“mental capacity”
Few months ago i have noticed that my mental capacity started to decline in terms of memory, reasoning and creativity and brain fog, there are days where i can think with clarity, fast with no brain fog but i still don't have the same reasoning and creativity as before and memory as before, i have been with sleep and anxiety problems for 2 years but the anxiety part is getting better and sleep i think too since my body feels fine, even with no anxiety and even with my body feeling normal i still somtimes have brainfog especially after waking up and sometimes it just feels like i'm living in autopilot i reached a point where i'm walking and i'm not thinking of anything, i try to learn something new and i just start yawning too much, i can't learn as fast i feel like, with these issues i lost interest in most of the things i liked, and it feels like i lost almost competely my personality and motivations but i don't feel depressed i just don't feel anything but some anxiety sometimes but i'm trying my best to get my capacity back, i'm 19 and i got tested with a High IQ 2 years ago, could this be a brain tumor?
Male | 19 years old
Complaint duration: 3 months
Medications: none
Conditions: none
3 Answers
Neurologist
Did U had covid. Find on net Zung self rating depression scale. You need to see a physician, something is changing. 19 yrs age is not a age to have memory loss.
Hard to pinpoint exactly what is going on. Possibilities include post Covid/Covid long syndrome, however with your history of insomnia and anxiety you may be manifesting a broader Frontal lobe dysfunction with Depression and OCD intermixed. This is commonly seen in higher intellect individuals. I suggest you start by seeing a psychiatrist or a Neurologist that feels comfortable treating Neurobehavioral Neuropsychiatric disorders to sort things out and determine best course of treatment. Good Luck. Dr. F. Sent from AOL on Android
It is most likely NOT a brain tumor. A tumor would present with a focal problem, like it would pretend to be a stroke, or perhaps cause a seizure. On the other hand, maybe you are having occasional small seizures and you don't know? A cause of "General decline" is first and foremost a metabolic issue; you might want to see if your Vitamin B12 level is normal, for example. Another idea - and don't dismiss this out of hand - could be something like depression. Depression (or anxiety) could cause such a distraction that regular cognitive functions cannot get off the ground. Is your sleep disturbed? Not sleeping well could certainly lead to cognitive decline. And it could be that your sleep is disrupted because of outside features like your having a new dog that wakes you or internal issues like a sleep disorder. (Depression of course could mess with this also, but this is also an independent possibility.) Obviously, this short answer is no replacement for getting a neurologist and having a proper evaluation followed by the desired tests (blood tests, brain scan, sleep study, EEG, etc).
