Hi there,

It sound like you have disassociation issues also known as brain fog when you go out for your walk. I had that early on, and I felt like I was in a movie or like I was watching my life from outside myself.

This too shall pass.

As for sleep, I found that I take a combination of liquid melatonin and liquid valerian, plus some other supplements and these really do help me relax.

I have had to learn not to freak out about my patchy sleep. Learning to deeply relax and of course stress reduction in my life had helped with sleep too.

But learning to deeply breath, and meditate when I lie down has helped me. Acupunture also helped me learn to relax deeply so when I find I wake in the middle of the night, I know how to really relax even if I don't fall back to sleep.

I've learned from this board that stress reduction is so important to getting to feeling better. I know how it is when I used to worry about my sleep (stress and anxiety) which then begot more poor sleep.

I just want to offer you some hope that your symptoms can abate with time, and life can restore itself too -- but be patient, listen to your body, and try to find good ways to relax.

All for now

poetrymom