Is it normal for my mind to feel like it is stuffed with cotton?

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It's been like this for quite some time now. I can't remember when it started...

It feels like my brain is filled with cotton/ so full it's gonna explode. It is actually painful. I find it difficult to think straight (I have A.D.D, and it has never been like this before), I hear sounds/voices sometimes, smell things that aren't there, and think things I don't want or mean to think. And I sometimes get the feeling that someone is watching me, or there is someone/something rushing up behind me (usually at night, or in a dark room), and that everything is/could be a great big lie. And I also feel disconnected from reality. Like... I don't know... I can't describe it. I've always had trouble with explaining things, lol... I am also very easily.

I have some general ideas what could be wrong (and hope it's not true), but I want know what others - people who might know more about this kind of stuff - think is wrong.

See a psychiatrist! 6
Happens to everyone 1
No, it is not! 3
You might be schizo, bro... 6
No idea... 4
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  • myownopinions
    12 years ago

    If it's actually painful then you should see a psychiatrist, and yes, it is possibly schizophrenia...

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  • Avant-Garde
    12 years ago

    Schizophrenia.

    I'm in a similar boat, but these symptoms for me have been going on since I was a kid.
    They say that Schizophrenia has similar symptoms of ADD/ADHD and that people can be misdiagnosed as a result. ADD/ADHD doesn't cause hallucinations and feeling like your brain is foggy. The symptoms you mentioned are mostly different types of Hallucinations: auditory (hearing things), Visual (seeing things), Tactile (feeling things)?, and Olfactory (smelling things).

    Write down all of your symptoms and get evaluated by a professional. Don't see a psychiatrist. Don't continue to wait either, the longer you wait the worse it could get.

    http://www.schizophrenia.com/diag.php

    Good Luck:)

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