Confused thinking and other bizarre brain sxs

[[Gr...]]

My head feels like its in a fog.  I've been mixing up words a lot, saying things like, "I have to go take my towel now."  when I have a towel in my

hand and I'm going to take a shower.  I'm also extremely forgetful and realizing that I need to write lists for even my mundane tasks right now.

I can't even remember my basic plan for things, let alone the details. 

 

Another weird thing happening to me is bits of old dreams are floating into my day thinking.  Its so odd.  Like I find myself thinking, "Oh that's

like the time I moved apartments to that weird neighborhood,hmm, that was a dream, from like five years ago!".  I feel like my thoughts

are floating around a lot and not necessarily working at any sort of efficient speed. 

 

Anyone else feeling this? 

[[Ra...]]

You're definitely not alone GreenCup. Some days I feel as though my brain and memory is working perfectly and others I can barely string a sentence together and stumble over all my words and thoughts.

 

Spelling is one of the worst things for me, I can forget how to spell even the simplest of words when chatting online and have to google the correct spelling so I don't look stupid! Other times I just feel overwhelmed by information or tasks in front of me.

 

I'm sure it will pass in the fullness of time, as everything hopefully will.

[[Up...]]

I view your report as a healthy sign!

 

Here's why: I've been around lots of people taking significant amounts of benzos (besides myself). They do this sort of muddled thinking and fractured thinking all the time. The difference is, they don't seem to notice it until they decide to come off benzos and reach a point where their head is starting to get organized again.

 

I think the muddled thinking (like using the wrong word) is residual effects of benzos and will fade as you put them behind you.

 

I think the thought fragments are your brain cleaning house as it becomes better able to function.

 

I think both are signs of your brain healing, and will fade with time.

[[Ph...]]

Evolution (or God, if you prefer) didn't design your brain to run properly in the presence of the drugs you have been taking.  Time and right living will fix most of this.  No worries.  Right now, everything is as it's supposed to be.

[[db...]]

I, too, think this is a good sign albeit confusing. You have been blunted and it is the beginning of windows of "real life" memories. In bad benzo sxs it seems only memories are the terrifying ones or hurtful ones from way back so the memory is there just shorted out TEMPORARILY.

 

It is like a beam of sunshine breaking through a little crack in the blinds of an otherwise extremely dark place IMO. You are doing something right. Just have patience and you will be "reborn" in a way coming through this stuff. What doesn't kill you in a fight makes you stronger in the long run. Focus on the good thoughts and know more focused good memories, dreams and just overall wellness is coming your way as you move off these alchemy disasters. JMO

[[4G...]]

Yes, this definitely happens to me. I often get the feeling that I am living in the house I lived in 15 years ago. I think that I will just go to the local shop and then I realize that the shop isn't there. Occasionally I think that I am in my childhood home. It is very strange!

[[Up...]]

Yes, those are exactly the kind of odd feelings and memory fragments others experience. You might think of it as a side effect of your brain healing itself. Remember it will pass and don't let it rattle you. You sound like you have the right attitude: you have noticed the symptoms, but are not letting them freak you out.

[[Gr...]]

I expected others to have this happening also, but I had NOT thought of it as healing or in any positive light.

This makes me feel SO much better to think of it as a good thing.  Who knows how many times I was

just acting spacey and didn't even know or care?  I am trying to embrace my funny brain right now.

Some people go through life in search of some wild drug trip, and I seem to be just having

one on a daily basis lately.    It is definitely comparable to being stoned with

a bit of psychedelic in there.  Maybe what happens to some people on shrooms or acid?