Brain fog

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I still have brainfog days but usually if I've done too much socializing or slept poorly.

I see you live in Washington, maybe try vaporizing or smoking a sativa dominant high CBD low THC stain of weed like Cannatonic. Other than that or Adderall, nothing has touched my brain fog.

You could also try racetams like piracetam or aniracetam which can help improve mental functioning.

If my brain is fogging up, the only real solution for me is rest. Interestingly, I remember reading that watching TV and playing video games does not "rest" your brain. So when I say rest, I really do mean rest. I will read until I fall asleep.

If I am spacing out, it is usually because whatever the activity is, I am bored. Solution, find something else to do and minimize as much of the boring activities of life as possible. For my work, I have to attend continuing education from time to time, in person. I sit in an unobtrusive place and work on my computer. If I were actually forced to listen to 8 hours of BS, it would drive me totally bananas.

Cutting out gluten helped me a lot for a while.
I know my brain fog gets a lot worse when it's warm out.
Dehydration + inflammation probably causes mine. Ibuprofin helps a bit, but I've never liked to rely on drugs for anything, so I don't take it often.

As someone else mentioned, exercise usually helps a lot, but it's hard to get that kind of motivation during a fog.


You could drink a lighter roast: it's sweeter and has more caffeine

Or you could try espresso, which is highly-concentrated coffee, but I don't know how anyone could drink one without any sugar added.

According to the internet:
What is brain fog?
Brain fog isn't a medical condition itself, but rather a symptom of other medical conditions. It’s a type of cognitive dysfunction involving:
* memory problems
* lack of mental clarity
* poor concentration
* inability to focus
Some people also describe it as mental fatigue. Depending on the severity of brain fog, it can interfere with work or school. But it doesn't have to be a permanent fixture in your life.
The article then goes on to describe 6 causes of Brain Fog.
6 Possible Causes of Brain Fog

When I was young I was a poor reader. Many times I lost track during the second or third sentence in a paragraph and have to reread it again and again and again. When I entered my first year of high school, they noticed I had difficulty in this area and put me in a type of special class to remediate the condition. It turns out that this class today would be called a class in Speed Reading. It taught approaches or shortcuts on absorbing written information. I didn't like the class but I am a very effective reader today.

Another person suggested that when it came to absorbing written material, that speaking the words aloud or allowing your lips to move to read the material silently really helped. That also in my opinion helps with the written word.

I also place blank notepads in my home and car for me to write down my thoughts when my mind is moving a hundred miles a second. That helps me immensely.

Aspies are easily distracted by sights, sounds, smells, tastes and touch. Therefore it is important to block out these distractors as much as possible. In a crowded environment, I sometimes need to watch the lips of the person speaking in order to absorb what that person is saying over all the noisy background sounds. It is a little like lip reading.

I have chronic fatigue syndrome and I have brain fog most of the time, it really is horrible to live with. I love learning new things, reading about and studying interesting topics and now I can't do it. It varies how severe it is, but my mind is never clear. Having all the challenges that comes with autism, my mind was really the one thing that was my strenght, so it is hard to adjust to. For me it gets worse with more social and sensory input.

I have found the only thing that really helps is rest. And I mean no TV, computer, reading or anything, your brain needs rest. For me I have to do it several times a day regularly. If my brain is really foggy it takes a long time to get somewhat better.

I don't know this but it sounds to me that first of all you need to relax and to stop a your emotional overload. Try to calm down. There are just to much things that you are trying to focus at the same time. Make a list of all things and then try to focus only on one thing and try to solve it. Add new problems just to the end of the list and try to solve them later.

Do you eat a lot of fried food? Food high in fat, that's fried, can clog up your blood vessels and the brain needs a regular blood supply for oxygen and nutrients. That's one possible cause.

It's pretty much impossible in America, given that the likes of Monsanto and Coca-Cola and the rest of Big Food are constantly lobbying the government to water down regulations, but some healthy, natural, non-GMO organic food would do some good, as well as natural, unfluoridated water.

I've been told more than a few times in my life that I need to learn to relax . Which is odd because people come to me to relax; they will actually tell me that they appreciate being around me because it calms them.