Clarification:No, I wasn’t sick before this started occuring. It was a gradual onset.
Feeling really tired all the time. I can sleep well above the amount of hours you need, and wake up feeling like I’ve been drugged up. If I wake up at 10 AM, I feel almost awake by around 8 PM. I don’t have as much of an issue typing but when I’m talking it’s like I’ve had brain damage or something (I haven’t, to my knowledge.) My movement and metabolism seem slow but my doctor says my thyroid function is in acceptable limits.
I used to give massive presentations where I was speaking without a script, I couldn’t even manage a single sentence without suddenly slurring, mispronouncing a word I know the pronunciation of, fumbling grammar, getting a word back to front or “buffering” for 5+ seconds. I don’t know, I just don’t feel as “present” like I used to, and everything seems dream-like. I have a bit of anxiety about talking to people in person now, because talking seems to use up 100% of my brainpower (same with remembering how to make coffee and use the machine), when before it was an automatic thing.
There’s been several occasions where a sentence will come out perfect but in reverse.
I don’t know if this is related, but people have noticed that since then, my movement has also been slow, as if my arms are underwater and are facing water resistance.
I forgot to clarify that. No, I wasn’t sick. It was a gradual onset.
This is happening to me, or something very similar!
Tired beyond belief. Sleep doesn’t matter, or at least doesn’t seem to help. Everyday, it takes hours to feel awake, and only lasts for a couple hours at best.
Slow to find words when speaking, though I know what I want to say. It coupd take seconds to think of a simple word. I’ve started speaking in very broken, sometimes reversed, sentences. Someone said it was like listening to a slow version of Yoda, but worse.
The world feels off, as if experiencing everything through a memory rather than actually being there. The best way I’ve been able to describe it is, it’s as if being far back in my head. Everything is at a distance, like my eyes are binoculars turned around, or like looking through tunnels.
I used to have a great memory, now I’m lucky if I remember a conversation from a week ago. Not just what was said, but I might be only vaugly aware that the conversation even happened.
Movement isn’t sluggish exactly, though slower than I used to be. Doing anything, even routine tasks takes a ridiculous amount of concentration.
I’ve also developed weird ticks. I’ll sometimes speak outloud as I’m thinking of a sentence, or lyric, or whatever, but its just one or two words. I then repeat the word over and over without realizing it. Once I notice, it takes me a second to stop. I’ve also started geaturing with my hands without meaning to, when not even talking or anything. Like I’ll randomly point or gesture like I’m speaking.
None of it was sudden, it’s been a slow build up to the point that I don’t know when any of it started. The symptoms are finally enough to overcome my anxiety of talking about it, and I’ve scheduled an appointment with my doctor. Whatever is happening, I figure it will be better to know than not.
I’m not saying we have exactly the same thing, it just sounds like we have some similar symptoms. Whatever it is, know that you aren’t alone. Take care of yourself random internet stranger, and please call a doctor.