Is this mental fog?

[[ki...]]

Hey all,

 

Before I ask this question (I've asked a billion since my stay here), I just want to say THANK YOU to all of the loving, supportive, and informative people out there who have been here for me and provided reassurance.

 

With that said, my question is this: Every day just seems like a blur. When I'm in conversation with someone, my head feels blank, it doesn't really feel like it's running or engaged, even though I'm responding and talking just fine. The entire conversation just goes through like a blur, like I'm not all there.

 

What is this?

 

 

 

[[me...]]

It sounds like a combination of brain fog and depersonalization, both very common symptoms.

[[Da...]]

Ime the same way, I don't really catch the conversations I'm having with people and I no longer seem to connect with anybody. I used to be so close with my family and friends but now it seems like everybody is a stranger. I used to know how people were going to respond but now I have no idea because they all are like strangers to me.

[[Ce...]]

Same here, I can't seem to concentrate on what is being said to me. And I forget what someone has just said, so I can't respond back. Not much of a conversationalist these days, not at all like I was before all this. It's really aggravating! I just can't seem to keep it together, not from lack of trying. Maybe I'm trying too hard?

[[Ti...]]

I had this so bad a month out. DEFINITELY a withdrawal symorom for sure.  I had a,horrible  horrible case of this.

[[Sa...]]

Yeah, like megan said, sounds like you're experiencing depersonalization. I've had depersonalization before from illicit drug use which lasted 3 days back in 2012 so I'm quite aware of what it feels like. It feels like your deattached from your surroundings and oneself. A complete inability to connect with the world and people; everything feels alien. Brain fog to me is something different altogether. Brain fog is more like slowed mental faculties, poor memory, poor concentration, inability to plan for the future etc. In the beginning of my withdrawal my brain fog was so severe that I couldn't even muster a basic conversations with people. There were literally days I couldn't talk. The fact that you can talk seemlessly without any hiccups indicates that your brain is working fine in that regard.

[[be...]]

kingyork40

 

How far along are you in your W/D?

 

 

[[ki...]]

kingyork40

 

How far along are you in your W/D?

 

 

 

I am 1 year and 2 months out since the last klonopin dose.

 

Ciproflaxcin introduced me to my first ever panic attack, then a panic attack off my first try of marijuana led me into constant daily panic attacks with DP/DR, leading to my prescription of klonopin which I was on for 2 months.

 

Between these 3 drugs my brain has been pretty fried, despite short term usage.

[[Bi...]]

I had very extreme derealization and depersonalization. I thought I was going crazy. I had d/r and d/p for two years straight along with cog fog so heavy at times, and everything looked so blurry. I have a very hard time even remembering what hell I steadfast through. I'm over four years off, and I'm healed. It all goes away. I believe around 10 - 16 months off, allot of my fog and d/r, d/p lifted.

 

Good luck to you!