Needs detailed in person. Pediatric psychiatric evaluation.
why does everything feel fake?history: im 16M, have no existing medical issues, nor am i using any medications, and i dont smoke, drink, or do drugs.occurrences: this has been getting progressively worse the past month, at first it was only something i could notice but it never really bothered me, but now it makes taking tests, reading (even this), and programming really difficult without full concentration. it kindof comes in waves where i can read whole chapters with no problem to having to re read a sentence multiple times to understand it (this happened in my ism test where i got stuck on a really easy problem because it felt like whenever i read one part of it, part before it disappeared). sometimes it gets so bad to where i get dizzy spells in the middle of class, and other times when im about to sleep it feels like im "slipping" and jump up (not the kind where you feel like your falling in a dream and wake up). also the past few days its kindof always been on very slightly.when it gets bad it feels like passing out without actually passing out, you know how you technically CAN see, but dont really understand anything? it feels like that, or like those pictures where you cant identify anything, or waking up suddenly from a deep dream, and my mind goes blank and i feel like im "spiraling", and it feels like im about to fall through the world? i dunno how to explain it, but i usually get jumpscared by it and it brings me back to normal, but if i focus i can point things out and describe things. another way i can describe it is it feels like im looking through my peripheral vision at all times, theres a certain lack of clarity to what everything looks like, and sometimes when im reading it feels like im being sucked into the monitor, if i really focus i can read, but it feels trying to read on a rocky boat, yeah i CAN do it, but im not really understanding it because im too focused on reading the words. sorry if im explaining this poorly, i dont really know what it is or whats causing it, im thinking its a mix of brain fog and anxiety? i wouldnt say im an anxous person but idk, and it feels kindof similar to the brain fog i get when i drink coffee, and ideas would be apreciated!