I know exactly what you mean. I feel like this and haven't come up with any explanations as yet or solutiions.

Along with this its also the feeling of just kind of floating around and not really being here.

If I find out anything ill let you know :)

I've too experienced this, and put it down to not exercising (i work in an office) so i've decided to start swimming once a week and am eating alot more healthier - i'm hoping that this will make a difference! If it does, i'll let you know!

I found that taking a cold shower will sort of snap me out of it for a while, plus its good for your skin. But im still looking for a permanent solution.

Hey its got a lot to do with your mind focusing on it as well. When you are concious of a feeling it kind of makes it worse. I try to do any thing that will take my mind off it, if you fill your day with activities it really does help as your mind is focusing on other things!

They say too much masturbation causes this. Try stopping masturbation. Also eating junk food causes this. You should eat 2 parts fresh fruit and veg for every other food item you consume. Also you are probably sleep deprived.

I am experiencing this too, sadly at a more extreme level, as it seems to progress over time. I have been diagnosed with lyme disease, but I can never be sure if it is causing my neurological symptoms. I feel like im in a dream... 24/7. I lose a sense of awareness that I didnt notice until it slipped away. It gets worse when I dont sleep enough.
All around tired, really.
Im physically exausted, tired of hoping, tired of trying, tired of life.

This is a sad way to live, and no one diserves it. I've been labeled a pothead at school because they dont understand. Few do.

Heh, me too :(

just recently i've been posting here trying to help people, and now I became one of them.

To set things straight - this is not depersonalization. I remember how dr/dp feels like, but this is different. It feels as though I became dumber, I lose track of words that I read. I also have troubles going to sleep.


This is how I explain this. Personally in my case, it might've been caused by stress. I'm a graduating senior (getting done this june). Over the few last semesters, i've had to work harder than anybody else, partly because I don't enjoy studying but still have to get good grades, and partly because I mismanaged my curriculum plan earlier. At the end of the previous semester, I ended up having to study and understand an entire book of advanced math, in order for me to pass the class. I haven't slept for days, and was in constant fear of failing the class.


The class is over now, I didn't fail it. But I think the prolonged stress finally got me, and I snapped.


I quit smoking. I quit eating junk. I'm planning to start exercising regularly once i'm through college, which is soon.


This "foggy brain" condition is weird, and it used to cause severe panic attacks in me. Not anymore. I'm kinda used to it now, basically I feel like I didn't sleep for one night.


If you people figure out what it is, let us all know. Also, the guy who decided to fix the condition with regular exercise - keep us posted. Back in the day I used to lift weights, and it helped a lot my mental and emotional wellbeing. Now unfortunately, the circumstances keep me from taking good care of me, so i'm coping temporarily.

Definitly I know where you guys are coming from. Its killer on me cause im in college and I need to pass my classes. Sometimes it get me real down but reading that theres more people out there helps alot. I just wish I knew you guys in person becaues no one knows whats going on with me here and so have to just deal with it on my own. I guess the best thing to do is say medical question it and to try and live life.

I know I feel this way most of the time when I get sick. But I do get this way once in a while, for example during a midterm test. I completely blank out, and the next thing I know there's only 10 minutes left and I'm not nearly done...it would be great if someone could find out what this is.

I've had this feeling now for about 4 months. It started in june 2009 when i was hospitalised due to sum heart problems. Back then this 'foggy' thing wasn't as huge problem as it is now, I believe it is worse now because I'm waking up at about 4am every morning to catch train to school while going to bed around 11-12 am. I'm going to have to change my sleeping pattern and exercise a bit more and hope it lessens. I'm male

What i have been through is difficulty thinking,forming thought,following conversation, and cant think striaght...and every time i speak with someone i cant think of word to say to them..and sometime im afriad that one day i would forget how to communicate with ppl or even talk to them..and sometime when im around ppl i feel like im watching anime without subtitle...what should i do?please help me....

To anyone else, does it feel like your mind is trying to do a thousand things at once? Like you just can't get it to focus on the one thing you want to do, and you're too easily distracted?

Sometimes, it feels like early-onset alzheimer's, doesn't it? I'm only 22... I shouldn't be having problems like this. I forget things I know, or I just can't get my mind to focus right. It's all fuzzy. Like when I'm trying to read a book, and I have to re-read a sentence ten times just to understand it--just because my mind seems to be lazy about interpreting it like it should.

I've had some hits and misses with treatment for my case. Lots of short-term fixes; drinking a cup of coffee, for instance, parts the clouds a bit for a while. Some herbs like ginkgo biloba work to some degree too, but its effects fade in time and don't last very long.

But what could be a permanent fix? And why does it happen? I see some have recommended exercise. Cardiovascular exercise and stretching seem to have the greatest effects, cardio because of its effects on the circulatory system and stretching for its stress-relieving tendencies (I think).