Hello everyone, I am a 27 year old guy, presently working as a high school Mathematics and Physics teacher.
Actually,I am having some serious concerns regarding my health and I have come here to seek some advice from other members, as to whether they have experienced the symptoms as I have presented below, or not.I would be grateful to anyone, who gives me an advice on what to do now.
So, it happened 3 nights ago.For several days,it seems that I haven't had a good nap..So 3 nights ago,I went to bed,and was feeling extremely tired with an overwhelming urge to sleep.After falling asleep,I woke up almost 1 and a half hour later.But,then something EXTREMELY SCARY happened with me and I have no idea about what it actually is.I woke up with a feeling that my brain was just blank and all the memories were deleted.I couldn't recall the month of the year,the date, what things I did before going to sleep.As if my mind was just blank .I observed everything around me,as I went inside the bathroom to attend the call of nature.After coming out,I could see everything around me clearly,but as if MY BRAIN WAS JUST SHUT DOWN and I just could not bring it to the present.This scary situation prevailed for roughly 2-2.5 minutes.Slowly,I started recalling everything back ,and things got back to normal.This has made me extremely frightened as I am not sure whether this is alzheimers or dementia or nothing serious.
I must also mention,that for the past 4 years, my sleep schedules have been very irregular and unhealthy.Often going to bed at 1.30 or 2 'o clock in the night, and then having sleep for 5-6 hours on average.Rarely, I ended up having 7 or 8 hours of deep sleep.That's because,during my postgraduate course, there was a lot of pressure on my career during the final year,and I had to sacrifice my sleep to study late at night.Often ,I skipped breakfast in the morning as I would be otherwise late for my classes at the university.I completed my postgraduate and I am now a teacher.Also,it's worth mentioning that I do suffer from smartphone and social media addiction.I know, it seriously messes up the neurotransmitter balance in the brain.However,for the past 2-3 years,I have observed that my memory is NOT as good as it used to be during my school life.I could remember important events that took place 20-22 years ago with their exact dates,location,time,etc.Yes,I had a very sharp memory since childhood.
But,my concern is that, I am not sure whether this decline in memory is just part of ageing or something else! Initially,it started with forgetting spellings of ordinary english words,which were ingrained inside my head since childhood.Then i used to have this terrible brain fog, where solving hard puzzles would be difficult.Often,it would take time to distinguish voices of people or identify two different pics of the same person displaying completely different facial expressions.However, few months ago,I tried to improve my sleep cycle and symptoms did get better to some extent.But,again I failed to maintain proper sleep schedule and i have been losing sleep on 1-2 hours on daily average every night.
Till now,NOBODY in my family has had dementia or any brain degenerative disease.But, losing my shapness,intellect and memory, and what happened 3 nights ago, has panicked me a lot.
I would be extremely grateful to anyone who provides advice regarding what I should feel or do now.Thanks in advance!
Actually,I am having some serious concerns regarding my health and I have come here to seek some advice from other members, as to whether they have experienced the symptoms as I have presented below, or not.I would be grateful to anyone, who gives me an advice on what to do now.
So, it happened 3 nights ago.For several days,it seems that I haven't had a good nap..So 3 nights ago,I went to bed,and was feeling extremely tired with an overwhelming urge to sleep.After falling asleep,I woke up almost 1 and a half hour later.But,then something EXTREMELY SCARY happened with me and I have no idea about what it actually is.I woke up with a feeling that my brain was just blank and all the memories were deleted.I couldn't recall the month of the year,the date, what things I did before going to sleep.As if my mind was just blank .I observed everything around me,as I went inside the bathroom to attend the call of nature.After coming out,I could see everything around me clearly,but as if MY BRAIN WAS JUST SHUT DOWN and I just could not bring it to the present.This scary situation prevailed for roughly 2-2.5 minutes.Slowly,I started recalling everything back ,and things got back to normal.This has made me extremely frightened as I am not sure whether this is alzheimers or dementia or nothing serious.
I must also mention,that for the past 4 years, my sleep schedules have been very irregular and unhealthy.Often going to bed at 1.30 or 2 'o clock in the night, and then having sleep for 5-6 hours on average.Rarely, I ended up having 7 or 8 hours of deep sleep.That's because,during my postgraduate course, there was a lot of pressure on my career during the final year,and I had to sacrifice my sleep to study late at night.Often ,I skipped breakfast in the morning as I would be otherwise late for my classes at the university.I completed my postgraduate and I am now a teacher.Also,it's worth mentioning that I do suffer from smartphone and social media addiction.I know, it seriously messes up the neurotransmitter balance in the brain.However,for the past 2-3 years,I have observed that my memory is NOT as good as it used to be during my school life.I could remember important events that took place 20-22 years ago with their exact dates,location,time,etc.Yes,I had a very sharp memory since childhood.
But,my concern is that, I am not sure whether this decline in memory is just part of ageing or something else! Initially,it started with forgetting spellings of ordinary english words,which were ingrained inside my head since childhood.Then i used to have this terrible brain fog, where solving hard puzzles would be difficult.Often,it would take time to distinguish voices of people or identify two different pics of the same person displaying completely different facial expressions.However, few months ago,I tried to improve my sleep cycle and symptoms did get better to some extent.But,again I failed to maintain proper sleep schedule and i have been losing sleep on 1-2 hours on daily average every night.
Till now,NOBODY in my family has had dementia or any brain degenerative disease.But, losing my shapness,intellect and memory, and what happened 3 nights ago, has panicked me a lot.
I would be extremely grateful to anyone who provides advice regarding what I should feel or do now.Thanks in advance!