Is this peri or am I losing my mind?

[BumblingBanana]

I have a symptom that I'm struggling with.

The first one is like a feeling of emptiness in my mind. I think it started as noticing a lack of motivation, a lack of drive. Then I started to feel disorientated. I feel like I am low level 'on' all the time (which is normal for me as I have ADHD) but it's a different kind of on. It's like I'm surfing in my brain and never really feeling that things are still. On one hand it could be a brilliant state of flow, like I am on existing on a higher plane / a different planet, lol, but I just feel ungrounded:( I also feel slightly scared by this change. Mostly my brain feels quite empty of thought.

I've been like this for well over a month.

For context I had a very stressful year last year and a couple of stressful things in recent months.

I think going to the gym, lifting some heavy weights, nutrition and sleep will help with this empty feeling - will it?? I'm not keen on HRT as I have an estrogen sensitive condition.

Perhaps it is your mind shutting off to protect itself from the stress it has been under.

Caveat - I have no knowledge of such matters.

Yes peri - go to see the doctor

I'm 41 and have felt so empty headed and a bit disassociated this year that I'm almost in a permanent state of zen.

I started lifting heavy weights and dialled in my nutrition at around the same point that I started feeling this way, so don't know if it's that or my age

Ah ha one other person- I know I am not alone now!

Did weights and nutrition help? I suspect they might but its also quite draining so I'm wondering if the overall effect is going to be net improvement of zero on my empty headedness!

I did ask chat GPT about it just now and it reckons stress is playing a role...I maybe need to go back to try some things that have helped in the past after periods of stress like reading books, mindfulness and setting little goals.

But I just can't be bothered if it's not going to improve it.

That seems to be the curse of peri, all these things could help but I also cannot be faffed to do them.

I'm wondering if I need to rewatch the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. It would be my 4th time, I've always cracked it out at times of transition and felt renewed afters 😂

Definitely peri!