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My mind is like my internet browser, 19 tabs open, 3 of them are frozen, and I have no idea where the music is coming fromā€¦. a quote

Before I share my experience with brain fog, its important to give brief idea about what is brain fog? Brain fog is not a diagnosis; rather, itā€™s a general term that describes a series of symptoms. For example, you might have issues with short-term memory, or lack of concentration or mental clarity, or the inability to focus on a task.It is not a disease, but rather a reaction to specific circumstances. Each one of us has experienced these things on one or more occasions like:

ā€œThe right word is on the tip of my tongueā€¦ā€

ā€œWhere did I leave my keys?ā€

ā€œWhy did I come into this room?ā€

ā€œWhy canā€™t I seem to keep my thoughts together?ā€

But when these incidents increases so much then we say that brain fog hits you.

Brainfog or confusion is in it self very serious but not a life threatning situationā€¦šŸ˜ƒšŸ˜ƒšŸ˜ƒšŸ˜ƒā€¦ā€¦ so no one takes you seriously actually if speaking honestly, In reality itā€™s not that easy to understand most of the times people dealing with patient having brain fog or confusion because even patient himself is not able to describe it clearly. Ohhh Yes, I mistakingly use word patient here, ā€˜coz when most of people could not relate to this word as this condition is not a disease so itā€™ll be wrong to use word patient.

As a fibromyalgia warrior (mostly fibro patients called themselves warrior as we have to deal with so many symptoms) I have no other option than to experience this brain fog, so I am suffering from this condition and if you can trust me it just donā€™t kill you but is strong enough to make u feel so miserable , life suddenly becomes a big hell when this fog hitsā€¦ā€¦ you simply go blank there is so much chaos in your mind but no thoughtā€¦ youā€™re blank and full of chaos at the same time. Youā€™re doing your routine but you donā€™t have idea what you are doingā€¦ you donā€™t remember how you manage the things and this makes you more irritating and frustratingā€¦ itā€™s something like that you have short term memory lossā€¦ You did something but you donā€™t remember,How?? You just get a void in your brain ,sayā€¦. like your brain is dead but you are alive. You look perfectly normal to others but you are in complete mess. Your mind processor becomes slow, you listen what others are saying like your ears hear the words/ sentences other saying but your brain takes time to process it/ extracting information out of thatā€¦ so obviously reaction time gets longer.

Because of this,I stopped going even for grocery shopping , because when I reached there, if suddenly brain fog hits( thereā€™s no pre intimation of fog to hit) then I stand stupidally in aisle thinking what the hell Iā€™m doing herešŸ¤”šŸ¤”

Brain fog lasts from few minutes to few hours or day or so. Main cause of brain fog is actually side effect of certain other medical problems like vitamin deficiencies, food sensitivities, thyroid disorders, blood pressure changes, certain medicine side effects, depression, stress, anaemia, fibromyalgia, Chronic fatigue syndrome, sleep disorder to name few.

So if anyone of you experience this confusing or brain fog condition more frequently then donā€™t ignore it, itā€™s true that itā€™s not life threatning situation but threaten for normal living. So consult your doctor to find out underlying cause of brain fogā€¦ā€¦.pratyaya singh #brainfog #mind #chronicpatient #fibroeffects

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Can identify with lots of the traits in the diagram, especially the difficulty with maths, sense of direction and learning new things. The supermarket thing would explain why lots of supermarket staff consider me weird. I could be staring at products on a shelf for longer than others would. Because of these traits, I am certain staff consider me stupid. This makes me feel bitter and resentful beeapsrt from maths l am academically smart with a great long-term memory.

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Ragdoll15

Thank you for this information. I am feeling like this nearly all the time!

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