Feeling Drunk all the time

[Jacobdv]

Hi,
For the past many years I've had this feeling of being drunk all the time.
It started when I was13. After a session of playing at school, I started to feel dazed and drunk, like I was in a dream. Very soon I started to have this felling ALL the time. Every single moment of every day for the last eight years. Initially I was very worried and complained to my parents and family doctor but to no avail. I learnt to ignore this feeling.But not any more. This condition has adversely affected my studies. I have become physically and mentally inactive. A simple task of reading is a challenge.
Things around me don't fell real...like in a dream. I've visited a neurologist several time and even had an MRI scan and various blood tests. All were normal.I'm really frustrated and confused. I'll be very grateful if someone could at least diagnose this condition.

[Jacobdv]

Hi bigkev!
I can't say I share all the symptoms that you experience. But I do feel drunk all the time. It's really frustrating when docs say they have no clue. I completely understand what you are going through. Hope you'll get better!

[MagNel]

Hi there I have just read your statement about your symptoms I also have the similar symptoms and it is really worrying me because it does not get better instead it gets worse I even had to quit work, have you found out what might be the problem?

[Jacobdv]

Hi! I experience almost all the same symptoms.
Feeling drunk all the time.
'squiggly' lines floating in my eyes.
Constant fatigue.
Lack of concentration.
Ticking sensation in the ears. Ears feel stuffed.

Hope you get better.
Jacob

[jr991]

How long have you been experiencing these symptoms for and how did it start for you?

[Jacobdv]

Hi!...It's been eight years now. I've had it since I was 13. As I mentioned in my first post, it used to happen only after or during any sort of strenuous physical activity. Soon it was 24/7. I've been to neurologists, ent specialists and even psychiatrists to no avail.

[wankerman]

Same here. Permanently drunk for 14 years now, 24/7. Started after strenuous exercise.

[Rumdog180]

I have been feeling drunk/spaced out, black and white flashing swirls in my vision after exercise, tinnitus, hard to concentrate and need 9 hours sleep to feel like i have had 7.

I wonder if my kidneys have anything to do with it.

I use to drink alot of redbull (one a day for 3 years) and coffee until I got a really sore kidney about 5 weeks ago. Since I stopped the black and white swirls went away and I only feel half as drunk as I use to. I still have the tinnitus though and still find it hard to concentrate.

I know my immune system is low because I have been getting sick. I feel like I have glandula fever back again too (drained after exercise and swollen glands).

I am a pilot and I had a full aviation medical about a month before the kidney pain and nothing came up from that.

I hope I am on the road to recovery. I will get back to the doc soon and if I get a diagnosis I will post it here.

[MagNel]

Hi there I have just read your statement about your symptoms I also have the similar symptoms and it is really worrying me because it does not get better instead it gets worse I even had to quit work, have you found out what might be the problem?

[Jacobdv]

Hi...I've been doing some research and I've finally found a disorder with the same symptoms as the ones we have mentioned above...It's called 'derealization'. At least we now have something to work towards! Good luck!

Jacob