Derealization/Brain fog after 5 month good stretch on Sertraline

I would keep taking the medications as prescribed for a couple of days, and in the meantime maybe schedule an appointment to discuss what can be done. If you start feeling better by your appointment, then I wouldn't worry about going in, but at least the safety net is there if you need it.

I think I know the feeling you are talking about. I've gotten that from time to time, and for a while I had it for days straight. But once I got everything back on track, I felt a lot better. Just listen to your body, but don't worry too much over it. Take a deep breath and exhale the stress. Maybe look at doing something creative with your free time, or something else you enjoy to distract yourself from the feeling? Sometimes this works for people, sometimes it doesn't -- it depends on what really can pull your mind away from what is bothering you. Take it slow and know that it does get better! C:

I don't know if what I'm experiencing is brain fog... it's hard to describe what goes on. I've had this happen to be about three or four times over the past year. My mind goes completely numb, as do my hands. The best thing I can compare it to is a state of shock... it always starts off when I try to focus on something, but can't. I then sort of become metacognicent of my surroundings in a very negative and bizarre way, and my inability to focus on anything. I can't talk, can't concentrate, it's like I'm drifting off into nothingness. I have a feeling I am not describing it in a harsh enough way... it is very unpleasant; the first time it happened I thought I was having heart failure or some kind of stroke and I called EMS, barley. They couldnt understand what I was saying mostly, I just kept on repeating 'send an ambulance, please.' they paramedics told me I was hyperventilating, which I believe, but it wasn't just educed randomly. The first two times this happened was after I smoked some street pot while relatively drunk... I figured that was the effect of mixing the drugs, but it happened to me again today randomly while I was talking to a friend. I couldn't focus on what he was saying for about 5 seconds, then I sort of brought myself back. I am hoping someone here who has gone thru brain fog can share their experience with me. Does what I described seem like the same thing that happened to you? Or am I going thru some stage of cannabis educed psychosis?