I feel like I'm not here

Do this at your own free will!  Ive recently been doing this only once a day and the more days i do it the more incredible i feel.  I feel completely alive and completely here during and after i do this.  I have read through all 12 pages of this forum.  I have been struggling with this not feeling here since about a year and a half ago. Ive had concentration problems since i was in the 6th grade. Im 23 now and have been through college. I turn the hot as hot as i cant take it without burning my skin and the cold to as cold as it goes. The first alternation is the hardest as i hyperventilate and feel light headed as it is such a shock. I go into it telling myself with the first cold water that im only gonna do it a couple times and then by the second cold it doesnt bother you near as much.  I know there is some healing going on because i felt really drained the first couple times i tried this and now my old injury i have is feeling incredibly well not to mention the energy and feeling of well being!  Ive only been doing this for a short stint so far. Today being my 4th day doing this.  I was so excited i had to come on here and post this because i couldnt forget about you all as i know its torture.  Im not saying im 100% better. I feel 100% better when im doing it and atleast 2 hours after on the first day and today it it felt better overall throughout the whole day.  I take high DHA/EPA Fish oil every day and that also seems to help a bit.  I did not work my way up during the week temperature wise i went all out right off the bat. Surprise! lol  Do what feels right for you.  The third link is what i would say normal people do. I posted less of my story there as well.Some things that may be relevant to figuring out the cause of this.Ive had a concussion.Taken 5 different depression medications as prescribed when i was younger.I abused caffeine in my highschool years.Sleep apnea?Ive had mono nucleolus and have never felt i got my energy back.I oversleep as well as undersleep coupled with insomia.I have had high anxiety. I have low good cholesterol in the lowest possible normal range as well as my TSH levels are also in the low range as of several months ago when the tests where taken.    ***this post is edited by moderator *** *** inappropriate posting*** Please read our Terms of Use  ***this post is edited by moderator *** *** web addresses not allowed*** 

This is the best ive found so far! It is getting better but will it cure whatever this hellish dream has been its too early for me to know.  If i get to a steady 100% i will definitely let you all know. If this doesnt completely get me to where i want to be i will continue my search and let you know when i find the cure!  Im in high spirits :D

To my list of things that may have relevancy to the cause:My blood pressure has been on both the high and the low end in the past.My morning body temperature has been very low in the past. 96.8, 97.2 etc..... Thats after breakfast and moving around getting ready for a morning doctors appointment. Normal temp is 98.6I May have Celiac disease. The Gluten in wheat literally makes me a mental basket case on top of other things.  I will be getting a stool test within the months to come as one of its symptoms is brain fog. Something for you guys to look up as i have tried is not only the symptoms of having a yeast overgrowth or parasites. I have tried both cleanses as well as a 3 month Colonix brand bowel cleanse without any change in symptoms. Turns out yeast and a dirty bowel are not what is causing it for me but may very well be the cause for you.  Please post any of your findings or successes. Im sure hoping i get to 100% with this Hydrotherapy! :D

The Moderator deleted the links i posted.... I guess thats against the rules. If you would google Hydrotherapy or try the Dr. Schultz Hydrotherapy that is the 5 mins hot 2 mins cold technique.  I run out of hot water when i try the 5 mins hot 2 mins cold by the third alternation.  I think going by what you feel is long enough hot and long enough cold may be a good idea for ranging body types and masses.  My injury feels continually better! I felt really tired but good at the same time yesterday. Not sure if was the lack of sleep or the hour i spent basking in the sun or all of the cardio exercise that caused the tiredness.  I havent taken my hot and cold shower today yet lol procrastination.  Heading outside to do some exercise then to hit the shower! ;)

One more note! I dont know if its a good idea to let the hot and cold on your head like the rest of your body but i have been doing it that way. The cold is intense to the point of pain on your head and you get sort of a headache. Ill keep doing this as i think it may be of help. The headache is only temporary.

Google search Brain Fog Dr. Lawrence Wilson MD  I think some great answers and cures can be found through his medical experience. I have more energy and am more upbeat getting more done with hot cold showers.  Its not clearing my head like i thought it was. Im gonna keep doing them though as the benefits way outweigh the discomfort. I would say i am a little more clear in the head but its not what im looking for.

trust me everyone whoes looking at this! i had this for about a month! i found out mine was lack of sleep, dehydration and depression, just try get involved with things and look at everything you can in a positive way also get some good sleeping patterns! if not see a doctor it will not be nothing big nd please dont be scared as tht will not make it go away it will jujst make it worst! see a doctor please! thanks best of luck hope you all feel normal soon :)i am perfectly fine now after just drinking a good amount of drink and having a positive outlook on things and especially sleep! think its a type of exhaustion!

This is so crazy, I got this at certain times when i was younger, but over the past week i have gotten it like 4 times a day. and like one of the other replies, my dad told me he had this when he was younger too. I feel like I am not there and time is passing me by but im still acting normally, idk, and i noticed that everything sounds weird, im 17, im gonna try some oj, please relpy.

I feel kinda the same. I feel like there's a part of my brain that isn't working or it's like a swollen feeling. Like when your foot falls asleep, only in my brain and so I feel like I am not really present here. It's hard to access that part of the brain too. I fear of something that might've been put in my drink a few years ago but I can't really tell anyone about it cause I don't know if it's real. I used to do lots of drugs and stuff, and also have had problems with anxiety cause of some psychological trauma. I don't know what is the deal actually. If anyone knows anything would be great, thanks.

Thank goodness, Im not the only one. I'm 18, and I feel like I'm not here 99% of the time. I'm drug and alchol free, always have been.) I feel like I'm day dreaming. Like a part of me, isnt here. I've been fighting this for years.

Hey everyone I am a bit older than some of you (26) but have been experiencing the feeling lately as well. I did have a very intense episode when I was eleven. It felt like a very overwhelming episode of deja vu and I was incredibly full of fear. I have since stumbled across something called simple partial seizures, which a lot of people who have been diagnosed by them say that they feel this way intensely for a period of time before a seizure. I also had another episode with pot around seven months ago. I used to smoke it maybe once a week but had not for around a year. I had a crazy episode where I had the deja vu, hold and cold flashes, I felt as though my brain was "bleeding" and I was dying. I also could not understand people and even though I knew what words I wanted to say they could not understand me because they were not coming out properly. I asked a neurologist online and he said this sounded like a seizure. Anyway, as of the last couple weeks I have felt chronically like I am not myself. I feel very detached from my body, my family, and the present moment. Everything feels eerie and dreamlike. Sometimes the feeling makes me feel like I'm about to have a panic attack. My heart beats very fast and my hands shake very badly. I feel weak and that I am unable to walk and that I am going to go crazy. I had an eating disorder for almost two years that I am trying to recover from now. I am unsure if the anxiety from my eating disorder is just trying another way to come out because I haven't been using food as a coping tool as much. Anyway, I have done some research on the issue and if you guys google depersonalization or derealization, you might find that that describes what you are feeling. I am going to the doctor because I have been worried about having a brain tumor prior to these symptoms actually, and I know that some people can experience this if something is wrong with the brain. I am also going to be tested for some vitamin deficiencies to see if that may be a cause and get an EEG because abnormal brain waves can cause these feelings as well. If things are clear for me, its pretty safe to say this is just a part of anxiety. It's pretty much hell though.

It's called a psychic impulse... All you have to do is sleep on your stomach for 4 hours, then slap yourself. Yea it sounds stupid, but it works that feeling is supernatural and I experience it every day since I turned 10. Four years and now I have dreams where Im someone else and holding a charm on it, I get those mentioned instructions...

I feel the exact same way. For a moment i thought i was odd and thought i had something weird wrong with me. I feel like i'm high all the time but i tend to forget this feeling when i'm in public places or on the phone with family. I'm 20 yrs old and i'm a single mother raising a 2 yr old. I moved out of my parents house a year ago and moved to a whole new town where i have nobody. I found a job and a nice apartment. Was doing good for seven months then one day i was smoking weed and all of a sudden i couldn't breathe. I went to the hospital and i was diagnosed with anxiety disorder and the doctor didn't prescribe me anything. Well i quit smoking weed because it made it worse. I sleep with a window open and a glass of water next to me. Then I lost my job and my apartment and was depressed. Didn't want to talk to my friends was irrated easily and very vulnerable. My family didn't want to help me in this situation. well then a months later i go to the hospital because i have blurry vision and i feel like i'm dreaming and i get a tingly feeling in my arm and leg. I still didn't get any help from the doctor and i was told to do some breathing exercises which don't help and i was told to take vitamins with b12 in them which help with the nerves. I also have the a problem with my bladder which isn't an infection. It is stress. I can't even enjoy my favorite songs or shows anymore. I just feel paranoid and akward. I just feel like something big is missing in my life and i just don't know what it is.  

I have this feeling as well... im 15 years old had it since i was 14 it all started when i had some 'pot' and the doctor said it had been laced with 'Ice' i had a near death experience or what felt like one, i was running & the ground was falling behind me... ive had anxiety since i was 11... i learnt how to control it and no longer really have a fear of things like i did when i was younger, still scared of snakes though & dying... anyway i have been on 'lovan' an anti-depressant tablet for a year now, it seems to control my anxiety & help me sleep more & not worry about how my head feels. i dont like feeling like im 'not there' its scary & i feel mental. i also get this thing when i blink too, when i blink it feels like ive been dead for the last 5 seconds. ive had this for 10 months now.. : i just wannna enjoy life :( hope you all get better

Hi, i'm 15 and have felt this same way all of you have explained for about six months. I've tried to explain it to two doctors, they came up with depression, anxiety and that i was sleep deprived. Nothing worked, i wore glasses for a while to try to fix this, but it didn't help. I also found that my hearings gotten worse since all this began. I know thi swas posted over a year ago, but i can't help wondering if anybody has figured anything about this out?