If you have too much activity, tasks, do a big task that was too much… past your limits… how do you feel? I was sorting clothes for my children, what to keep etc (decisions, sorting, organizing - eeek) and I got that feeling… I get a buzz in my head. Teeth feel a tiny chatter, feel disoriented, stuck, spaced… hits me like a brick, i start to feel very confused and limited. — I wasn’t even stressed. Sometimes I can be having a great day doing a little more than usual and then… slam. Then I’m done cognitively.
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I can’t relate to this. Even simple tasks I become overwhelmed and disorientated confused and my mind feels blocked.
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Back starts to hurt to the point of needing yo lie down.
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@princess Yes this what happens to me, thanks. I didnt do so much today. What I was doing was once such a small task that I now consider hard. Life sure has changed.
Yes I used to be studying pre med getting 100% on some tests and then boom now i cant even follow a scale on how im feeling with the support worker. Get too overwhelmed and have to stop half way its embarresing for me 
so much of a change
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@princess thanks so much for sharing. Sometimes it’s nice just to come on here and not feel as alone in all this stuff.
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It happens at work a lot, I get stressed to a breaking level, have to come home and sleep it off, right now I have to much to do and don’t have the will to do any of it, but I have to, can’t keep putting it off
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Yes I agree its very hard on your own and even though we may be in services they don’t truly understand. Its this community that we can truly feel like we can connect.
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Anywhere out I always hit a limit. Especially grocery shopping. Sometimes I feel like leaving the cart, running to my car and driving right home. Often I opt to not run errands I should run after work because I just can’t. Sometimes even at work I’ll excuse myself to the restroom just to have a break.
At home, I have to separate each task and tell myself to only do one of them. Laundry has to be done because it’s overflowing out of the hamper by the weekend. I get agitated, "prickly " and very tired when I feel overwhelmed.
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@Mountainman yeah I have to force myself to do things too. I have a young family. It’s pure hell to do what is needed but I try.to make the best of my moments. Can I ask what symptoms you get? Are.they like what I described. By what princess said it sounds like it may be common. I am trying to figure out if it would be due to schizophrenia. It’s luke my body is jn micro seizure when I do too much… I don’t even psychologically realize I’m stressed. Like its neurological. New to this. Thanks
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@princess yeah my symptoms can be pretty distressing - NO actually it’s the loss of functioning I find distressing. Im aooo different. I can’t keep talking to hubby about all this so this is helpful. Thanks
@Hedgehog thank you. Yeah it sounds a lot like me. I look like I’m functioning more than I am. Thanks for sharing the symptoms. As I said in another reply it’s good to know if this is common. Shocking this is happening. Look back and so much loss was creeping in for the past 6 years, especially 3 yrs. Sometimes I get this after doing like 2 small things and I’m frozen.
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I get to stressed, I start to focus on doom and gloom, sometimes I get angry, I get forgetful, I can get to a point where my stress levels are so far off the charts, I can hardly function, I can get racing thoughts and they just play over and over in my head, really what goes on no person would be able to function properly and think things out, It drives you to the edge of insanity.
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I try not to hit that limit. However if I push a little to much. It effects my attitude towards people, I start to think people are trying to get me in trouble. Then I get where I can’t organize things to get anything done. My fix is to get about 13 hours sleep or more. So I know my limits and sleep is key. My wife used to get mad at me because I always wanted to sleep. I’ve gotten better about not needing as much sleep and my wife knows I need it now so all is well.
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I feel like a pro fighter used me like a punching bag. And I move like a damn sloth or turtle, ha.
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