My head just feels SO weird?

[Panda22]

Hi.. i don't know what's going on with me but i feel so out of it the last few months..

It's like my brain is too tired to function. I don't even know how to explain it but it's the worst feeling.. My head feels so slow, i can't focus on anything, like cloudy idk..
Sometimes i just zone out and then remember where i am and feel a rush of panic. When i take a nap during the day and wake up it's even 10x worse.

The strange thing is, my life is pretty good, nothing bad has happened to me at all. But my mind just feels HORRIBLE.
I've been on 50mg Sertraline for over 3 weeks now and if anything it makes me more depressed. Should i stick with it or go even lower dose?

Does anyone else feel like their mind if giving up on them? What can i do to get rid of this brain fog thing please? (i think thats what it is??)

[Mindprison]

100% anxiety related. I've had this for 5 weeks but only because i've been under a lot of stress and anxiety is playing up.

There's no way to just get rid of it, it'll pass eventually but if you keep worrying about it then it won't go away.

Anxiety puts a lot of stress on the mind. Derealization/depersonalization and brain fog are the mind's ways of dealing with extreme stress. Your brain is tired and needs time to recover.

[Colicab85]

Can totally relate.

"tired brain" has been with me on and off for nearly 2 years now.

Its obviously my mental state thats caused it. It goes away when i relax.

[Simone01]

I can relate to this been feeling heavy headed tired tension and eye problems for a week now and I’ve had awful anxiety recently and it’s just ramped everything up a notch. Vicious circle if you don’t break it. It’s hard though I sympathise.