Sub arachnoid mood changes

[mac-nessuk]

Hello all. is it normal to feel as though you're thought processes are clearer/less 'rose tinted' after an SAH?

[moo196]

Hi

I haven't had SAH but plenty of people on here have . ....

However a lot of BI sufferers - of alll types - have some common issues - one of which you have shared with us today. Yep - I think " fuzzy headedness" / dulled mood etc is pretty widespread for lots of people here.

After two years I still have good and bad days but plod on ....

I'm sure others will have more precise stories / advice .... but you are definitely not alone.

Take care

K

[Steve49]

Hi.

Yes I had a SAH & everything was/is still all over the place.

My though process are all back to front.

This makes life very interesting "never a dull day" in my house/life.

Steve.

[marky1956]

Good morning in my experience as a surviver of a sub achnaroid hemorrhage. My behaviour has changed my thoughts have changed everything I do is different in the way I do it, the way I say it, can be a bit slow then a good bit fast. When I am hyper it's like my brain is filled with funny wee cars all smashing into each other. Then when it stops it's time for repairs and that's when it can be most exhausting sorting thoughts out and trying to focus on things again. Mx

[Elenor3 in reply to marky1956]

Such a good descriptor for how it feels at the end of the day (and some mornings)

[Elenor3]

Yes I'd agree that less rose tinted is a way of looking at things now. Dulled emotions - yes agree with that too. Since my haemorrhages I've had a lot of 'other stuff' going in, and people keep telling me they don't know how I'm surviving . I thinking it's because I'm not thinking about it all. I try to ignore it all. Dulled emotions helps to not let everything get to you. It's sad of course, but it's like looking at smeone else's problems - I'm not that person anymore so I don't feel the things that person felt. Things still hurt but you just have to get over it. The picture you posted is lovely

[mac-nessuk in reply to Elenor3]

Thank you! I was becoming quite worried as when discharged after having made an excellent recovery, I felt as though I was being treated as though I wasn't 'right in the head'...& still wasn't quite'myself' yet. I went on a holiday where I caught pneumonia& also in the knowledge that my father had died. All of this in 2014. I suspect I wasn't given time to grieve after the shock of discovering that I'd had a BI.NowI look back & can clearly see the process of emotional & physical recovery. I certainly don't have any rose-tinted specs on any more.

[swedishblue11]

Good question. Answer is, I'm no longer tormented by chatter brain or worry. I'm not aware of using any thinking skills although apparently others say I'm intelligently spoken. I've just got a very quiet brain, which is better than before. Elenor, you have put perfectly in to words everything I needed to say, thank you!!

[cat3]

As with Elenor, for me since the SAH, it's like standing aside watching life happen to a stranger and not feeling appropriate emotions.

The dampening of emotion is apparently a common after-effect of any brain injury (especially frontal lobe damage) as is loss of inhibition. I'm often too outspoken for my own good apparently !

Beautiful photo BTW. x