Is it normal i have a weird feeling in my brain?

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(Context: I'm on antidepressants for depression and anxiety.)

I feel like a parasite is inhabiting my brain, making me restless sometimes and paralysed at other times. I don't feel like my mind is my own. I feel so strange and anxious and my mind is all foggy and I can't just do all the things I want to do and I keep getting distracted. There are so many barriers waylaying me before I've even started - finding the charging cable, switching the thing on, sorting through the papers to find the right ones, clearing my workspace... at every stage I could get distracted and lose sight of what I was trying to do in the first place, then reach the end of the day having wasted my time. And I just wonder sometimes, 'what's the point of wasting all that energy to achieve nothing'? Sometimes I feel so numb and agitated and distracted at the same time all I can do is lie here and think 'Who am I and how did I end up in this mess and when will it all end?' I don't know how I even manage to hold down a job. At the moment I can't make myself sleep much.

But every time I manage to pray or receive a text or a message from someone, a little bit of life seeps back and I feel stable again.

I still feel like a parasite or something is inhabiting my brain,
though, because it feels 'fuller' than normal and I feel restless and anxious, and I can't even focus on a YouTube video. This is messed up. I don't feel like myself and I don't want to sink any further.

Is this normal?

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  • CountessDouche
    2 years ago

    You need to get to the doctor right now. Right now.

    Antidepressants are not a once size fits all. People who get prescribed can have extremely bad reactions to certain antidepressants. They can cause stuff like confusion or psychosis or self harm and the reaction builds up and gets worse. It can often take months on an antidepressant before side effects show up.

    It's not your fault for feeling altered. It's literally a physical response to being on the wrong medication. There's nothing wrong with you, but you need to go to a doctor immediately. They can address your issue with the meds or your diagnosis and help you find something that works better. But you need to make an appointment immediately before it gets worse.

    If you gave a family member that can help you schedule an appointment, you may want to ask them to call your doctor. Do it ASAP. A bad reaction to antidepressants can escalate quickly and become pretty serious.

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  • [Old Memory]
    2 years ago

    Ima stop you at 'parasite'. Unless that is a metaphor, you may need to be on antipsychotics instead.

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    • S0UNDS_WEIRD
      2 years ago

      Not necessarily. This is a common feeling from an SSRI that isn't meshing well with a person.

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  • DADNSCAL
    2 years ago

    You need to tell all this to your doctor asap. You may have a physical problem or this could be psychological.

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