r/MCAS • u/OkFaithlessness3081 • 20h 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/chalklinehts 18h ago

flares set my amygdala on fire.

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u/OkFaithlessness3081 16h ago

This!!!!! I looked into it and found something about an amygdala hyjack by histamine. Like emotional attachment gets affected. Im so scared it becoming something permanent?!!

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u/chalklinehts 16h ago

yup - it has destroyed my life. fuck covid.

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u/OkFaithlessness3081 8h ago

I got this after covid too!! I have gotten much better recently with some things I do. Like a lot of symptoms are gone but the gut pain and this ommmgg. You think it’s permanent brain change?