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When everyone's talking about how something improved, I feel like my brain degraded on the other hand, lol. I don't have a sharp memory or energy anymore. I get

When everyone's talking about how something improved, I feel like my brain degraded on the other hand, lol. I don't have a sharp memory or energy anymore. I get lost often in thoughts and can't think more clearly if something needs an immediate black-white response. I have gotten worse at communication. I would trade being asexual for increased brain efficiency, too.

pdamoc 7y ago
Your brain is rewiring in order to expand the domain of analysis. It is rewiring for dealing with higher levels of complexity. Take a look at the bellow video for a short explanation of the evolution of the processes involved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW4LTqRJDW8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW4LTqRJDW8
jcims 7y ago
How old are you? Have you ever sought a diagnosis for anything? You sound like me, 46yo with basically lifelong ADD that wasn't diagnosed until a couple of years ago. Haven't found any silver bullets yet but your baseline can improve if you're in this club.
- thrwaway69 7y ago
  16. I am diagnosed with that and few other issues but haven't received much help outside of that (family not educated enough and kind of eh). I feel very sacrificial because I have to resist the urge to focus on things ignoring clear health problems and self care. I think that's the biggest problem I have right now. I can't consistently stick to anything in the slightest. I can manage it by sheer self control but that isn't fun and backfires with bipolar/anxiety because you need to have motivation in order to incentivise yourself.
  - Jaruzel 7y ago
    It will get better. My teens were exactly the same. If your family isn't being supportive, trying seeing your GP directly (local doctor; I don't know what country you are in) and see if they will help you. Find some people who you can safely share your experience with. Remember that you are not alone, and that most of this is probably temporary. Modern opinion is that it's not until about about age 24 that your brain chemistry settles down. Disclaimer: I also suffer from anxiety (and depression) and live on pills to stabilise me out, so I'm not talking out of my arse here :)
    - thrwaway69 7y ago
      Yeah, I asked for a crowd source list for good mental health practitioners before since the place I live in doesn't have any even in the state. There is a lot of fraud and my bad experience combined with personal history has made me quite skeptical of doctors and hospitals. I am planning to give call to some of them, hopefully they might agree to see over face time as a temporary solution so I can again build trust in the falling apart healthcare situation here and due to other issues, it's hard to travel hundreds sometimes thousands kilometres to a different place to end up disappointed.

pdamoc 7y ago

Your brain is rewiring in order to expand the domain of analysis. It is rewiring for dealing with higher levels of complexity. Take a look at the bellow video for a short explanation of the evolution of the processes involved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW4LTqRJDW8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW4LTqRJDW8

jcims 7y ago

How old are you? Have you ever sought a diagnosis for anything? You sound like me, 46yo with basically lifelong ADD that wasn't diagnosed until a couple of years ago. Haven't found any silver bullets yet but your baseline can improve if you're in this club.

thrwaway69 7y ago
16. I am diagnosed with that and few other issues but haven't received much help outside of that (family not educated enough and kind of eh). I feel very sacrificial because I have to resist the urge to focus on things ignoring clear health problems and self care. I think that's the biggest problem I have right now. I can't consistently stick to anything in the slightest. I can manage it by sheer self control but that isn't fun and backfires with bipolar/anxiety because you need to have motivation in order to incentivise yourself.
- Jaruzel 7y ago
  It will get better. My teens were exactly the same. If your family isn't being supportive, trying seeing your GP directly (local doctor; I don't know what country you are in) and see if they will help you. Find some people who you can safely share your experience with. Remember that you are not alone, and that most of this is probably temporary. Modern opinion is that it's not until about about age 24 that your brain chemistry settles down. Disclaimer: I also suffer from anxiety (and depression) and live on pills to stabilise me out, so I'm not talking out of my arse here :)
  - thrwaway69 7y ago
    Yeah, I asked for a crowd source list for good mental health practitioners before since the place I live in doesn't have any even in the state. There is a lot of fraud and my bad experience combined with personal history has made me quite skeptical of doctors and hospitals. I am planning to give call to some of them, hopefully they might agree to see over face time as a temporary solution so I can again build trust in the falling apart healthcare situation here and due to other issues, it's hard to travel hundreds sometimes thousands kilometres to a different place to end up disappointed.