outdamnspot
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My cognitive impairment has gotten worse lately, and it's sucking any remaining joy out of life. I've always had some degree of brain fog, though that actually cleared up quite significantly when I switched to a Keto diet. I was overwhelmed by 'adrenal fatigue' and adrenaline rushes, which still made concentrating etc. difficult. However, ever since trying to treat my gut, things have been worse in a different way: I feel very 'glassy' mentally, like I'm stuck behind a screen, and I struggle a lot with processing information, no matter how alert I am. My mind feels very blank, and I have to force myself to take every action .. even simple typing feels laborious. I'm totally anhedonic and time passes so painfully slowly; coffee helps a little, but doesn't cut through that 'glassy' feeling, so that I'm ever actually present in reality.
I had these symptoms on SSRIs; I was born with ADD, and believe I'm sensitive to anything to increases serotonin. Lately, I've been taking Vitamin C, because it's the only thing that helps me physically -- i.e. I can sleep and am more stress-tolerant on it -- but the cognitive symptoms just get worse (I believe it increases serotonin?).
Anyway, I guess I was just venting. I don't think there's really a solution because anything that improves cognition (stimulants etc.) would probably kill me, and without the Vitamin C I'm so much worse off physically.
I had these symptoms on SSRIs; I was born with ADD, and believe I'm sensitive to anything to increases serotonin. Lately, I've been taking Vitamin C, because it's the only thing that helps me physically -- i.e. I can sleep and am more stress-tolerant on it -- but the cognitive symptoms just get worse (I believe it increases serotonin?).
Anyway, I guess I was just venting. I don't think there's really a solution because anything that improves cognition (stimulants etc.) would probably kill me, and without the Vitamin C I'm so much worse off physically.