Anyone else get brain fog?

[Ulrich]

How often does it come? How bad does it get for you? Do you take medication for it? For me it's an almost constant occurrence and compounds with my headaches.

I don't think that brain fog is very well understood. But you will know if you have it.

 

[Dingusguy]

I am not exactly sure what you mean by brain fog, but most of the times I would describe my head as "Busy, Loud or Buzzing" I don't get much peace from it at all, I constantly think about what I have done in my life and what I should or could have done different but didn't. Most of the time I can still go on with my day despite the constant noise in my head but when it gets really bad I have to sit down or lay in my bed while I listen to music and try to zone out for the next few hours until it goes back to a bearable amount.

If that's what you mean by brain fog then yeah, I know what it is and I am not medicated, the only thing I do when it get's bad is listen to music or drink. Not that either really works.

 

[DarkRange55]

Brain fog like feeling groggy?

 

[Angst Filled Fuck Up]

Brain fog is cognitive impairment, where you have trouble concentrating, following the gist of something, or recalling things. Oftentimes short term memory is most affected.

For me it was a very sudden realization, back in 2015, that my brain simply wasn't working like it used to. I'd watch TV shows and then forget what I'd just watched. I began to panic when I understood how bad things had gotten. Basically I'd tune out people when they were talking, be unable to make sense of certain things, and have real issues with basic recall. This has been a permanent problem since then. It's a daily struggle. Things that have happened in recent days, weeks or months are fuzzy in my mind - they don't register as clear memories. I have trouble with things like the chronological order of things, absorbing written information, and registering time and distance. I feel like I'm in a permanent daydream state. Basically my mind is always elsewhere.

It's most apparent to me when someone is telling me a story, or if I'm trying to follow a show or movie. I'm more or less aware of what's going on, but I'll struggle to tie it all together. My brain will drop things all throughout. So I'll miss crucical elements of the story or plot. TV and videos are like moving wallpaper, rather than something I can engage with. Everything feels like it's happening too fast for my slowed brain to absorb. If I don't make a conscious effort to focus hard on a very specific thing, it'll be lost on me. My mind feels like it's constantly swirling, or like static from a channel that doesn't come in. I can't think clearly or plan ahead with that kind of smooth thinking that I used to have and take for granted, so I often feel overwhelmed from everyday situations. More specifically, ones that don't go quite as they should (and require me to think on my feet).

It's its own kind of hell really, and difficult to explain to people. My world always feels fractured and blurry, and it's not something most can people can identify with. I've gotten used to it myself, but I'll never fully get over it.

There's no medical reason behind it that they can identify, and no meds I can take for it specifically. If you can't establish a cause, you can't really hope to get a cure. I assume I'll have it the rest of my life.

 

[untothedepths]

Yeah, and I tend to do it when I'm really depressed and disassociate. Have a really hard time focusing on anything or retaining information that much. Head feels stuffy and vision becomes slightly blurrier. Since I have shit vision and visual snow thats a bit poopier. I hate it.

 

[Ulrich]

I am not exactly sure what you mean by brain fog, but most of the times I would describe my head as "Busy, Loud or Buzzing" I don't get much peace from it at all, I constantly think about what I have done in my life and what I should or could have done different but didn't. Most of the time I can still go on with my day despite the constant noise in my head but when it gets really bad I have to sit down or lay in my bed while I listen to music and try to zone out for the next few hours until it goes back to a bearable amount.

If that's what you mean by brain fog then yeah, I know what it is and I am not medicated, the only thing I do when it get's bad is listen to music or drink. Not that either really works.

For me it's just noise. An incoherent thrum. I guess it's different for everyone who experiences it, since music tends to make it much worse for me.

Brain fog is cognitive impairment, where you have trouble concentrating, following the gist of something, or recalling things. Oftentimes short term memory is most affected.

For me it was a very sudden realization, back in 2015, that my brain simply wasn't working like it used to. I'd watch TV shows and then forget what I'd just watched. I began to panic when I understood how bad things had gotten. Basically I'd tune out people when they were talking, be unable to make sense of certain things, and have real issues with basic recall. This has been a permanent problem since then. It's a daily struggle. Things that have happened in recent days, weeks or months are fuzzy in my mind - they don't register as clear memories. I have trouble with things like the chronological order of things, absorbing written information, and registering time and distance. I feel like I'm in a permanent daydream state. Basically my mind is always elsewhere.

It's most apparent to me when someone is telling me a story, or if I'm trying to follow a show or movie. I'm more or less aware of what's going on, but I'll struggle to tie it all together. My brain will drop things all throughout. So I'll miss crucical elements of the story or plot. TV and videos are like moving wallpaper, rather than something I can engage with. Everything feels like it's happening too fast for my slowed brain to absorb. If I don't make a conscious effort to focus hard on a very specific thing, it'll be lost on me. My mind feels like it's constantly swirling, or like static from a channel that doesn't come in. I can't think clearly or plan ahead with that kind of smooth thinking that I used to have and take for granted, so I often feel overwhelmed from everyday situations. More specifically, ones that don't go quite as they should (and require me to think on my feet).

It's its own kind of hell really, and difficult to explain to people. My world always feels fractured and blurry, and it's not something most can people can identify with. I've gotten used to it myself, but I'll never fully get over it.

There's no medical reason behind it that they can identify, and no meds I can take for it specifically. If you can't establish a cause, you can't really hope to get a cure. I assume I'll have it the rest of my life.

I relate to this a lot. I'm sorry you have to go through this. It really is hell.

Brain fog like feeling groggy?

Kind of, though not exactly in the same sense. My body might feel energetic, but my mind will be extremely clouded. It becomes bad to the point where my mind becomes a string of phonemes without meaning. Just noise.

 

[Passersby]

Yeah brain fog really sucks. Most people just minimize it and act like it's not a big deal but it is when it happens all the time and is a regular part of your existence. That was a great way to describe it all @Angst Filled Fuck Up. I deal with all that too. It varies from day to day. Tinnitus goes hand in hand with it too. It will only get worse over time because it's not fixable and too late for me anyway. I do things when I can to try to slow it down and combat it and ease the nervous system. I hope you guys can feel a bit better from these things at times.

 

[TheSpookyNameGuy]

Yes, constantly every minute of everyday. The worst part is that im hyper aware of my cognitive decline.

I used to be sharper, somone now can ask me something that requires thought, i will try my hardest but like an invisible pattern of impenetrable noise/interference there is nothing..

My mind can barely do maths anymore, if somone says numbers and count backwards i simply cannot do it, years ago i could however.

When people talk i simply hear noise and see a bundle of atoms in a animation frame, that disconnect makes socialising impossible.

Im simply dead, just dead awaiting physical death.