London_Girl
14-01-14, 03:08
I know this sounds like a weird question but it's how I've felt recently. I'm still questioning whether what I've been experiencing for the past few months is anxiety or something more sinister as I find it hard to believe anxiety can make you feel this weird and unlike your self even at times when you don't feel anxious.
Earlier I was writing a cover letter for a job I'm applying for and I struggled to think of a basic word when writing about why I wanted to work for the company, it was the weirdest thing ever and freaked me out to the point of a panic attack. If there is one thing I've been good throughout my life (and there's a lot I'm bad at!) it has been my literacy and have been told by a lot of people I'm articulate but at the moment I feel borderline illiterate.
A week ago my anxiety was so bad I felt like my head was going to explode and I went to A&E because I just couldn't take it anymore and now my head feels empty and like I can't express myself the way I used to before the anxiety started. I keep feeling like this must be early Schizophrenia or some medical condition. My head goes from feeling really intense, full of anxiety to feeling like there is a tight band around it, dizzy and then like my mind is empty, all these different bizarre feelings but never normal anymore. Even writing out this now feels like a struggle and is taking me a lot longer than it used to.
Can anxiety make your brain/mind feel this weird? It's almost worse than the anxiety itself, the empty feeling I get after an episode of anxiety has passed. Maybe it's my overloaded-with-anxiety brain "taking a break" because things have gotten too much. :shrug:
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Also, another question, I've been prescribed Citalopram but haven't yet taken any. I'm wondering whether or not meds will make this feeling worse? I've heard some people say because it obviously helps with the anxiety/depression, once your body gets used to it, it makes your mind clearer but I'm worried it will only make my mind feel more foggy/empty than it does currently.
Earlier I was writing a cover letter for a job I'm applying for and I struggled to think of a basic word when writing about why I wanted to work for the company, it was the weirdest thing ever and freaked me out to the point of a panic attack. If there is one thing I've been good throughout my life (and there's a lot I'm bad at!) it has been my literacy and have been told by a lot of people I'm articulate but at the moment I feel borderline illiterate.
A week ago my anxiety was so bad I felt like my head was going to explode and I went to A&E because I just couldn't take it anymore and now my head feels empty and like I can't express myself the way I used to before the anxiety started. I keep feeling like this must be early Schizophrenia or some medical condition. My head goes from feeling really intense, full of anxiety to feeling like there is a tight band around it, dizzy and then like my mind is empty, all these different bizarre feelings but never normal anymore. Even writing out this now feels like a struggle and is taking me a lot longer than it used to.
Can anxiety make your brain/mind feel this weird? It's almost worse than the anxiety itself, the empty feeling I get after an episode of anxiety has passed. Maybe it's my overloaded-with-anxiety brain "taking a break" because things have gotten too much. :shrug:
---------- Post added at 03:08 ---------- Previous post was at 03:00 ----------
Also, another question, I've been prescribed Citalopram but haven't yet taken any. I'm wondering whether or not meds will make this feeling worse? I've heard some people say because it obviously helps with the anxiety/depression, once your body gets used to it, it makes your mind clearer but I'm worried it will only make my mind feel more foggy/empty than it does currently.