Hi all, I've been looking to find a solution for brain fog.
Before I took levothyroxine my energy levels were not good. I believe the reason for my lack of energy was down to the fact that I was an ex smoker of a twenty a day habit.
My GP did not diagnose me with anything which I could associate with my lungs, I was diagnosed with autoimmune hypothyroidism.
Once I started levothyroxine, Levo for short my energy levels quickly improved but as an unwanted side effect I had amongst other things which I'm not going into in this post was brain fog.
I complained to my GP immediately but only a dose increase was advised after 4-6 weeks and a blood test result.
As I said my energy levels improved but I'm guessing that extra energy was not supplied by an increase in oxygen as my lungs were still in recovery and so I'm sure I was experiencing the effects of lactic acid build up due to oxygen debt.
Nothing I tried really improved my brain fog and I was still no closer to knowing what was causing it.
About a year ago I tried co enzyme q 10, well I actually tried the reduced formula which is called ubiquinol.
Although I took the effects of ubiquinol for granted and it wasn't until I had ran out that I quickly realised how much I had improved now noticing the slump back down.
My recovery time after activity was always my problem as I said before Levo gave me the energy but in no stretch of my imagination were my lungs fit to supply anywhere near the oxygen demand which my new Levo fuelled lease for life and activity had given me so recovery was long and painful as lactic acid build up stings and burns and as I was also chronically constipated I'm sure made matters worse for recovery.
Well with that in my mind I started to look for oxygen debt related articles which kind of supported my hypothesis that my particular brain fog was connected to my compromised lungs and oxygen debt.
I came across something new in addition which kind of linked my chronic constipation into the loop too although I haven't been tested or diagnosed formally, it all kind of explains why I am the way I am.
I will add the links and hope some of you will find them interesting and informative in the relationship between increased energy and the onset of the damn brain fog.
bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z...
medlineplus.gov/ency/articl...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/163...
biolab.co.uk/docs/dlactate.pdf