - at least as an attempt since sertraline didn't work at all.
Should I switch my meds or just faithfully waiting for it effects? My doc said that It would take time. Should I consider bumping up the dose? 50 mg of sertraline sounds too 'elementary' for my issue perhaps?
La vitamine B12 est très liée à la mémoire. Ont-ils testé votre sang pour les niveaux de B12 ? À part cela, vérifiez vos messages.
Yep, already taking b12 (methylcobalamin) 400mcg and folic acid 1 mg daily for my memory issue but still, i couldn't really tell if I benefit any improvement.
I already took MMSE (Mini Mental State Examination) and it appeared that my cognitive ability was within 'normal' range and my assessor think that I made up my condition. Perhaps I could still function as a normal person but since my job demand my best cognitive function, it slowly gettkng worse and worse to the point that I couldn't keep up my job and career. Totally depressed.
What is the point of 'being normal' if you couldn't work at all?