Here is some person playing dual n back in extreme high levels.
The problem with this disease is its not fixed instead progress each day and we not even notice it. If you think back your previous years like previous 10 years you can notice its progressively worsening. I mean you had better awareness of surroundings, time in last year when compared with this. Same like that had more awareness in last last year when compared with last etc. Its a kind of gradual reduction in awareness just like in a dream. In dream we have less awareness and focus on immediate dream only. Same way in awake too less aware of surroundings and even our own posture.
When I do something, I no longer notice other things like time, etc. Over time, it gets worse. I can’t wake up to reality, I’m still just in thoughts and imaginations. My memory is bad because a million things, songs, excerpts from a movie, etc. are circulating in my head. Yes, I often come back to see if, for example, I turned off the light, etc. . It started me 8 years ago after I got drunk. At the time, I already knew something was going to happen, but it wasn’t until 2 years later that it came in full force.
Yes i think we have same disease. You might be in the starting stages while me more in intermediate stage. So symptoms can differ slightly.
I do not think its simple schizo instead some kind of dream disease. We not able to awake from sleep fully instead remain in semi sleep even after awake. The reason why i say so is because try to take a short nap. After awake you feel the awareness improved a bit.
Do you feel a kind of stiff, bandage tightened feeling in the head region especially in forehead area. I experience that and seem to relieve when i bend my head down.
Try holy basil tulsi tea it helps to relieve the stiffness and gives more awareness and also it help to sleep better at night.
One thing i notice is my long term memory is getting better. Try to memorize something you can do it easily. Can easily visualize pictures in mind it appear vivid just like in dreams. Previously i not able to do this. It appears like my mind acts like a camera recording everything i see. So even though our working memory is bad our long term memory is above average.
Continuous dreaming when awake and in sleep. This was my condition around 11 years back. Then what happen is a gradual loss of thoughts. Mind becomes almost with no thoughts. Then need to force yourself to do almost anything. If not force then current state whether its sitting, standing, lying on bed etc continue with no awareness of time passing.
yes it’s true, my thoughts are pictures, but I haven’t remembered much since I fell into this state, but I remember things very well before the outbreak. How long have we been sick and what about your doctor? do you have a diagnosis? are you taking medication? where and from this disease can he go? Thank you
yes me too, thoughts come in pictures then a pause then other its not a continuous stream. When recall memory too it comes in fragments and not continuous. I have this from birth i think now i am 32 years old. Its kind of slow progressing disease especially during the early years like till 20 years old age. Now it seem like worsening rapidly like can notice changes within few months.
i haven’t seen any doctor yet as i have no positive symptom of any kind yet. it seems like the diagnosis is close to catatonia or some kind of early onset parkinson disease but not sure. not taking any medication for it. apart from this i have hypothyroidism and taking levothyroxine medication for it. what i found is if i reduce the dose of levothyroxine this disease get worse i mean cognition heavily affected, movements become so slow just like parkinson disease.
i was very anxious in my younger ages but since this disease progressed my anxiety all reduced as i find it hard to hold on to the anxiety and it quickly fades from mind.
Oneiroid syndrome (OS) is a condition involving dream-like disturbances of one’s consciousness by vivid scenic hallucinations, accompanied by catatonic symptoms (either catatonic stupor or excitement), delusions, or psychopathological experiences of a kaleidoscopic nature. The term is from Ancient Greek “ὄνειρος” ( óneiros , meaning “dream”) and “εἶδος” ( eîdos , meaning “form, likeness”; literally dream-like / oneiric or oniric , sometimes called “nightmare-like”). It is a common complication of catatonic schizophrenia, although it can also be caused by other mental disorders. The dream-like experiences are vivid enough to seem real to the patient.[1] OS is distinguished from delirium by the fact that the imaginative experiences of patients always have an internal projection.[1] This syndrome is hardly mentioned in standard psychiatric textbooks because it comes from a phenomenological approach, in contrast to the American attitude, which deals with detailed clinical descriptions.
I think this explains the vivid dream like specialty of this disease. Not sure.
There is no medication or treatment for this. AP, SSRI etc and other psychiatric medications worsens this so doing more harm than good.
Benzo and ECT is given for full blown catatonia but that messes up memory. Already working memory is worse so such treatments can make the situation worse as memory is crucial to survive especially if have this disease. I think people who end up in hospital for catatonia like given in that video is because of side effects of repeated ECTs and high benzo injections not from the disease itself.
I am afraid of side effects of treatment if they prescribe something so doing my best to remain functional with my own strategies like following productive habits, schedules etc.
Perhaps you’re afraid they tell you you suffer no such thing at all. Your symptoms as you describe them could be caused by a number of things, including maladaptive daydreaming. If you have no positive symptoms at all chances are you don’t suffer from a psychotic disorder.
Already stable as i have no positive symptoms so no problem of out of control. Another worry is if i start some medication and if stop i may get positive symptoms.
