Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US) confused, befuddled.

1968		L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish (1970) 112: Farchadat [...] Dizzy, confused, dopey, ‘punchy.’ ‘That guy walks around all farchadat.’ .
1987		in DARE File.
1991		P. Blauner Slow Motion Riot 334: ‘I told you before not to take that farchadat job’.