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Posted by FredPotter on July 11, 2005, at 0:05:56
I'm 58 and I've always had these blocked thoughts on and off. At present it's bad enough for me to stop in the middle of a conversation and lose what I was talking about. A bit like the effects of weed. The right hand side of my head feels stuffed with cotton wool and the disappearance of thoughts can be felt there. I'm coming off Xanax slowly so perhaps that's making it worse. I used to be afraid it was an early symptom of schizophrenia, but that never happened I'm glad to say. I'm too old now probably. Also I nearly killed myself with booze twice. Now I haven't drunk for over 2 years. Any ideas folks? many thanks
Fred
Posted by rjlockhart98 on July 11, 2005, at 10:37:15
In reply to Blocked thoughts, posted by FredPotter on July 11, 2005, at 0:05:56
You know, i didnt know what was wrong with me, It started when i was 16 i would be standing with bunch of people and all of a sudden have this "warp" for a half second and forget and a bit disoriented about what was going on. I belive it is an quick overload of electricity or something.
I experienced mild dissoication around october 2004- Janunary of 2005 when it finally let off. My therpist told me what these feelings of detachment where. I KNEW I WAS INSANE! then it let off, i got back to normal. It is funny sometime periods you think you will never get out of. Right now im in a deep one, but i think i am coming out of it.
I pray everynight my thoughts will return back to normal, i did last night. I had terrible nightmares lastnight, VIVID! increadibly creative..... i was at a "suchi bar" but it was very very upclass, the enviorment was black marble, dim lights, and big buisness executives getting drunk, it was on some skyscraper. Then it would pass, and something else would come. I will go so deep in these dreams, when i wake up its like WARP! im in my room, not in the middle of some HUGE city! This really gets to me at times.
Right now im feeling........ ok. My thougths are "stable" maybe the prayer did work. I am praying everynight now, and watching the 700 club for healing.
Sorry for the babble.....
Matt
Posted by Declan on July 11, 2005, at 15:14:53
In reply to Blocked thoughts, posted by FredPotter on July 11, 2005, at 0:05:56
Hi Fred
Honestly when I get that and similar things I think it's brain damage, neurological stuff, incipient Alzheimers etc. For example, for some reason, I can't find things, looking for things is difficult. I just remember where everything is supposed to be. Something can be in front of me but I can't see it.
I know the cotton wool feeling, and I'm sure coming off Xanax could be making it worse.
Declan
Posted by Phillipa on July 11, 2005, at 20:53:10
In reply to Re: Blocked thoughts, posted by Declan on July 11, 2005, at 15:14:53
Sounds like good old fashioned anxiety to me. And Matt I think your dreams are related to the pictures Dr. Bob is posting of the huge buildings. You said you like his photography. Maybe you want to be like Dr. Bob. Fondly, Phillipa
Posted by rjlockhart98 on July 11, 2005, at 22:33:17
In reply to Re: Blocked thoughts, posted by Phillipa on July 11, 2005, at 20:53:10
dr-bob is awesome, but i am ME!
Dr-bob doesnt have maniac posts. He seems a very calm reserved person. I like to try to see new view points and have inspiration when i have mania, well just being me!
Posted by bimini on July 12, 2005, at 18:44:31
In reply to Re: Blocked thoughts, posted by Declan on July 11, 2005, at 15:14:53
I don't see things looking at it either. It is like when you can't think of a word, it's there just not right now. Later you remember what the word was. There is the thing I was looking for now, right where it wasn't before. Or was it? This gets tricky.
I have to make sure I know what it looks like what I'm trying to find, sometimes I can't remember its form. I know what it is, what it does and so forth and no idea what it looks like. Everyday silly things like an umbrella. I don't know if that is an independent glitch or just happens once with each lost couple until severed connection is reastablished. It is like all the files in my brain have been moved around and are crossreferenced differently.
bimini
Posted by portage on July 12, 2005, at 23:54:57
In reply to Blocked thoughts, posted by FredPotter on July 11, 2005, at 0:05:56
> I'm 58 and I've always had these blocked thoughts on and off. At present it's bad enough for me to stop in the middle of a conversation and lose what I was talking about. A bit like the effects of weed. The right hand side of my head feels stuffed with cotton wool and the disappearance of thoughts can be felt there. I'm coming off Xanax slowly so perhaps that's making it worse. I used to be afraid it was an early symptom of schizophrenia, but that never happened I'm glad to say. I'm too old now probably. Also I nearly killed myself with booze twice. Now I haven't drunk for over 2 years. Any ideas folks? many thanks
> Fredever since i was young i've had bouts of "stupidity"...in which i was just dumbfounded, briefly, and i never knew why. i've decided that it must be tied into my recently-diagnosed anxiety disorder- the dissociation aspect of it, when i sort of lose my tight grip on some or all of my mental faculties for no apparent reason. no reason i can think of but some form of anxiety.
but, then, it could be something else too.
do you have any other symptoms of an anxiety disorder?
Posted by med_empowered on July 13, 2005, at 1:25:55
In reply to Re: Blocked thoughts, posted by portage on July 12, 2005, at 23:54:57
Since I've had anxiety/mood "issues" since I was a kid, I can relate to all this. Dissociation is apparently a pretty common occurence--it can happen to anyone under stress, in an intense situation, or as a result of medication/illicit drug use. Sometimes, my mind would move fast and then stop; I'd talk so fast I tripped over words and forgot what I was saying, or I'd lose thoughts completely. Even now, I'll sometimes start a comment--usually something inane, like small talk--and get distracted and talk about something else. Or..walk off without finishing my though. Its kinda odd, but its harmelss. Evening out my anxiety has helped that tremendously. What also helps is realizing that everyone has brain-weirdness now and then; its not as if the rest of the world has smooth-operating brains and its only the rest of us who have these blurps every now and then. Accepting that in turns makes me less anxious about my slips when the do happend, and the reduced anxiety level makes the slips happen much less often overall.
Posted by Jakeman on July 13, 2005, at 1:40:55
In reply to Blocked thoughts, posted by FredPotter on July 11, 2005, at 0:05:56
For some reason reading this post make me think of a poem by Neruda. I posted here:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/write/20050621/msgs/526367.html
I've felt this way many times.
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