Excellent and detailed article on "brain fog"

[faith_tx]

Does anyone else get the feeling like they could fall asleep any minute. . . like for the entire day?  I have times when I get the fog and I feel so totally exhausted I can barely keep my eyes open.  It's like part of my brain doesn't want to deal with life so I just try to go to sleep?  Not sure how else to explain it.

But I'm hoping there are some explanations.

TY
Faith

[1mitchelkester]

me too!! I drink a lot of caffeine to break up the tiredness etc.

[alwayz_anxious]

I have been dealing with brain fog for as long as i can remember. In high school, the days my mind felt clear were so few and far between, that I actually felt like a person coming out of a coma when it happened. These days, having a clear head hardly ever happens anymore. I feel like if I could find something to fix this, I would be so much more of a productive person.

[pandakathleen]

Oh my god, thank you SO MUCH. When I first was diagnosed with general anxiety, I was reading through symptoms, and when I read 'brain fog', and saw the definition, I was so shocked. I had always thought that it was just me. That I was spacey, forgetful, unfocused, and disconnected. It made me feel so much better that it wasn't a part of my personality, per say, but a part of my problem.

I looked into a bit more, but sadly there isn't too much straightforward information about it. I wanted so desperately to get /rid/ of it, now that I knew that it was a common problem. But I couldn't find anything. I was so frustrated, because my parents would always tell me to just 'have common sense' or just 'pay attention and remember things'. And it's hard, because I can't no matter how hard I try, and it's not my fault.

I constantly crave sweets, fruit, and sugar (which seems to be another popular symptom of anxiety), so I eat /a lot/ of sugar. I didn't know that it was a contributing factor to brain fog! So I will try to cut back on my sugar and fruit intake as well as my water, and see if it does me any good.

Thank you so much for addressing this! 

[Ogrodii]

Wow never new it was brain fog when this happens to me i feel retarded literately and its hard for me to think or get a grasp of reality. hope someone relates

[Garden Lady]

The article is great.  But leaves  a lot of room for still questioning why we have it.  IT can be related to so many different diet problems.  I thought I heard some place that Vit B complex and Vit. c are hard to take during anxiety situations because they can cause your anxiety to be worse.  Does anyone else have information on this?

[jaxteller]

Looking forward to reading through this whole article.. Have had 6 years approximately free of anxiety, but unfortunately it's reared it's ugly head again. This time I seem to be experiencing dizziness and a "foggy' feeling in the head... Hard to explain, have seen numerous doctors and physically check out ok, going through a break up at the moment and stress from that triggered the same symptoms I had last time I suffered anxiety and panic attacks but the dizziness is new. Hopefully this will shed some light on it!

[TessEleJess]

Hi, im 15 years young.
Today i searched up "why do i always feel like im dreaming" for the 100th time of almost a year of this 'brain fog' .Im crying while writing this. I thought no one would ever understand and this post saved me. I cane to the conclusion of 0119 for about two months now. i cry to my boyfriend everday and say "just for one day i want someone to be me so i can talk to them about it just to know someone in the world knows how i feel" these tears, are tears of joy . i dont feel so alone. today i had a panic attack on a public train since i convince myself im going to die. this feeling is a brain tumor. i cry to my dad begging him for a brain scan and he just laughs.my councillor would say its just a stress overload from family and relationship issues. my boyfriend blames it on my depression and  anxiety. i have never felt happy since i got this feeling and for this first time in almost a year i feel happy. today was one of the really bad days . and all the sytoms writen here are exactly how i feel. I havnt felt normal since i smoked weed. and i have never touched it again since. im scared ot thia getting any worse. although its already horrible. i cant go out alot. i feel dazzed, faint, half asleep (dreaming) asif im watching myself on tv. my hands and feet feel numb and heavy and slow alot.
i just wanted to thank you all. you saved me from feeling so alone.

[kara.barbosa]

I know how you feel. I also was always wondering what the heck that was, and stressed and panicked over it because it was "unknown" and i think now that they have posted that it will give a lot of people some comfort. I always thought it was just a symptom of my own. It does sadden me to know that it not the case adn that a lot more people deal with this, But also gives me the hope that "its not just me" What I want to know though is why it happeneds?

[TessEleJess]

Its been a while since i posted here the day i found this and realized what brain fog is.
Ive been to a few people and have been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder which the brain fog has something to do with. Im still waiting for them to contact me again. I know have medication which only helps with my sleep. the brain fog has gotten much worse but im still fighting! One day i hope they find out what the main cause of this is. or a quick and easy cure is.. :/.

[nutcasetom]

Ive had this it is horrible.

[IB2ANXIOUS]

wow! I can't believe this thread doesn't have multiple replies a day! I have only read a few of the replies at the first and end of this thread, but this is such a central part of anxiety it seems. I'm surprised not to find more research on "brain fog" (or brain flatulence as I affectionately refer to it as). In my situation, it is hard to know how much of mine is anxiety that I would have had normally (I know I had severe anxiety as a kid, too) but now I'm 51 and have had a resurgence of it due to some real health concerns (had a stroke about 13-14 years ago that was misdiagnosed as MS. About a year ago I started developing seizures that shows up with abnormal brain waves activity, epilepsy, in the same area that would be scar tissue from my stroke. unfortunately, the area I had the stroke is an area that affects "judgment and reasoning" so I worry about that.  I thought most of my "fog" was from these issues, but now I am starting to wonder.

[anxiety_stinkz!]

Thats crazy cus i do that ALOT! n never knew what it was! I always freak out n think im gettin alzheimers cus im older now *i kno crazy right*  I tend to think the worst bout everything but it makes me feel a lil better readin that n knowin that its normal n very common...Great article and thanx!!

[HaileyAnn]

This happens to me occasionally when I get bad. It's really relieving to know it's not just me. My best friend and I just called it "getting detached". One minute I was okay, but then something would happen and suddenly I felt like I wasn't even really there. I didn't think it was so obvious, but every time it happens she gently says "you're detached, aren't you?" Definitely scary.

[Squeemy]

Great article however I wish people writing about topics most likely to be read by people with anxiety issues would stop bringing up the high radiation with CTs. I find after having 2 to rule out pinched nerve in neck & brain problems causing my symptoms reading this causes me to become anxious that Im going to get sick from the exposure.
In my case a CT helped lessen my anxiety because I could get it out of my head that I had a tumor or something causing my symptoms. Of coarse I dont advocate just doing them for curiousity but they have their benefits too. Of coarse i am worried that i have increased my risk of cancer but i can usually accept that it is a very small chance & having it done saved my sanity which was in fact making me very sick.

Wow ive gone off on a tangen  the point i was trying to make is when i read how bad some people think CTs are it makes me worry again & since we cant go back & not have the CT. it isnt helpful reading the bads. 

Oh & why do they add things to our drinking water, it feels like people are trying to make others ill sometimes 

[camerolover1]

I have noticed that for me as my long work week comes to a end my symptoms get worse i guess this is because in my job i do not get to sleep much. I get this brain fog so bad sometimes that i feel like i am going to fall over. Does anyone else get it like that?

[juste_moi]

I must agree with Nasser... we don't realize that we are one of many untill we here other's speak of similar experiences.  In fact i did not know, until now, that there was a name for this feeling.  I have experienced this on and off for many years now.... ut lately it has intensified.  Everyday without fail.  I start the day off on a good note, try my est to engage with my work colleges. ut as the day goes on, i feel myself withdrawing into myself. i become s detahced that i dont speak to anyone unless they speak to me.  It nearly feels like the walls are caving in on tip of me.  y day end i have this horrible haze in my head... I would really appreciate if anyone has any advice on this.  I can see it is beginning to affect my work relationships...as it is now... most people only go as far as to say hello to me, if even that.

[bradswife]

Wow!  I was 25 when this happened to me and now at 42 I still have this issue sometimes.  As strange as it sounds it ALWAYS makes me feel better when I hear of other people that suffer from the same types of issues as I have had for so long.  It somehow makes me feel that I'm really not alone in all of it.  I pray everyday that my children never suffer this disorder although through the years I've learned how to cope and deal with all of the symptoms and feelings.  This is the only site that I've been active on and off for for years because of how well put together, informative and how friendly everyone is.  We are all in this together 

[Adam718]

The million dollar question is, if the anxiety goes away does the brain fog go away?

[frozen]

I hate brain fog.  I get it when super stressed.

[frozen]

EFT tapping technique on Youtube helps a lot.  Look for the guy in the red t-shirt, he's awesome!

[whispermore]

I had brain fog that came on gradually and after being tested for everything, Thyroid, Vitamin D deficiency the doctors did not know what it was.   Well I went to a Naturopathic Hospital in Tempe Arizona and they did a Food sensitivity test on me that was sent away to a lab.   

Turned out that my favorite foods did not give me any immediate reaction but the cumulative effect was brain fog, so they told me.   Eggs, wheat and Casien/dairy.   The eggs were off the chart showing that my body did not like them and had a very strong reaction.  I was told to stop eating these foods and that it would take 30 days to take effect.  Since I did not really believe it I took my time about deleting the foods, but got serious and within 60 days a strange thing happened.   I woke up clear headed.  and then each day after.   I have been clear headed ever since.  I eat rice noodles instead of wheat so that part was easy.  I did not really use dairy so that was easy too, but eggs were my favorite and I ate them every single day, sometimes even for snacks.   I no longer miss them.   Maybe this will help some of you with brain fog.