Dr Ali Mazaheri - What is brain fog and why do we get it?
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- A team in the University’s Centre for Human Brain Health investigated the link between this mental fog and inflammation - the body’s response to illness. In a study published in Neuroimage, they show that inflammation appears to have a particular negative impact on the brain’s readiness to reach and maintain an alert state.
If I am being honest it effects your brain so much that I can't even remember when I got it I feel like I am in third person like I am automatically doing everything in life without full consciousness I am disconnected from reality and no one understands what I'm going through but you even forget you have it whilst having it
exactly! I don’t know how to make it go away! I just got it a few days ago and it hasnt gone away since and it feels so weird you don’t feel like yourself anymore. Btw how are you feeling now?
@@Sebastian04223 well my advice is have a good mindset I've had it for ages now but you just have to accept it maybe go to the doctors do everything you can but it will be there but you just have to be happy make yourself happy and it won't bother u as much
@@Sebastian04223 stop eating junk and get 8 hours of sleep I have it rn I'ma eat better stop worrying about it and get better sleep
you have depersonalization
@@jirren9143 you're on the right path . Get OFF junk food . Eliminate chemicals from processed foods , drink plenty of pure water , sleep well. Cut out SUGAR and lessen alcohol . It will cure it , FAST !!! I'M TOTALLY FREE OF IT 👍😊
❤we are all here with brain fog guys. Praying it goes for all
mine was gone after 10 year now i am feeling normal thanks to almighty ALLAH
@@waqqasahmedkhan But how bro?
Francesca , get off sugar and alcohol , cut out painkillers , take probiotics and eat healthy fresh food . It will go away , and quickly !!!
❤️❤️
@@bestquotes2765 bro did it go away ?
TO EVERYONE IN THIS COMMENT SECTION THAT IS HAVING IT AS I READ. YOURE NOT ALONE. IM WITH YOU GUYS.
Same I thought it's only me
i m with u 😊
@@uzmasuleman446 with u 😊
really great to know i’m not alone on this one
@@uzmasuleman446how are you now ?
I have brainfog for 15 years now. Everything seems distant. I am awake but not “all there”. I can do tasks pretty fine, but every second feels like it’s been ages past. I feel more alive in my dreams, than in real life. It started when I was 10. Now 25. It progressessed over the years, from a split seconds of brain fog, down to a full day of unciouscious living.
You get diagnosed with it or…?
Update????
Wow.
I can not believe what I just read.
It started on my 10th bday. Just a second or two but it scared me and will never forget it.
I'm 43 now and it is permanent. Gets worse with anxiety.
@@adelstander4900 Your comment about it being permanent scares the living shit out of me! I just want my old self back! 😭 I feel so stupid with this crap!
@@shaycat7087 RIGHT?? I feel as if the current me and my old self are two different people, never knew others faced the same struggle
Brain fog with unsupportive family is hard
But guys lets pray for each other and why not to connect though?
Because they dont understand quite well how we feel. Im with you. Ive had mine for 15 years niw
Right especially when they say you’re losing your mind and don’t take you serious
Especially if your family can never take u srsly
They simply don't understand,I pray for you and all who have this issue 🙏❤️
I can’t even focus on studying with this symptom, it will effect my grades eventually & ruin my life
I’m dealing with this right now too. How long have you had it? I’ve had mines for 2 months now I feel retarded.
Try to make habit to sleep early around 9:30pm
I'm scared guys, I lost a good job from covid. 1 month passed by and I started to get a terrible headaches from stress and now I cant go deep in thought, remember things from the day before and feel really dumb:/
@@calebjames7314 maybe it’s your sleeping? Stress? I’m in high-school right now I legit feel like I have early Alzheimer’s. I can barely remember anything. It really sucks
@Ricardo Zarate how long does it last?
Let's pray for each other. Coz we all have this disease whoo are here
I’m dealing with it for so long to the point it drove me to insanity
How are you now?
Is this away now?
@@maxwellgallardo5691 tell me about it, I'm loosing my mind and it's pissing me off, I can't do shit, even it's hard to concentrate to drive eh, I'm not working right now and I'm afraid that when I find a job, I'm going to be in the clouds, or get dizzy cause IL be trying to concentrate really hard and maybe moving alot while I'm fatigue
Sending my love to everyone struggling with this, it can be debilitating. Stay strong 💜.
I have constant brain fog. It is difficult to think and to even have a conversation or a heated discussion. I find it harder to think of certain words to use when typing this.. I have had this since 2013 and it has gotten worse and worse since. My grandfather had dementia and I honestly fear that one day it will get so bad for me that I won't recognize my own daughter. My grammar has regressed to the grammar I had in 5th grade...and I'm only 26.
Im with you. I nad mine when I was 10. Now just 25.
I'm 23 and I'm having it 🙂, can I get cured?
@@akashnath6959 just be positive, go to gym or engage yourself in some activities, and mostly reduce the use of phone and get proper 7-8 hr sleep, you will see change within weeks
same here
Stay strong sis!
Let me state the obvious: "staring at little screens for hours every day can affect brain function".
I couldn't even conentrate on what he said!=)
Hahahahaha fr me too😭am soo bad at concentrating
If anyone is dealing with this because of sinus issues listen to this!
If anyone here deals with anxiety from this issue then I can assure you recovery is possible! And I know this because I am currently dealing with sinusitis and anxiety from bad sinuses issues from deviated septum and swollen cavities. I recently started getting anxiety and panic attacks which have caused my life to turn into a dream like hyper awareness state. However I have been trying to clean my sinuses and relieve some pressure and everytime I do it I feel like a new person and close to normal again. So this tells me my brain is just battling/fighting through this sinus pressure/issues causing this brain fog and I just need to get it treated (hopefully surgery) to relieve it! Hope this makes people feel better
How do you do this man I feel like this is me
Very very interesting. I’d do this by running and exhaling through the nostrils cleaning them out. Twice a week for 15-20mins should be good or maybe skipping 3x 3mins sets, something along those lines see how you feel.
Oh my two days ago i have a roony nose. Could that be why
When i dont wear my teeth retainer for a day or two, the second day i experience mild brain fog all day long.
TwolfyG please give me some advice i have severe brain fog, aniexty, sinusitis, deviated nasal spectrum and crooked jaw what should i do should i go to psychiatrist or dental doctor or ent surgeon i have no idea plz
Please help me
Thank you very much sir. I have been fighting brain-fog for a couple of years now and it is crippeling. Please continue the research and help find a cure!!! Thanks again sir.
I have had it 4 to 5 yrs now. But is getting better
@RAHUL SHARMA 26 years
8 years for me :(
Win Hof method
there is a cure. you mostly have to eat more healthily get more sleep, exercise and it will eventually go away.
When people ask me what does it feel like my description would be, it's like drinking an entire bottle of vodka or being on a bender for a couple days and you're at the recovery stage of sobering up somewhat like a hangover without the vomiting and headache, but in my case, I'm just stuck between the recovery stage and never feeling sober "normal", sharp, witty, or present, it's really bad in the mornings, I need to wake up hours before I originally have to because I'm so disoriented., then throughout the day i'm just living in third person, it's also given me anxiety, it's only until the late evening I feel relatively normal, and I've tried everything to counter this feeling since 2018.
People never understood me when i try to explain. Perhaps I could start using your words from now on. I’ve had mine for 15 years now.
YES ! exactly
yes, that's exactly what it feels like
have you tried to sleep 2 or 3 hours more instead of just waking up earlier? personally I often get this when I sleep too little. maybe waking up earlier just makes it worse, unless you make sure to at least get normal hours of sleep every night. but idk, maybe more sleep is just the answer
@@12.56AM I have religiously tried this method but for me it doesn't work, in 2019 I even started taking Nytol, which made it worst but it's supposed to help you sleep all the way through, in 2020 I tried Phenergan for a few weeks on and off that also didn't help at all, I think more sleep makes it worse in my case, and deep sleep I wake up feeling mangled like I've been run over, I have a operation on the 9 of December to remove my tonsils, in 2018 I had an abcess called a quinsy and although it hasn't come back since my tonsils are always inflamed and since 2018 I've had "brain fog" so this may very well be the issue for me.
Im 27, and I can hold the information received for 30 minutes max until i forget them, literally. I forget what ive done today what ive done yesterday, i take time to remember.. I have a hard time putting things together in my head, i was never like that!!!! This only started in 2018 and I cant seem to understand the cause behind it.. very frustrated, i cant even remember things from my childhood or my schools
How are you now?
I've been dealing with brain fog for quite some time now. Unfortunately, I can't remember things. I use to have a very good memory. Not only that, but I stutter over my words a lot, I lose my train of thought, and I can't think of certain words while having a conversation. I'm not sure how long its been (because I can't remember), but I think it started around when covid started. At first I blamed it on the fact that I've been more isolated because of quarantine. However, even though the world is beginning to open up again, I am still experiencing this brain fog. Now I think it might be my diet, my birth control (nexaplon) or perhaps bad sleep. I'm going to try to fix my diet and sleep. If that doesn't work then I'll take of my nexaplon (its implanted in my arm for those who do not know). I'll try to give updates on here (if I remember)
Pls give us an update. I used to have a great memory too. It started this year for me. A lot of times I even get a vertigo.
I've had brain fog for five years. Always varying degrees. I hope to get rid of it. I've changed my diet multiple times over.
Please update as I’m going through the same thing aswell 😩
Please update! I also feel like it’s because of covid. I have it as well.😔
I have the same issue. Started right when Covid started and it hasn’t gone away in almost two years.
Can fix it? I've been suffering from crippling brain fog since I was 14 and nothing had helped. For over 22 years this has taken over my life and causes me tube barely functional. No doctor has ever taken me seriously and I've tried to end my life because it's so crippling. Taking adderall barely makes me functional but doesn't clear up the fog; I'm constantly fighting to think and do the simplest of tasks. I don't know how to describe it other than constantly running in a pool while being half asleep and never being able to wake up
Please help, I don't know what to do anymore and I'm stuck in a living hell
Sameee🤣🤣😊be happy otherwise your life will become a hell
If you don't do this already, then try the following:
1. Stay away from electronic screens. Even an hour a day is really bad for you. Change jobs, do whatever you have to but stay away from electronic devices.
2. Sleep 8 hours a day. If you are only used to less than 8 hours a day, then gradually increase sleep time and make it 8 hours.
3. Eat absolutely no processed foods. No takeout meals, nothing. If you find this challenging at first then gradually reach this state by decreasing frequency of eating processed foods progressively until you become comfortable living without them.
4. Do Intense cardio exercise daily.
5. Practice breath meditation daily.
6. No alcohol/drugs/any other such stimulants should be consumed by you. That's really damaging
I’m reading this comments while bawling my eyes out. I’ve had this for a few years and never knew what it was. I constantly felt like I was in 3rd person. I told my therapist about this and she never had an answer for me. Just today I found out that I’m allergic to flowers and one of the symptoms is brain fog, which is how I often feel. After seeing that it’s a symptom I looked into brain fog more and it’s exactly how I constantly feel. I hate the way life is and I don’t want to live like this my whole life
This might just be the most relatable comment I've come across. We will prevail, stay strong :D
@@l_lsta have you find any source regarding the treatment of brain fog ?
Have you got MRI scan done? If yes, did the doctor find inflammation?
@@l_lstahow are you now ?
Don't feel alone in slowly realizing that it is brain fog. I had the same experience but at least a year or 2 back. It was one of those thing that is so gradual, you think it is just a You thing but it isnt. When I stumbled across a video of someone talking about their symptoms a lightbulb went off for all the points she made and I was like - Finally! I have someone who knows what I am going through too and I finally know what it is called.
I've been having brain fog for such a long time, sometimes I forget about it, and just kind of accept it as the way it's going to be. But I'm hopeful for the research.
I am in the same boat. Have you found any solutions
We’ll get trhough. Ive had mine 15 years now 😵💫😭
I have it over 6 years
My brain fog usually begins when I am adjusting to a new job that I'm not used to or not compatible to my current skills.
I've had brain fog before when I suffered from a stuffy nose. I went up stairs and forgot for a second how to walk down stairs but my memory eventually returned after that.
Iam also having stuffed nose .my turbinates are inflamed and suffering from brain fog ..how are you feeling now?
@@baraniydharan please am facing same here stuffy nose brain fog am worry about what to do
@@tamnadvardis7039 stuffy nose only fpr temporary time period or whole day ?? Please tell
You guys im also sick with a viral infection and brain fog is there too and how is it now guys
Wow that sounds awful
I don't think brain fog is what I have.
Sometimes when I'm just going throughout life I'd start to zone off, like just walking, talking to someone, even when I'm doing something I find interesting.
I don't even think about anything when I do this. Everything just starts to become muddled around me, I can't hear voices, I can't see, I even forget to blink.
Sometimes I even feel a pressure against my head that feels like it's keeping me there.
I keep hearing that it's because of depression, loss, emotional stress and whatnot, but I'm not experiencing any of those things. When I start to space off it's hard to pull out of it, even when someone tries to pull me away I just go right back to that state. When I finally do get out of that state I have to blink a few times and get my awareness back
I'm just worried this could happen at a time when I really need to pay attention
So if anyone can help please let me know what you think
i feel its some sort of chronic anxitey or a vitamin deficiency or an hormonal imbalance. you need an holistic approach .
It sounds to me like dissociation , or derealization even depersonalization. It happens when you’ve had long term stress or trauma. Long term anxiety and depression causes it too. If you worry too much that’s anxiety. It can also be a thyroid hormone deficiency. Or vitamin b 12 deficiency
Please get a scan for your brain, it can be tumour :(?
Were you able to figure it out
fasting, bonebroth, curcuma + black pepper has helped me. Also, resting allot and lowering EMF. It really is difficult to live with chronic inflammation but we have to stay hopeful :)
@planetearth3459 electromagnetic frequency, being on your phone and computer, etc.
It's been 4 years being like this and I don't remember how normal feels like. 😭 I had it after I got fever and I didn't come back fully myself. I hate it, I feel like nobody would understand.
we understand.. exercise helps.. and also talking gathering around love one which helps u lose the focus of us always focusing on our brain
Hey, how are you doing now? I am also going through it for 6+ years now. Have you find any solution?
Where are u from bro, seems u are indian , I am also going though this from last 1 month 24/7 , feels like I cannot connect to the world , multitasking is problem, like I am typing now , I can only concentrated on typing other thinking going around like noise of fan and all seems automated something I can't describe , it feel worse when u Study or concentrated @@madhavaggarwal7601
I've had brain fog before. It was a sudden anxiety attack and it faded then after that I was completely disconnected from reality.
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Yep same. It’s depersonalization. It’s not permanent. Do research on it to understand it better.
It is literally hell. I've had this for many, many years. Basically I function at 10-20 percent of my capacity, 30 percent at best.
Hey, how are you doing now? I am also going through it for 6+ years now. Have you find any solution?
@@madhavaggarwal7601how are you now😊😢
I have this amd it is so hard to live with, think I got it in the lockdown as I was isolating on my own with my 5 year old boy. I detached from life and became severly depressed and now I can't focus on anything, my anxiety has gotten soo much worse and I can't even work whilst I have it. It affects my ability to do day to day tasks. I don't even feel present anymore constantly zoned out i cant think straight and I'm tired. I now get suicidal thoughts everyday. It's painful to live with and I'm a single mother living on my own with my boy so every day is a battle, I'm just so tired
I have been diagnosed with CFS/ME and suffer from brain fog and have done for a while. I used to be able to sit at my desk and work non stop for hours without getting up and hold my concentration for that amount of time. Now I find it difficult holding my concentration for more than 15 minutes at a time without a break. My mind then wanders and fades. It's worse when I'm feeling physically tired or I have a sudden wave of exhaustion. It's quite debilitating when a couple of years ago I was physically and mentally fine but just started to have tiredness and fatigue creep in and then obviously the fatigue contributes to the episodes of lapses in concentration and brain fog. I find myself losing my train of thought often throughout the day
my grades are ruined I don't know what is reality anymore it's like a dream not enjoying my life that I use to feeling sleepy and tired all the time cant talk to someone face to face 50% of feelings decreased don't know what its caused by i just want to die i cant live with this anymore((( I give up
Very interesting.
I found that my brain fog (which is something I've had on and off for over 10 years) is definitely improved after a period of good sleep and mental rest. I've found its much worse when I'm recovering from very strenuous exercise (eg I would be nearly useless the day after playing basketball _every week_ ). And I find that milk and cereal in the morning - especially wheat cereals - give me heavy brain fog for about 3 hours after eating. These things certainly could all be related to inflammation.
If inflammation is a factor, shouldn't anti-inflammatory meds help?
Uhh same, oats and milk in the morning almost killed my day... I became so dizzy afterward
@@lucyliu3328 kek
i just ate oats for breakfast and my vision is so fucking blurry its tragic
thing is i can eat oats with milk and feel fine but sometimes i feel like this?
Yes, eating high carb / sugars will flood your system with insulin and cause a drowsy 'brain fog' state.
@@lucyliu3328 same. Oatmeals, cereal with milk gave me brain fogs and anger issues lol
Let’s try a meat based diet
I want to get rid off this dumb feeling 😭
Dude I have brain fog from 17 plus years.now I have discovered a method first I applied sinuses spry every night for 10 days then stopped using it after that I stopped forcefull inhalation and exhalation of air to avoid putting pressure on brain and for 2 months I travelling toward improvement 😊.plus I am doing light skull massage
I really cannot get back some bad memories which I had while I was an undiagnosed celiac patient. I suffered for many years with overthinking, stress, impulsive behaviour, anxiety and so on. Doctor is it normal ?
I have celiac so Im curious was this before or after you were diagnosed?
Thank you for this explanation. I just learned this is what I've been dealing with for the last 6+ weeks, probably related to (but pre-dates) an autouimmune flare-up (so something must've been building). This nicely breaks down what I described to my doctor in terms of not being able to distinguish one priority from another at school, etc. Now onto an anti-inflammatory diet to try and get everything to calm down and find out what things exacerbate the inflammatory responses. It's nice to think there's an end in sight and I can have my life and brain back
Hey man, checking up to see if you’re %100 again. Mine just started last week and it feels like I’m just living, the only feeling I get than I’m actually “real” is about 5 minutes when I first wake up. Not being able to control your mind to process things is absolutely terrible. It feels as though someone turned the switch to “off” on my brain. I used to be a happy person with ambitions and goals (I’m 15) and now I’m just a fatigued/mental slum. Gosh this sucks, I just want to wake up happy again!
@@jacobgrav how are you feeling now??
@@jacobgrav im having this rn. hows everything going?
@@jacobgravany updates, i’ve had it for the longest time and can’t take it anymore
@@jacobgrav Mine started a couple years ago, I would have been 14, do you have an update on your condition? I'm hoping to solve this but its becoming ever difficult to survive like this
I feel like I’m always forgetting what happened a few minutes before
Me too. Its stressful af! And scary!
How are you dealing with it…it’s been two months now and I don’t know what to do
I need to take my krill oil supplements to get the Omega-3 fatty acids, every day, or I forget what I was just thinking or saying. I can go maybe 2 days without them, before it comes back. My next step is to cut way down on sugar, and start exercising more.
Minutes after talking to someone I’d forget what I’ve said. Minutes of talking go by quick and it’s got me questioning myself what just happened.
This feel like I'm not using my brain at all, like I can't think my thoughts through or I can't think of possibilities of something at all
Same me too
same here
Brain fog is worst i cant think clearly cant imagine good not making good memories it feels like a dream suffering from brain fog is like we don't exist. It happens to me when the lockdown started after 3 months.
You're from Pakistan?
U ok now??
same here mja b asa hta
I have been on autopilot for some years now. Realized it was post being diagnosed with hypothyroidism. It takes so much mental strentgth to remember even common things. I hope I could think clearly again.
Guys I’ve read so many comments here and I recognise so many symptoms. Thanks for sharing.
I just want to say, watch your sleep schedule! It’s more important than you think, it can bring back your (normal) life❤
I am having brain fog since 1 and half year but don't know how to explain... It's makes me feel like I am dreaming everytime... Like a loop.... No feelings effecting me for long time.... Every incident gives a repeat feeling...
Your in a constant loop sounds like..
This is same for me I remain in this state since I wake up then it goes away at 5 to 7 then comes back like super humid fogs
This is interesting. I have ADHD and when I am tired it doubles down on loss of consentration. Now add menstruation to the equation and you have a very shit week at work. One time I took an Ibuprofen for a headache and it moved the brainfog away. Almost felt like I was high. Or just in a very good mood. No sure. Never been high on anything, honestly. But it makes sense after hearing about inflamation here, since Ibu is an anti-inflamatory.
Hello. I think I suffer from extreme brain fog or mild ADHD.
To make it short, I woke up to work an hour earlier and ran to the bus station thinking I'm being late and only when I arrived to work I realized we are opening only in two hours.
It's like I have no control of impulse, not being able to actually control my actions and be in present, my mind is always somewhere else.
I feel overwhelmed, it's not my first day working to not realize what time it is..
Hey any updates how you feeling?
That’s really pronounced. Hope you find a way through it. Meditation might help.
I wonder if all the technological devices have something to do with brain fog since its all signals in the air.
My doctor recommended me to fix my sleep schedule, sleep early to fix it.
i sleep at 11
My brain fog has been making me severely depressed. I do not feel like myself and this doesnt feel like my own body anymore. It feels like i havent sleep in over a month yet i can't sleep. Its hit an all time high this past week and i am miserable. I just wanna be myself again.
I got brain fog from the Moderna vaccine, not the virus. So far I have had it for that last 57 days from the second shot. I got the brain fog with the first shot for 7 days before it cleared up, but with this second shot it's not abating at all. Terrible. I can't read a book anymore as nothing sinks in. Driving is somewhat difficult. In the afternoon when it gets worse, I can't drive. Mornings are not as bad, but I have problems with spelling and grammar.
quit your job and sleep as long as you can each day
fixed it for me but it usually returns after 1-2 days with bad sleep
How are you doing now? I got a Moderna shot 8 days ago, and suffer from brain fog since then. Never had brain fog before...
About 1 hour after meals starts my brainfog and after 3-4 hours it disappears. I have no celiac, but maybe NCGS (not celiac gluten sensitivity). My big problem is, I get this Brainfog from rice, corn and a lot carbs too but not from boiled potatoes.
All medical surveys are done (blood sugar, gastroscopy, hormones etc). Does somebody have similar experience?
Bruh this shit always happens to me i make all the right decisions playing basketball doin smart passes etc then suddenly a random day i start doin stuff beginners would do
isn’t that just called a bad day?
I’m not sure that’s brain fog I think you just might be shit at basketball lol
Sir I have some problem in my brain as when I try to imagine something in my mind I couldn't able to imagine it even I'm unable to take decisions in my daily life it seems like my brain is not working at all clarity, focus and memory is very weak it's very hard for me to remember my past, if I try to remember present thing then to I'm unable to recall I'm a science student 16 years old of 11th class pls sir suggest something I'm very much depressed due to this, this is happening with me from 4-5 months i was a very scoring student in my school and due to this problem I'm unable to score good marks it's really hard affecting my mental health sir pls try to understand this and suggest me how to recover from it permanently!!!🙏
A coffee nap is about the best thing, cold shower is OK. Wish I didn't get brain fog in the first place though.
What do you mean by cold shower in relation to brain fog
A cofee nap???
@@janicestout1978 drink a bit of coffee, then b4 the caffine kicks in take a 20 min nap, then wake up to a fresh new feeling
@@janicestout1978 , Thanks for asking.
Ain’t that complacency though,I need this to go🤦♂️🤦♂️
I've had brain fog for over 30 years now. Took rave drugs in 1992, felt a huge over pressure in my head, then instant fatigue. I've spent £1000's and nothing comes close. Ritalin helped as a trial but the brain fog is still there. Had brain scans etc, neuro tests and nothing. Any ideas? Thanks.
It’s hard to think and is hard imagine like metal pictures like day dream can’t do that
I feel like my mouth and brain are not connected. I have no idea what I’m saying when I talk and ppl give me the weirdest looks. I struggle with recalling words during a conversation, I misuse words a lot, struggle describing things and feel my vocab is very poor. It’s become so embarrassing that I don’t feel comfortable talking to people. I just keep to myself most times. I won’t lie, I feel lonely sometimes and disconnected from reality.
Same bro I can Understand can't even Have dinner with someone It's so weird Feeling my face is making Weird faces and I can't talk to someone Lost of words, unreal feeling , it's like I'm sleepwalking
I can't even be trusted with promise's, I feel like I'll break one of them
. Constantly get reminded to the point that they'll think I'm lying..
Omg me too. Mine is especially bad in social situations. I totally forget how to act, as if I’m out of my body, say things I don’t mean and express those things in ways I don’t mean. So horrible, feels like I’m not a normal person
@@antonia5565 yes me too
Thank you Dr Ali Mazaheri for your work. I found that Intermittent fasting helped me over come this.
So... It seems given this comment section, I think people are gonna relate to this, and some have the same problem. I've been having brain fog the last five weeks. I'm currently FAILING my f***king degree because of it, so believe my when I say I'm describing my symptoms precisely. Here is my case. I'm usually a pretty focused person, I need to be focused all the time in my everyday life. So this is not normal. I believe it's a psychological reaction. So i have depression. I am not complaining, I know millions of people have it, just saying for the info. I was feeling sad lazy, the kind of depression laziness that comes with sadness like when you dont want to do any efforts anymore. but I still felt that i could focus if i wanted to. Then the numbness came; gradually and in one afternoon I had a freakin wall in my head. That wall never fell since that afternoon, leaving me mentally disabled.
I have difficulties to concentrate, as in, I have unability to focus on anything with intensity for more than half a second. When I have one, which isnt always the case, my thought stream is constantly dragging my "mind eye/mind aim" on it. When i don't have any thoughts, I just feel numb and empty but still unable to focus my mind on anything. I also have a feeling of "emptiness" behing my eyes. I feeel awfully weak and stupid. And it's really a brain problem like it's not emotional. I can clearly feel hox not normal I am, and all the things that are wrong with my head compared to normally. It's like as If my brain had decided that focusing on anything wasnt worth it anymore.
I guess people who have it will understand.
Thinking willfully seems to me like something impossible to do, like an impossible task. Something I used to do all the time without even noticing I was "focusing". I was just focusing because I had too. It's like if it had become unable to lift 1kg. As i'm typing this I even struggle to follow my fingers typing on the keyboard, though i've been typing for years. It's really hard to describe.
It's not laziness. I WANT to focus. I need it to pass my degree. If I dont solve this, my parents will have paid money for a whole year of college for nothing and I will have disapointed then and not having any diploma. So believe me when I say It's not on purpose.
I've tried the following. Only one worked.
Once or twice I tried to say to myself "ok this is worth the herculean efforts you need to focus you HAVE TO DO THIS" and really really telling myself how I NEEDED to focus to that task. Like it was as vital as looking for food or sleeping. The weight of numbness flickered. It didnt go it just flickered. that's why I believed it's psychological. I tried doing this over and over again. The flickering keeps happening but nothing more, my brain remain a foggy jelly piece of shit. just slightly clearer.
Forcing my brain to focus. The first thing I tried. Didnt work. I end up bending the muscles of my forehead until it hurts ending up having like two seconds of continuous willful thought. Then I'm exhausted and it just vanishes.
Think "slowly". like meditating. for each thing i think, think it slowly and be aware of each thought that crosses my mind, even if it means being reaaaaaaaally slow. tought it'd work, but didnt either.
sleeping a lot. Nope. doesnt work
eating "good for brain food" no effects.
just stop doing anything for several hours and see if it improves. It doesnt, just goes on.
meditation. oddly enough, it kinda worked, but not at the same time. I'm used to meditating so my mind starts "being" with the breath out of habit, but at the same time I can't intensely focus on my breath it's like if I was focusing on it but lazily. usually when I do it I feel a powerful intensity that I don't have now. Like I can hear all the sounds nuances and steps of my breathing process. Now this is gone. To sum it up, my trained mind can still follow the breath by itself, but only to the level that it's used to do becase of training. Any attempts of the conscious me to say "focus better" or "try really following the brain more" remains completely useless. I have lost the ability to say "now do this" to my mind's eye.
I haven't changed my diet in the last months, and i'm sure it's quite a normal diet compared to the average. I don't take any medication... I don't have any mental issued besides the depression that's caused by pretty usual problems everyone has. I am perfectly sane...
I'm at the point where I have to write a freakin novel under a psychologist video on youtube because i cant tell anyone. How would they understand? "just freakin do it instead of inventing fake mental pbs" they'd say. And they'd be right. How is this possible? Why is it happening to me? Am I gonna waste my life and become a weak useless pile of trash because of some freakin brain fog? I mean if it lasted a month how long can it last? Years? I feel crazy writing this. How? and Why?
same problem here. I have GCSEs and I just cannot think or follow anything for a long amount of time. I feel detached from life
@@krypton1142 any updates??
Hey @giant any updates how are you feeling?
@@jimmyespin4280 I have the same issue it is like a walking like dead alive human being I am speaking I don't know what I am thinking in most of the conversation I remain still to the people who pose question to me it is like i don't receive information and moreoverly i don't know how to process it and what to say my behaviours aren't mine my mind isn't mine I don't feel me anymore just a dead casket like nothing hollow heart with cold fog hollow head with with complete mist.i don't know what I am doing or what should I do.
@@syedsaim3470 yes same here
I don't know or understand what this is that I'm feeling for the past 3 days now..
I keep getting dizzy and my brain seems to just stop whatever I was doing or thinking and I space out.. 😭
Almost every time I stand up I forget what is I was just doing..
Now I feel like my speech is slowing down this is not fun and kind of scary....
I eat good healthy and exercise.
My immune system is awesome I don't ever forget sick... 🤔
It feels horrible to work full time and studying in 2021 . Productivity went out the window. Side effects of Working from home 😔
I had this last year for like 3 weeks then went away. This time it started 3 weeks ago and hasn't stopped since. I feel like I'm in a game and someone is controlling me. I can't think clear, it's hard to concentrate, feel unbalanced at times and sometimes get a small pressure in the back of my head which intense everything, but it's not a headache.
Currently I have bad eating habits don't do much physical activity, but I do get my sleep. I'm 27 300+ male. I'm going to run a experiment. I'm going to change all this today. Check up on me to see how it's going if your interested or want to give me some advice. Please feel free to do so I'll reply asap.
We are the same how are you feeling ?
I feel like I'm dreaming, I eat well, maybe I need more exercise but even when I do , nothing changes, how are you?
@@Tl-wz9ec after a week I wrote this I actually started to feel better. I drank plenty of water and took one a day vitamins and omega 3. Also I chewed gum that really made me start to feel better.
@@jimmyespin4280 how are you feeling now mate
@@jimmyespin4280 jimmy u had brainfog but then u started chewing gum and u felt better and problem solved?
I feel like I am react less to environment, and also had memory problems, please I need your Advice I'm a second year med student.
I'm here after forgetting my pin number. How does that even happen 😂
How can I remedy this constant issue?
I’ve had chronic, constant, debilitating brain fog for about 7 years and I’ve only been able to experience the world normal again one day almost 4 years ago, if you have anything that can help please help me out dude, 🙏🏻
Me too. Been almost two years 😞
Iv been like this 2 years almost 3 and only felt normal for 2 days and I didn't do anything different
If I am being honest I spaced out through this video and had to watch twice
For me it feels like everything is glowing, my brain is hot, eyes feel hot, it feels very scary. I don't feel like me. I have severe tinnitus, I feel a slight tension or burn in the back of my head and neck that travels along my jaw. I also feel cold inside. When I begin to sweat, it feels like it washes over me then I feel more normal. I call them episodes. Anyone experience this???
I feel everything blurr and when i am driving i feel everything foggy i dont know how to explain my feelings its wierd hard to explain... What is this?? Is it a brain fogg?
Sounds like brain fog. I'm feeling foggy 24/7 but sometimes feel less of it towards the night fall.. 🌙 brain fog sucks
Watching this while being pretty disoriented and confused 😂
I have brain fog cuz its a symptom of mental fatigue , i can't read for longer time cuz my vision gets blurry after some time, my orals always stays dry how much ever i drink water , i would feel empty stomach even if i just had food , also memory issues!! This is the main issue i don't wanna have, i am a medical Student and memory is the my main strength in this field how much ever i study i can't remember for longer period of time even if i revise , very hard to recall things , i have mental fatigue now for 5 months and i recognised about it only after 2 months of suffering severely from it , so its basically just 3 months since i put my stressor away please tell me this will go away , somehow i scored average in my exam and getting a good college but i don't wanna live like this forever i wish to go back 8-9 months back when i chose to completely dedicate myself to studies --my biggest mistake ! I thought completely dedicating urself to something would get u good , but it took me even far from where i was.
Did it go away
How are you now 😊
it's not due to inflammation!!! I have fog since childhood - it is due to overbite and neck spasm even if I did not realise. Diazepam removed fog first time in my life!
May be people have 'fog' due to inflammation but it is not true 'fog'. It is something else you are talking about. .
I have 0 inflammation so I know. I am not far from Birmingham if you have any idea how to investigate my brain fog 'true' fog as it's whole life.
Sometimes I forget where I am and what I'm doing
Could not hear so well sound not so great
My brain fog started when I went into menupause also diabetic. Yes it's nasty and people even close family don't understand how frustrating it is😔
Is brain fog caused by vitamin d deficiency??
Did you recover
i have a brain fog and this is recently for me.
Are u fine now?
Does anyone else feel like the back of their eyes or forehead area feels heavy and tired all the time?? Is that a side effect of brain fog?
Eat healthier and exercise. Once a week just go for a long long run until you feel like you can’t anymore. You guys can GET OVER THIS!! You’re not alone!!!! We are all improve ❤
Thx did you get over brain fog?
Has anyone completely cut out sugar to see if it helps? I’m thinking of trying it.
just had a load of sugar in a choc fudge brownie and now i remember why its a bad idea if i want to keep (my long term compromised) best brain focus possible. was recommended go 15 minute walk while trying to digest. headache and feeling a bit sick right now.
Im having this for like 2 years and its really a struggle to me because Im having a hard time doing multi tasks and it gives me anxiety since its so embarrassing when ur talking to someone then eventually ur like what??
I drink alot of water and dont eat breakfast and sometimes lunch but I eat alot on dinner.I do chores everyday but it feels like Im not the one doing it
is this something to do with overthinking?,this brain fog?.
The last few 2 weeks of Uni have actually fried my brain and 1 month later I still feel it. It's very hard to concentrate on thoughts now and it sucks, I legit feel dumber 😂
I understand studying has my concentration a lot lower, how are you feeling now ?
@@bladeninja8175 alot dumber
I have no idea whether it's brain fog happened to me. I couldn't recognize myself on mirror.couldn't read a word, even couldn't remember what's going on with Instagram. I'm terribly scared . After few minutes I was okay. 😞
Hows it going so far did it go away?
It’s derealization
Its because of food alergy avoid diary food. Meats and stay on with veg mosly light food. No alchohol. You will be alright. I had this and cleared now.
I don’t think I’m allergic to diary?
Ive had brain fog now for a week and to be honest dirt exercise and phpne use all seem to be triggers. If anyone out there suffers from brain fog also try cleaning up your diet reading books instead of phone use and spend a lotnof time outside. Sugar and processed foods as well as excessive phone use and a lack of socialization can all lead to brain fog (if a few videos are to be accurate). The best of luck to you all im praying you get better !
ive had it all my life (i think) without noticing
Omg excatly what im thinking
Bottom line ; when inflammation alertness affected not other part of attention .
That’s why I like math . Concise langage straight to the point
My tmj causing brain fog ...what’s the best solution ?
I have it since past 4+ years now I m 16 iknow the feeling 😥😭
I realized last year that I had this. I think I've had it atleast for a decade but its really bad now because I'm 19 years old and everyone judges me without understanding.
Sometimes I think maybe I need more sun or exercises but even when I do that nothing changes
I believe eating sugar before bed will cause brain fog.
What's the difference between orientation and conflict? The way you explain orientation seems as if it is affected by conflict.
Audio is much too quiet
My brainfog is due to vitamin D deficiency.
When you start taking the vitamins you get better or not?? Please let me know because I have black skin and I move to Europe before 9 month so I get brain fog before 3 months it’s so hard even I can’t study 😢
Lately my eyes keep wanting to stare at stuff and feel tired - is that brain fog? Or something serious 😭
I do have brain fog every now and then but mine only started post menopause
I have brain fog like a compressed gas inside my crown head and it affects me so bad that i have a blurry memory it becomes hard to study and i feel like am someone else am just not me and i I don't know who am i
Same issue from past three month and I had tried everything but nothing worked my brain fog increasing day by day I think there is no cure for it😢
For several years now I've had all the time slight dizziness and fatigue. Could you or anyone tell me if this slight dizziness is brain fog? Some days out of the month and every day in a row I get a tension headache and I have to take pain medication. Instead of tripton drugs I been taking Excedrin. Is it inflammation that is causing my headaches?
I like your video, but it's quite difficult to hear
Is there any type of cure? Or any vitamins or anything at all to help with this problem?
Try B12 and magnesium. Cold showers too.
I honestly don’t know exactly if I have it but I can’t think clearly sometimes and I honestly hate brain fog. Can anyone tell me if it’s temporary and if it is, how long does it last.
I've had it (as Part of CFS/ME/FMA) SINCE 1987 Here in Hull,UK!!... :( - It feels as though I've Just gone 6 rounds with Mike Tyson,ETC,Etc,etc!!... :( *Few people believe me!!... :(
Same, it's been years for mee😢
For me to reduce your brain fog you need to maximize the use of your brain.just do one task then another and do some math problems and train your mind to think magbe that will eliminate brain fog
Thank you 🙏
Thank you so very much tara!😭
Thanks!