Scared there’s something wrong with my brain

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Exoplanets · 22/09/2024 23:15

I’ll start off by saying I’m 35 and I have a 5 year old son who is on the autism pathway for a diagnosis. He’s very smart but also hugely hard work and very demanding.
I’ve been struggling with my mental health for years, currently waiting an ADHD diagnosis but also have PMDD and GAD.

I’m scared because I’m forgetting words all the time, I have also been waking in the night and not known where I am or who is laying beside me (my DP) until it comes back after a few panicked seconds.
I have recently parked somewhere a few times and can’t remember where the car is. Then I get that panicky feeling again and it comes back to me a few seconds later.

The latest one is that I thought my toothbrush was a different colour so spent ages searching for it, but then my DP said it’s the one already in the holder, you’ve been using it for months, I didn’t recognise it at all and thought a guest had left it! I used to have a toothbrush the colour I was looking for though.
One more frightening thing is looking in the mirror and obviously recognising myself but not at the same time, feeling like I look different in some way but can’t work out what it is.

Should I be worried? I’ve had a lot of fatigue lately too. I have called my (GP for blood test but still waiting to hear back (on two week waiting list for non urgent appointments).

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Wallywobbles · 23/09/2024 05:53

Something that has really helped me is this multi vitamin pill. I had terrible brain fog. Couldn't finish a sentence at my worst.

Lamberts Multiguard ADR. I order online from Landys chemist.

Whatever else they won't do you any harm and may do you a lot of good.

PoachesPeaches · 23/09/2024 06:44

user1471548941 · 23/09/2024 01:04

I think you should take a look at those previous diagnosis'. I'm always suspicious when a woman has a male member of the family with autism and similar but different challenges diagnosed as mental health.

Your son has autism, which often runs in families. You are being investigated for ADHD which shows executive function challenges but you also have a PMDD diagnosis suggesting challenges processing emotions and GAD. Autism often results in anxiety due to the social challenges. Autism is very often missed in women and diagnosed as other things- I also really struggle with my monthly cycles and more acute emotions and was misdiagnosed with GAD but I'm actually autistic. The difficulty processing emotions etc are a symptom of autism, rather than the root cause themselves.

When I'm stressed and burnt out I lose words also and have issues with mutism. Usually it's because my brain is already at capacity with other things to deal with. Or because I'm struggling with things like sleep or eating properly and I get really bad brain fog that makes me struggle to function.

I'd be asking for a full neurodiversity assessment with someone who is smart enough to tie the whole thing together. It could be that your previous diagnosis' are symptoms of a wider reaching thing rather than individual mental health problems. As well as a full health check for the physical issues others have suggested,

All the best.

I have adhd and probably autistic too . Same here about losing words and shutting down. I'm just recently starting to recognise when my brain is at capacity stage and I need to stop taking in new information, and iwork to take stock instead.

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