New agoraphobic here, looking for any feedback

Hi everyone, I just joined this site tonight. I decided to make an account and look for help. I am 21 years old and feeling the worst I have ever felt in my life. Agoraphobia/panic disorder is destroying me it seems. Aside from not being able to live my life and go where I want, I have been dealing with very, very intense "brain fog". (Trouble concentrating/focusing, disorientation, dizziness, dream-like feeling all of the time) I was curious if anyone else with agoraphobia/panic disorder also suffers from this? I am not certain if anxiety is what causes me to feel this way which in a way makes me feel as though I'm going crazy or something else is wrong with me. Aside from that I also am diagnosed with depression, hypothyroidism and most recently - moderate to severe sleep apnea.
I have been to several different psychologists, psychiatrists, regular primary doctors, endocrynologist, been sent for sleep studies, etc. No one seems to take my complaints of severe brain fog seriously or know what to tell me besides I'm probably just depressed.
I am currently taking 50 mg of Pristiq, 1 mg of xanax as needed and medicine for my thyroid condition. I have tried Paxil, Prozac, Wellbutrin, Abilify, Celexa, Lexapro, Effexor and many other medications which seem to do basically nothing for me.
I'm not really sure what I'm looking for in response to this other than if anyone else out there with this condition has these symptoms and/or knows of anything to do to help? Also has anyone been to a treatment center for agoraphobia and found results?
I am very scared and upset with the way I feel and I feel as though I've run out of options for help.

Hi everyone, I just joined this site tonight. I decided to make an account and look for help. I am 21 years old and feeling the worst I have ever felt in my life. Agoraphobia/panic disorder is destroying me it seems. Aside from not being able to live my life and go where I want, I have been dealing with very, very intense "brain fog". (Trouble concentrating/focusing, disorientation, dizziness, dream-like feeling all of the time) I was curious if anyone else with agoraphobia/panic disorder also suffers from this? I am not certain if anxiety is what causes me to feel this way which in a way makes me feel as though I'm going crazy or something else is wrong with me. Aside from that I also am diagnosed with depression, hypothyroidism and most recently - moderate to severe sleep apnea.
I have been to several different psychologists, psychiatrists, regular primary doctors, endocrynologist, been sent for sleep studies, etc. No one seems to take my complaints of severe brain fog seriously or know what to tell me besides I'm probably just depressed.
I am currently taking 50 mg of Pristiq, 1 mg of xanax as needed and medicine for my thyroid condition. I have tried Paxil, Prozac, Wellbutrin, Abilify, Celexa, Lexapro, Effexor and many other medications which seem to do basically nothing for me.
I'm not really sure what I'm looking for in response to this other than if anyone else out there with this condition has these symptoms and/or knows of anything to do to help? Also has anyone been to a treatment center for agoraphobia and found results?
I am very scared and upset with the way I feel and I feel as though I've run out of options for help.

Hi. If I had a coin for this I'd be...

Never mind... each person is an individual and what you experience is what you feel! (I give you a coin for someone else on site!)

When you take meds... the first thing you might find is they sedate you. This can produce " a fog" sensation. Luckily your body will counteract that and the fog will go away. The other? When you are an anxious person, your mind is like on "Very Very Fast." Sometimes those anxious thoughts go so fast, you do not have time to even recall them, but the body responds to them and knows them... and acts accordingly, by changing chemical balances so "the body" feels like everything is OK

So.

What does this mean? If you feel out of it, there is good chance your body is trying to balance it's self out. And, this is what happens... groggyness.

Everything...including sleep... can be effected. When you are anxious your mind is going way too fast for it's own good. What if this happen's..? How am I going to do this? Can I get through...? Imagine all those thoughts in your mind happening full forty! The body and mind have to do something. It shuts down just a little.

Are you spacy? It can be meds...yes... but, the amount stuff happening around you can bring this same thing about.

Trust me...I am going through it right now, because of some personal stuff... and focusing on this thread helps me too. When you have anxiety, it's not unusual to feel "spaced out." I know the term does not merit the post... but...still... this is what happens...

I don't have any advice for you, but I do experience the fogginess. Sometimes I get so confused I can't even remember what day it is or what my address is. I've mostly avoided medication so that isn't an issue with me. I find the fogginess and disorientation comes hand in hand with the more severe stretches of agoraphobia/anxiety/depression. When I'm feeling better, the fog clears and I can think with some clarity.

When I was 15 I was having an awful screaming fit and I couldn't handle it. I called an ambulance because, well, I don't really know why. I freaked out at the hospital so I fled to come home. The problem was, I didn't know what my house looked like from the outside because I'd never left it before (I'd lived there for maybe six months). I couldn't remember my address, either. I knew the street but I didn't know which house was mine. I had no shoes and it was an incredibly hot day. I walked up and down the street and around the surrounding blocks for a few hours. Whenever I saw someone, a pedestrian or a passing car, I'd try to hide. I just couldn't find the house. I was thirsty, dehydrated, my feet were killing me. I must've looked like a crazy person staggering around in my socks and hiding behind trees. Well, I was a crazy person, I guess.

Anyway, that's the most disorientated I've ever been. My thoughts were so fragmented I couldn't even work out which house was mine.

OK. Let me tell you.. you anxious and depressed.

Let's it's true... each day... is long day and eerything you decide to do is way to long. So...during times... when you could be reading, watching TV, or listening to music, ytou lie down and do nothing. Knowing you are doing nothing, wishing you could do something. BUt everything is the same.

The computer is the same and all on it. THe TV is the same and allon it. THe MNUsic is the same... and all on it. Everything is the same and all on it!

Everything is the same... meaning... a very long wait time... which gets to the point where you can't stand it.

I could go further real quickly and descibe terrible things... but most of you are here... I can't doing the same thing over again?

You a close... very close... talking about what is next is...iffy... Go to the depression thread...,and talk to others... If not... You better PM a moderator Or me to help you... OK...

Hey,
Feeling like this "brain fog" is something that is normal for anxious people. It's super important to not focus so much on the different symptoms because the list of them is endless.

What is important to know is that if you can find a way to eliminate panic and anxiety from your life, then the symptoms go away very fast.

Also, it's not that the doctors don't care about your "brain fog" at all...it's just that they know that it's likely caused from anxiety and they know that it will go away when the anxiety goes away. Doctors deal with this stuff a lot more than you would think!

I say these things because very simply, I've been through all of this and I just know how it all works. I also am cured from it so that's how I know you will be just fine...

W

I agree with Wally. When you are anxious...sometimes the amount of anxious thoughts you have in your head makes you feel like your head will explode.. .right between the eyes. You feel in dream land and you get more anxious.... becasue you feel you can't function.

It works for me.

When something needs to be done, have a pen and a note book at hand and write it down. Next thing... write it down. Everything you write down is something off your mind. Tell your self, if doesn't need to be done right now, don't do it.

My Mom went to the hospital for a STROKE. How will she be? Will she be the same woman I love... my Mom? Where will she go if she doesn't get any better, when will this be? What happens next in the next couple hours. What do I do in my own place... what do I want to do, now?

Brainfog... a pressure behind the eyes and an innability to think straight..

MAke a list of things you need to do for yourself.

1. Call phone company,
2. Pay rent,
3. Call Mom,
4. Call Sister,
5. Get grocieries.

Now, you can say, it's written down. I will look at it tommorrow, and cross off what has been done. :)