Wow, you actually hit the nail on the head. I've tried to explain it to so many people but that's the part I have trouble getting past. Most people say they don't get a visual with words or idea. That's why I say "automatic" flash or visual you get going along with the word. It just brings your previous experience or association of that word to light as soon as you hear/say it. Gives the word meaning for you automatically.

Honestly, I have no issues at all with marijuana. I'm just trying to cater to others' opinions when it comes to forums. I've noticed many on health forums don't entirely agree with it. Certain health forums don't even let you speak of marijuana unless you're condemning it or discussing how you quit lol.

Trust me, I feel it's 10x better than most prescription meds. People have placed way too much trust in big pharma and I'm glad all that corruption is coming to light. We have hundreds of chemicals put in popular make ups and directly used products in the US that are banned from usage in many countries. It all comes down to $$$. I've done tons of research on marijuana and I do believe it's a big problem IF you start smoking too young. I've seen it turn people into losers for the rest of their life over and over again when they start in early high school while important brain development is still occurring. I don't see nearly as many detrimental problems caused by weed as I do from prescription drugs and a lot of people smoke weed now a days.

The only reason I want it as a last resort is when I was doing it, I still wasn't the same smart kid I was before. I was just in a much better, smarter place than I am currently. I also don't want to rely on something that will consume $$ monthly unless I have to. It also made it impossible for me to exercise and we all know how important exercising is. It effects everyone differently because I know tons of pot heads that exercise just fine. It made it so when I did something active, the muscles I used would hurt immensely for like 5 minutes after use. Like really, really bad pain, not soreness or anything (I have a high pain tolerance). Have you ever experienced that? The fact that I had been so inactive for like a year prior to that exercise wise could've contributed but it stopped happening when I quit.

Thanks for translating and understanding my issue. Going to use it to explain to people. It could help a lot!

This is speculation but I wonder if both of you have an unusual form of synesthesia, which is not a pathology.

Its most common form is colour synesthesia; "seeing" in your mind different letters and/or numbers associated with different colours - A might appear green, B might appear blue, 4 might appear red, 7 might appear yellow, etc. There are many forms of it; probably about 4% of the population experience it.

What you both experience, "seeing" a visual image of a word or concept could be a form of synesthesia.

Here is an article to kind of show what I mean

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...-spoken-aloud/

That link is gold! Definitely a keep-sake for me. Thank you for finding that. I'm going to do some extensive & expensive testing for Lyme disease while waiting for my scheduled appt with a highly acclaimed neuro-psych nearby and am happy to have this link to show him. Could be very beneficial!

Thank you for helping a brother out lol. Seriously, very much appreciated. Hopefully this gives my doc some clues.

Glad to help . I have heard some really bizarre behaviors that can come from Lyme Disease, there are the 'sick' symptoms and then there are complete psychological change in personality. A good friend of mine has a sister that has lyme disease and she went from being a grade A student and great kid to a complete turn around in personality. Took a while for someone to think of checking for lyme disease, they were close to having her hospitalized but while they were considering one of her docs thought to test her. Thank God, now she is being treated. I have read that sometimes you have to do antibiotics for a really long time and often the 'quick' tests are wrongly negative.



If you will keep us posted. I am very interested in how you do. I totally get what you are talking about and think of your condition often. I hope you find something or someone that can help.

Hey Payton, that's horrible. I know I'm lucky in some ways and there are far worse conditions out there. I can converse fine besides not finding bigger words some times and get through daily tasks fine. I just don't think about stuff much as I'm no longer good at it if you will.

So marijuana is what caused your issues? Was it at a young age? Have you tried everything possible health wise just to try and better it? I've tried many things for my condition and some help, some don't, but I'd be kicking myself if I didn't try em. Fixing my sleep cycle, exercising nearly daily (cardio is the good stuff), eating healthier, supplementing fish oil, and have your PCP do blood test of common things that can cause brain fog. You can google blood tests for brain fog and things will pop up. Mention them to your primary and he can check them if you haven't already. Have you pursued this issue heavily through specialists?

Hi,

I also struggle with loss of visual memory! Did you ever get it back or Did it ever get better? Mine dissapeared over a few days!

Wow, insane! That's what I've read in the past week or two that I've been digging into the lyme community. There's a million different symptoms! Some people get bed ridden, some people develop brain lesions and numb limbs for life if they don't catch it quick enough. Me? If I have it we're definitely good lil sleeping buddies because it's been 5 years and I have no brain lesions, numbness, or facial paralysis. She's lucky to have had a doctor intuitive enough to test for Lyme. Most doctors are very ignorant to the disease, especially in my experience.

I'm getting tested on Monday and will get results back in 2-3 weeks. It's a $500 test not covered by insurance, not the typical "ELISA" test that fails often. If it comes back negative, I'll try a different test with another popular Lyme lab. If nothing then, I'll probably move on from that idea.

I will definitely keep you posted! I finally subscribed to the thread so I'll no if you or anyone else comments on it . I try to check back here every week anyways though!