I've been struggling with some sort of cognitive deficit for about 2 or 3 years now. The best way I've heard to describe it would be brain fog and it has been very impairing and damaging toward my life. I've had issues with my speech, its starting to get a bit messy and I can't ever think of the right words to describe situations. I have the attention span of a 2 year old and I constantly forget advise, instructions, and important things that I need to remember. I have very little energy to do anything, in fact the only thing I've done for the past 2 weeks is go to work, eat, and sleep. When I'm at work I basically struggle to get the minimum amount of effort required. When I sleep I usually wake up a few times in the morning, but I fall back to sleep right away. Recently I switched to eating gluten free and casein free to see if it would help give me more energy. Although it has helped a bit (this being the either the 3rd or 4th week) it hasn't done too much. I've had this depression that comes and goes as a result of me struggling with whatever is going on, but even though the depression comes and goes the fogginess in my head is present 90% of the time. I forget important events in my life as well as things like birthdays for my family members - which has happened to me three times this month. THREE TIMES FOR THREE SEPARATE BIRTHDAYS.
There are loads of examples I could share about how badly my functioning has been cognitively, but I think you get the picture. The only thing I've been diagnosed with ADHD/chronic fatigue syndrome. I've been prescribed adderall that I only use as a crutch(to sort of keep my head above water for when things get bad), but I only think it is covering up the real problem. I fear that if this goes on for too much longer that I'll do something crazy like commit suicide, but I'm not quite to that point yet.
I think I need a more specific diagnoses and I plan on going to the doctor to get a few tests done for issues such as: toxic metals (aluminum, mercury, copper ect.), calcium shell, and other mineral imbalances, bowel issues, adrenal issues and thyroid issues, hypoglycemia, food allergies, deficiencies, viral infections, hormone testing for low T and hypogonadism.
I don't know where else to turn to except here. I'm only 18 I don't know what else to do for help.