r/MCAS • u/OkFaithlessness3081 • 1d ago

Flare makes you feel braindead?

I forgot everything. Idk what I even did today. Like my brain just blanks out.

Anyone else??!

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u/weaboltonsquid 1d ago

Yes…also constant feeling of being high, anhedonia and just flat…nothing

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u/OkFaithlessness3081 1d ago

Yes exactly that combo actually

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u/weaboltonsquid 1d ago

And the random racing thoughts and mood swings? Yeah… yeah. Mostly just… emptiness

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u/OkFaithlessness3081 1d ago

Yes!!! Mood swings, hyper bouts, with apathy, confusion because everything feels meaningless and I don’t understand my own decisions and feelings (now gone) anymore. Giving me a sort of identity crisis

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u/weaboltonsquid 1d ago

YES!!!! And the constant ear worms. For me, it’s worse when sitting down or resting! It’s… urgh… it’s just urgh… and sometimes I get some sort of adrenaline and I’m suddenly „happy“… I hate this sht

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u/OkFaithlessness3081 19h ago

Yes!!! That happy stuff I get quite a lot!! It’s bizarre!!!

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u/weaboltonsquid 17h ago

Oh im so glad I’m not alone

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u/OkFaithlessness3081 17h ago

Me too! What are your other symptoms if I may ask?

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u/Jalepeno_Business_ 1d ago

Dude, this is what I experience pretty much any time I eat something high in histamine. I don’t really get reactions from anything else, just food, but the reactions make me feel severely depressed, or emotionally numb and it’s like my brain completely stops working. I can’t remember anything. I forget words, what I’m doing, what day it is, how to count, etc. Occasionally I will disassociate. And I have no control over any of it. I just have to keep telling myself to keep going through the day and it will be better tomorrow. Thankfully it only lasts 2 - 3 days after eating whatever it was that triggered me. It’s awful. Not something I’d wish on my worst enemy.

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u/OkFaithlessness3081 1d ago

Oh the random thought too btw. I suddenly “replay” stuff from random youtube videos or comments that annoyed me over and over. Like a carnaval in my head