https://www.healthypages.co.uk/community/general-health-ailments-neurological-problems/ Healthy Pages Discussion Board en-GB Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:55:48 +0000 wpForo 60 https://www.healthypages.co.uk/community/general-health-ailments-neurological-problems/motor-neurone-disease-5/ Tue, 19 Mar 2019 10:51:14 +0000 Neurological Problems Anne Mary https://www.healthypages.co.uk/community/general-health-ailments-neurological-problems/motor-neurone-disease-5/ https://www.healthypages.co.uk/community/general-health-ailments-neurological-problems/dementia-cutting-the-risk/ Sun, 10 Sep 2017 09:23:14 +0000 http://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/mindandbody/doing-these-9-things-can-cut-your-risk-of-dementia-by-35-percent%e2%80%94here%e2%80%99s-why/ss-AArB5Pc?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=mailsignout#image=1]]> Neurological Problems amy green https://www.healthypages.co.uk/community/general-health-ailments-neurological-problems/dementia-cutting-the-risk/ https://www.healthypages.co.uk/community/general-health-ailments-neurological-problems/5-common-symptoms-of-dementia/ Sat, 10 Sep 2016 08:59:04 +0000 http://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/familyhealth/what-is-dementia-5-ways-to-recongnise-the-signs-and-symptoms/ar-AAiw67a?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=mailsignout]]> Neurological Problems amy green https://www.healthypages.co.uk/community/general-health-ailments-neurological-problems/5-common-symptoms-of-dementia/ https://www.healthypages.co.uk/community/general-health-ailments-neurological-problems/prevention-of-alzheimers-disease-via-nutrition/ Mon, 22 Aug 2016 09:25:30 +0000 http://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/nutrition/6-brain-foods-that-may-prevent-alzheimers-disease/ss-BBvTRwe?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=mailsignout]]> Neurological Problems amy green https://www.healthypages.co.uk/community/general-health-ailments-neurological-problems/prevention-of-alzheimers-disease-via-nutrition/ https://www.healthypages.co.uk/community/general-health-ailments-neurological-problems/ulnar-nerve-entrapment-at-the-elbow/ Thu, 09 Jan 2014 23:10:18 +0000 Neurological Problems Nexium https://www.healthypages.co.uk/community/general-health-ailments-neurological-problems/ulnar-nerve-entrapment-at-the-elbow/ https://www.healthypages.co.uk/community/general-health-ailments-neurological-problems/help-118/ Sat, 28 Dec 2013 12:35:30 +0000 Neurological Problems tankertrev https://www.healthypages.co.uk/community/general-health-ailments-neurological-problems/help-118/ https://www.healthypages.co.uk/community/general-health-ailments-neurological-problems/atypical-trigeminal-neuralgia/ Thu, 12 Dec 2013 12:48:49 +0000 Hello to all, I have those pains (ATN or Face neuralgia) since very long time and can't come to the end. 21 years I have lost visiting different specialist, doctors, but still have the same pains. 2 years I have studied alone, with picture of TN and also with massage electric machine (touching painful points). I have also tried all possible therapies private and over doctors. My pains are bellow and over right eye and one branch (2 - maxillaris) is pinched on the bottom of the nose. My cheek bone is swollen; I have eyes pains, very dry sinusitis and pain goes all over right side of the head, neck until right shoulder. . The fact is that even doctors (neurologists) don't know, what that is. My life is destroyed: I have lost all and also had to leave my job. Because of sharp pain in the right eye, I can't suffer anybody beside me; I have to live alone. I wonder is anybody that has the same pains and same problems.]]> Neurological Problems bozana64 https://www.healthypages.co.uk/community/general-health-ailments-neurological-problems/atypical-trigeminal-neuralgia/ https://www.healthypages.co.uk/community/general-health-ailments-neurological-problems/blank-mind-devastating-cognitive-lethargy/ Fri, 13 Sep 2013 09:37:20 +0000 The ADD mind, to the best of my understanding, is racing with thought. The struggle with the ADD mind is finding a way to focus all that random mental activity into a more productive stream of consciousness. My brain on the other hand is not racing with thought, as matter of fact it’s quite the opposite; my brain has a complete absence of mental activity. This subjective experience is hard for me to quantify or explain; but almost all the time my mind is completely blank, like a zombie. In a sense, I’m mentally catatonic, like someone gave a computer the wattage of a light bulb: just enough energy to give the appearance of awareness. Every moment I’m awake is a struggle to maintain some form of consciousness. Sometimes, I have to talk out loud to myself to even maintain any level of cognitive activity because my mind is so dead. When not stimulated by copious amounts of caffeine, loud music or the constant novelty of the Internet (not articles or anything intellectual, mostly videos or image boards) I “zone out.” My mind is completely empty; there is no thought whatsoever. The thing is, I encounter brain fog when I TRY to think (to rise from my constant state of no-thought). When I attempt to stimulate thought, I experience a pressure (almost a headache) on my head like a parasite is squeezing my brain, and my thoughts are cloudy and distant. It almost feels like my head is swimming. So I literally struggle with anything that requires cognitive effort. I can barely function or take care of myself. From basic tasks: washing clothes or dishes, cooking, and sometimes even focusing on brushing my teeth offer a pretty steep mental challenge for me. Video games, and reading are far too hard for me and socializing is a nightmare. Even watching a film, listening to a song, or watching an episode of a TV show all the way through is challenging. Shopping is a nightmare as well; I get lost in the store and I can never find what I’m looking for. In conclusion, my mind is always blank, I always feel cognitively exhausted, and I never ever feel lucid, awake, or even alive. I’m lucky my parents still let me live at home. There is no way I could survive on my own. Just sitting and doing nothing is agonizing and the days stretch on into eternity. I’m always tired, but that being said I have trouble falling asleep every night. I feel like a stranger with no access to my own mind, all cognitive usage is locked from me. I feel much more mentally retarded than I do ADD, and each day is a struggle because the inside of my head is an empty void, like a dark cave with no light. The aforementioned zombie metaphor is quite apt, as I’ve had Co-workers and Managers (in my short lived attempt to make money in the fast food business) assume that I partake of narcotics due to my vacant countenance and struggle with cognitive tasks and learning simple skills, though I haven’t touched any illegal drugs (even pot) with a ten-foot pole. I don’t even drink. So the thing is, I’m always bored. Nothing really interests me because any thought is cognitively exhausting. When I lived in my dorm at college, I would just sit in my room all the time because I didn’t know what to do. There are times I feel that if I did not have general ever-present anxiety I’d just be a vegetable. This brings me to my memory issues (both short and long term); which are devastating. I can’t remember anything: peoples’ names, street names, (I cope by habit of instinctively remembering where to turn) directions, sports teams or players, what I said or did the other day, how to spell words, or anything from my past as well such as vacations or past experiences. The few things I can, with great effort, remember are simple things. I can’t remember people’s faces, things that happened to me or that I have read, as a matter of fact I have no mind’s eye whatsoever. I can’t picture anything in my head. I’ve had these symptoms to some degree my whole life. I’ve coped thus far through habit. I always knew there was some sort of cognitive gap between my (very few childhood) friends and I, but I coped by being a joker. I couldn’t think or remember things, and make by (and still do) with goofy parody of myself etc. I always thought I was just lazy; it never occurred to me that I avoided anything requiring cognitive effort because it was hard for me. Plus the fact that I was homeschooled until college allowed me to continue deluding myself due to a lack of social context, and the comforts of near complete isolation. In conclusion, I get frustrated with almost anything I do. I can’t understand anything because I can’t think. I feel like I have no past, no connection to the present, and no future. If any of you have heard of any disorders that even somewhat resemble my description it would be greatly appreciated. I’m not looking for diagnoses, or answers but leads. I want the right questions to ask. In my research thus far, the closest disorders I have found that match my symptoms (especially the suppressed awareness and constant cognitive confusion) are physical neurological defects such as Meningitis or Encephalitis, Neurological Seizures, or some form of Pre-frontal Cortex Decay. Thanks for reading this :) P.S. It has been suggested to me by some that I may be suffering from the ambiguous disorder known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, yet this as well does not seem to fit my experience. My struggle is less of staying awake, but more of a struggle against my severe cognitive lethargy that would pull me back into my natural state of no-thought.]]> Neurological Problems ImCharlyGordon https://www.healthypages.co.uk/community/general-health-ailments-neurological-problems/blank-mind-devastating-cognitive-lethargy/ https://www.healthypages.co.uk/community/general-health-ailments-neurological-problems/ostheopathy-hydrocephalus/ Mon, 15 Jul 2013 01:11:59 +0000 Neurological Problems hmoore https://www.healthypages.co.uk/community/general-health-ailments-neurological-problems/ostheopathy-hydrocephalus/ https://www.healthypages.co.uk/community/general-health-ailments-neurological-problems/cmt-2/ Sat, 06 Jul 2013 18:50:57 +0000 Neurological Problems Infiniteleigh https://www.healthypages.co.uk/community/general-health-ailments-neurological-problems/cmt-2/