Zoning out, Confused and Disoriented all the time?
Please Help For the past almost 2 1/2 months I have been having all of these problems and no one knows what wrong with me: Confusion Zoning out ( I am able completely aware and responsive happens all day long) Depression Dizziness Loss if appetite Weight loss on August 7th I was 213lbs as of today 196lbs. Spinning or swaying(physically doing this) Restlessness, anxiety, irritability Disturbed sleeps early waking about 3 or 4 am with sever anxiety Feeling of need to nap frequently for short spurts about 20 min. Heart palpitations Slow reaction time Clouded consciousness or awareness-fogginess Decreased or no attention span Loss or decreased short-term memory Disorientation Unsteady tremors in right hand comes and goes Tendency to wander in a confused manner Difficulty focusing Headaches or pressure left back side Gastrointestinal problems- diarrhea Doctors seen: All have no answers to why Primary Cardiologist Pulmonologist OBGYN ENT GI Neurologist Test done: MRI W and W/O contrast -Negative/Normal Hormone-Negative/Normal Blood-Negative/Normal B-12 was low Head CT –Negative/Normal Heart stress test –Negative/Normal Lung function test –Negative/Normal Lung CT W and W/O contrast—Negative/Normal Upper GI—Negative/Normal Balance- No results yet but the technician say it was normal Pituitary glands- Test to be done this week
Hallucinations, disorientation, night terrors/nightmares, confusion?
I've heard of the same things before from a television show, but it sounds exactly the same about what you said. Before, the hallucinations have been happening, have you or your friend gotten any concussions? Because that could do a bit of damage. A few things that I can think of are: Deprived from Sleep Concussions But that's about it. Any Headaches(Upper head, eyes/back of eyes, around back of neck/head) start to occur, I would recommend to see your physician as soon as possible. Or right now would be good. It's always best to see a physician before anything really occurs.
"Zoning out" for various periods of time?
My girlfriend has talked to me about occasions (So far it's happened twice) where she loses consciousness for fifteen or so minutes at a time. Now, when I say she loses consciousness, I don't mean she falls asleep or anything, I mean she'll do things (Take a shower, go outside, etc.) and have literally no memory of doing them. The other day she was sitting on her bed on her laptop, then (she describes it as if she blinked, or when you go to sleep at all night goes by in a split second) she was getting out of the shower. She doesn't remember getting off of her bed, taking a shower, or anything. It happened again today. She said she was about to go shower, and got up and the next thing she knows, she's standing behind her apartment building. She said the door wasn't locked when she went back to it, and her dog wasn't put in her cage, or in the bedroom (Her dog likes to try to escape.) Anyone know what's going on? She also has headaches fairly frequently, and has issues with depression.
What are some symptoms for Alzheimer's disease?
Symptoms can vary from person to person. Some common symptoms of Alzheimer's are: Memory loss Problems doing familiar tasks Problems with language Trouble knowing the time, date, or place Poor or decreased judgment Problems with abstract thinking Misplacing things often, such as keys Changes in mood and behavior Changes in personality Loss of interest in starting projects or doing things
Why do I often feel fearful after waking up from a nap?
We have a system called "orexin" (by system, I mean both the neurons running through our brain but also the chemicals, orexin-A and B, that they produce).Our orexin system releases these chemicals when it's "time" for us to wake up, based on the cycles of sleep (our so-called "circadian rhythms") that our body has established. Orexin also produces physiological arousal- not sexual, but the kind of heightened alertness that leads to our fight-or-flight responses, as well as kick-starting our appetites- in short, all the things that, under normal circumstances, we need to get us going in the morning.When we sleep out of cycle, our orexin production upon waking isn't something that our nervous system is accustomed to, and in a midday nap, we'll be getting a "dose" that may even overlap with the effects from earlier in the day. This excess physiological arousal can feel like terror, intense anxiety, an adrenaline rush, etc., and if we're not fully awake when it starts kicking in, it can lead to some very intense, scary, lucid dreams right before we're fully conscious!The best way to get this feeling under control is to establish a consistent sleep rhythm. Daytime naps are fine, but we have to accept that it will take our nervous and endocrine systems time to adjust the production of important chemicals to match our new cycle. If we take midday naps only very occasionally or irregularly, our systems will do the best they can, but we're probably in for as much of a surprise as it is.