Hi, just wanted to say thanks for mentioning luteolin, I know its not gonna fix everything like a magic cure, but its been very helpful after being added to my daily routine. When I wake up I feel more here when I normally need an hour or two, and things that might have caused really bad brain fog days havent been effecting me as strongly. Its been very plesant.

This is (by far) the best conversation about Brain Fog I have ever heard. Fantastic! Thank you so much, Dr. K. One question I have is about FASTING: If I fast for a long time, late in the day on my first 24-hour part of the fast, I feel like all my thought processes are getting sharper. Usually, this effect lasts for a day or two past when I end my fast, as well. Is there some relationship to the effects discussed in this video, or this a separate process altogether?

Hi, long term brain fog sufferer here. How do I get help from you specifically for brain fog rehab?

Yee buddy that’s me even while I was super in shape to where I could ride a bike for literally 20 hours and did hardcore conditioning for MMA 5 days a weak and sparred the 6th day I had high blood pressure I started smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol and not working out and now I’m healthy

Hypothyroid then hits menopause which “resurfaces” ADHD symptoms- which actually feels very conflicting as thyroid and menopause brain fog feels very different to the Adhd clear but scattered thought processes… really overwhelming when trying to accomplish a days work!

For all we've advanced in medical technology, it's scary how much we still don't know, and many doctors just don't have the training to even consider alternatives we are only just now figuring out.

This is my situation right now with same symptoms. Likely food allergies, particularly sugars. Still need more tests.

What type of food are you allergic?

I want to massively second this. Allergies are much more prevalent than we realize and consistently will bring your quality of life down. Please get tested for food and pollen allergies.

I want to get tested for allergens. Last time I told my doctor, she told me to take claritin. Did not test anything.

Can relate

Exactly

I'm not actually sure that counts as a type of brain fog. This usually happens when you're a chronic procrastinator and eventually overload the part of your brain that is supposed to remind you of things (I forgot what it's called, but Dr. K talked about this before), so you get a permanent stressful feeling of having forgotten something without your brain being able to tell what exactly you have forgotten. Brain fog is when you somehow just can't access your brain anymore... you're trying to think about a problem, or write a paper, but behind your consciousness where normally the part of the brain starts where the thoughts are supposed to come from there's just a white wall of impenetrable haze and it's dead, now matter how hard you try, no thoughts are coming. I had to drop out of university and it nearly destroyed my life before my brain finally started working again (by taking all sorts of vitamin supplements and also a zero sugar diet).

Absolutely this.

@@miriamkapeller6754 Procrastination is a symptom, not a cause.

In order to do #3 you need #4 haha I have been a long-time IF and prolonged faster. I eat really well when I do, but I didn't get enough electrolytes and I had too much caffeine.. I do have a love for fasting, but I was a case where I took it too far and spun out. I don't even need caffeine now.

I find it very interesting, considering some of the other comments mentioning food allergies, that 3/4 of your treatments for brain fog involve remedies for allergies. Deep breathing and cold packs are known to decrease inflammation, while vitamin/nutrient supplements are generally known to improve energy and brain function.

4 and 3 in that order is very underrated. Most people could easily be deffecient in all 4 of those and can be the difference between severe cramping, insomnia, headaches, and apetite issues

@@AECommonThread2137maybe you're wrong ... magnesium does improve intestinal motility and she fasts for 24 to 36 hours which could be making path to absorption of items in #4 more efficient ... just a thought

Do you think the fasting helps because it might be food allergies causing the issues? You choose to eat in a small span of time which could lessen the allergic reaction most of the day?

Ya, I notice this too. No long term "digital detox" benefits, but while I'm cutting that stuff out it's the best I feel.

New experience, you had rose covered glasses

@@andrewjack5755 Your saying he has rose coloured glasses when he comes back from being out field?

You were trained to be a killer, obviously you're hyper aware by default and need to process a lot of information at once

@@BotDetector-44 spoken like someone who knows nothing about the army.

I also experience derealization along with brain fog. My therapist says it's mostly due to repressed trauma. Might be worth your time to at least look into some inner child work on KZfaq or something along those lines

@@sumakabob485 Just adding, because it's worth noting that brainfog can cause derealization even without trauma.

those lyrics are writing themselves ey? time to write a song! ;)

i just keep feeling i'm dumb. just this

I feel this as well. I also feel really stupid and the stuff I enjoyed in the past feels like too much work and kind of boring now.

Life-saving

Thank u!!!

I must thank you

Thank u sooooo much for this , I’m currently struggling with this and it’s so scary man 😢

Canned food are bad?

I have brain fog since 6 years ago, it’s like being delusional, i hate it so bad, i feel so dumb

Did this help your ADHD too?! I mean if you have racing thoughts?! Thanks for this

Carbs? Did you end up on high fat keto by process of elimination? Glad to hear you feel great now

I had the same issue and found the same solution. Cutting out sugars and high carb foods literally fixed my head. I found that I don’t even need to do HFLC (Keto) but just keeping my sugar intake lower. When I was calculating just how much sugar/carbs I was eating before hand was an eye opener. Preprocessed foods are literally swimming in sugar or nutritionally void fillers.

What do you eat now, and what is your diet look like, I find it hard to find foods and do what you did without losing weight and eating less calories than I should?

That's so helpful Thomas. Congrats on having the willpower to keep doing this diet.

@@abdoulabeni2301 I wish I could answer that, I never had an issue putting on weight. If I was faced with the problem I would just make sure that I was eating more often. The advice they gave me for years about “eat smaller meals more often” was what caused me to balloon. To lose I went hflc and omad. Once I started incorporating a second meal in the day and stopped being super restrictive on carbs I stopped losing weight. Again, this was with my body, so your mileage may vary since it sounds like we have different body types. I’m also a giant naturally, well over 6 ft tall and broad shouldered, so I’m never going to be less than just inside the “overweight” category of BMI unless I go full ed. I’ve made peace with that after learning how that chart was developed. My “stable” intake when I maintain is anywhere from 20-60 g of carbs per day (I don’t do net anything, so no subtracting fiber), and usually two meals a day. I also eat greens and mushrooms and don’t count the carbs in those. I find this lets me have the occasional sandwich or toast with butter during “breakfast” without going overboard, I just never go hog-wild on carbs anymore and it’s led to a better health outcome for me.

Clean

less tech use and better diet

@Nicholas Time I struggle with ADHD and dyslexia. I never take medication regularly, building a subjective life style is a better solution.

@@yohaizilber I've found taking good quality Vitamin E, Lions Main and Ginkgo biloba to be incredibly helpful as well as your suggestions.

Less tech might be the best one for me. I tend to get wrapped up in any subject I see about online, I think a lot, and this overthinking tends to lead to brain fog for me. If I snap it and focus on the things around me it helps a ton.

I've notice that too but it's been so bad for the last several months, I am unable to get myself moving again. It sounds awful, but I'm hoping to find a medical issue that causes or worsens it just so I have more options that will get me back to being able to push myself.

It's a paradox in a way. You'd think exercise would "use up" your energy, and it can if you go to an extreme, but normally it does the opposite: exercise *gives* you energy

@@Reid52 it spikes your adrenal glands to create hormones that make you feel energized. The problem is you shouldn't *need exercise to feel energized, it should be like that when you wake up in the morning. Lots of sick and or malnourished people are using exercise as a way to keep whipping their tired bodies into activity and this is a very dangerous long term strategy.

That's literally the biggest part of what mad me waste most time in uni since 2020. I was a really good student in high school and my first year of uni, but since these symptoms began, I literally feel like I have brain damage. Talked to a few doctors already, but they couldn't find out what my condition was, my blood values are alright and sleep monitoring also didn't show any medical problems. I'm trying to get my sleep schedule back on track and loose a good amount of weight to pre-2020 levels, but it's just a viscous cycle of feeling bad and not having the energy to do anything most of the time. And I'm definitely not depressed, I do want to do stuff and feel positive in general, but I just can't do anything or concentrate

@@ruschev2 I wouldn't necessarily say that is the case. Dr K spent about a third of the video explaining that it's often a function of poor blood flow or low blood pressure. That's why he talked about things like meditating upside down to get blood to your brain.

If you get to the point that you feel dehydrated even tho you drink alot i suggest you try mixing your water with about 5g of unrefined and unionized salt it helped my dad who was severely dehydrated

Well you can do pretty much all of that but stress can take a big toll. Lately I’ve been exercising, eating 100% clean and organic foods and drink lots of water but stress and stress induced insomnia is killing my brain. I’ve never felt so anxious, streesed and depressed.

@@aljazbrilj1698is cause salt ha 2 of the 3 essential electrolytes. Believe it or not what helps me is viagra increases blood flow to the big brain and the lil brain 😂

​@@aljazbrilj1698get all your electrolytes, or just get a micro-nutrients in a absorbable tablet(some research required for the right product) which has all vitamins and minerals your body needs and take one every day.

@@Studiotime03have you tried taking sleeping medication like melatonin or trazadone? Trazadone specifically has helped me a lot bc melatonin didn’t do the trick. I would def recommend trying those if you can’t get your sleep schedule under control

Hi brother. I feel we are on the same boat in this stupid life !!!!

Try meditation

@@semmywap2916 While I agree that meditation can be a helpful practice for managing one's mental state, you clearly did not watch the video.

@@tantamounted I be binging a bunch of his videos I thought he mentioned meditation in this video.

@@semmywap2916 No, this one was about the likely physiological (physical) causes of brain fog, and meditation was not listed as a solution for this, but better nutrition and exercise were suggested.

@@semmywap2916 the point is, some people are either wired in a way or are so deep in a rut that meditation isn’t achievable for them in a timely manner. Oh, I forgot this wasn’t about psychedelics 😂 Taking mushrooms can show people like this what it means to meditate, effectively giving them tools they can LEARN to use on their own

I always knew this, a little bit of stretching and warmup clears away brainfog but I'm often too lazy or forget to do it early in the day.

I read somewhere that is your can't go for a walk then doing body weight squats is very good at getting the blood pumping. Say do 10 body weight squats when you do your standing break.

I found even taking 5-15 minutes exercise breaks (walk, rollerblade, or bike ride) were really helpful, especially if I took one every few hours. I often fall out of the habit, so I am going to have to get back on it.

so true. The days I get intense brain fog, I go for a 10-15min walk and it helps a lot

Man id advise you to change the summery in the first sentance, because this kinda comment will lead people to skip watching the video...and theres a lot of useful information in here that people shouldnt skip over

There are a lot of useful tips at the end with things to try that are more specific that just "eat healthy, sleep well, and get exercise."

​@@andrewhilbert4790 yeah I saw the comment, thought "oh that's it? okay I won't watch the video then", and was about to skip but then I saw your comment

@@tansy2279 hope you got something useful from the video :)

Take Luteolin

I had Covid at the end of October and like you I was barely sick, but the brain fog is still effecting me almost 2 months later. It makes life so hard and no one seems to understand.

It has two been two years for me. I don’t even know if it really is brain fog. I cannot fully accept the way I am. I often think about doing something drastic. I have been exercising since middle school, I eat decently, and I always try to get 8 hours of sleep. Nothing seems to help

@@AlexMartinez-zu4dm I'm not a therapist or a medical professional in any capacity, but considering how severely you feel about it and how you phrased that, it might be worth talking about with someone in those fields. And if you have and it's gone nowhere, then that's really tough. All I can say in that regard is I've had some things I've had to come to terms with, or adapt to, as I've gotten older. And while it's never easy, I've always found a way to accept things and carry on. I hope things work out for you.

​@@TheEnigma772 years later, as someone with adhd, covid kicked my adhd into overdrive, up to thoughts of offing myself. brainfog is so intense, it feels like playing silent hill, every day.

Same. Sent me into a severe depression. 😢

My experience with higher education is that my mental and physical health need to be on point to succeed. You have to realize as your self expectations rise, its still true that your constant attention and intake of information is taxing. Best wishes to you

try adhd meds

@@sebastian3004 bad advice to throw around casually

@@moom81 Stimulants like adderall are often used on cram nights, but the real solution is to avoid putting it off until cram is the only option. That stuff can have a degrading effect cognitively when used too much

@@meercreate yes and no. In a person who doesn't need them, ADHD meds (especially the stimulant ones) can cause problems long-term, but for people with ADHD, these medications are needed to function in most focus-intensive environments. Since the symptoms of brain fog are similar to those of ADHD (and inattentive ADHD can fly under the radar), a medication trial might be reasonable for some people

Tbh even a lot of medical professionals could use this if they're checking sources. Most just get out of school and go off of what they remember from that + what they think ia common sense, this dude is out reading whitepapers (or at least skimming through them) on a regular basis.

Blasphemy! Just kidding 😆

Imagine not liking playing video games kek

Don’t like playing video games? Wtf

@@vonbraunprimarch hahahahaa we exist.

Same

Are you... Me??

Lack of nutrients and minerals

Turns out my brain fog is caused by processed foods carbs an sugar. Nutrition is huge for me, did I say huge? It might be everything. All of these things cause inflammation.

Yep

wait you got results only after 1 month ?

@@anonymeforliberty4387 more like 2, but even for the first month, I felt significant improvement (when I stopped the caffeine, for the first week it was kinda of awful, but then on the third, I would say the change started feeling drastic). Keep in mind that even 2-3 days of propper sleep and good nutrition can be a gamechanger.. but also don't expect miracles.. the key is to maintain this way of living.

Are your symptoms any better now? I have something similar

@@oscarthebarbarian9673 Yes, they are. For me, the following things helped a lot. 1. Daily intake of desloratadin, an antihistamine that does not make me tired. The drug can definitely make people more sleepy (and therefore contribute to a brain fog like state), but only very few. Luckily, I am not one of them. There are also other good antihistamines, important is that you choose one from the list of second generation antihistamines, because they don't cross the blood brain barrier. (Also, I picked desolaratadin because it is freely available where I live. But which antihistamines are freely available depends on where you live.) If a lot of pollen are flying around, I also sometimes take a nasal spray that contains antihistamines. It is a very safe drug that cannot (in contrast to other nasal sprays) lead to addiction - its PIL basically says "don't drink the contents, then you'll be fine". So I can recommend that. 2. Seriously reducing the exposure to allergenics. I am allergic to dust, pollen, and also have a food intolerance. I now clean dust in my bedroom every second day, use mite bed sheets, have pollen screens at every window of my house, and check with every single meal that I eat that I am not allergic to any of its ingredients. If you have some money available, I can also recommend buying a robotic vacuumer and maybe an air purifier. Also, when I clean dust, I wear a mask. 3. Let a doctor check your vitamin D (and other stuff too). Where I live, basically everyone lacks vitamin D. So now I supplement that, as well as sometimes vitamin B12 because I am a vegetarian. 4. Eat healthy and do sports regularly but mildly. Allergies can definitely be a lot of stress for your body, so you don't want to exercise too hard. The misery began for me during a time where I went running every second day - and it definitely was not a good thing to do for me. Most of the time, when I went running, I felt better for the next few hours, but in the evening I started feeling worse and worse, and on the following day I usually felt terrible. 5. Don't stress yourself out. Try to stay active and keep doing things that you enjoy, but don't push yourself to deliver high performances (e.g. in exams). The brain fog won't last forever, and when it is over you will be able to invest more into your study/work again. But right now, you need to take care of yourself. Brain fog is an alarm signal that tells you that something is definitely not okay with your body, and you should respect that. Take the time to go visit all of the doctors that you have the slightest hunch could help you identify the causes for you being unwell. And, importantly, take the time to relax, if you need to. 6. What helped me a lot in identifying what helps and what doesn't was the realisation that for me, the impact from allergenics on my brain fog came about a day after exposure. So maybe check if that is similar for you - I definitely know of friends with allergies who are only/mostly affected during the times of exposure. I hope this helps. It was the guide that I followed in my head, and as I said, I feel very much better now. But, of course, this is my personal experience, and for you different things might help more. Also, if you want to know more about any particular thing that I wrote, don't hesitate to ask!

@@percio6802 Glad that you appreciate it. I think I will do that

Hey, just wanted to react to you, I am doing my PhD in CS and I have also been suffering from brain fog for the last two years or so. I also everyday feel like I am not able to ever finish my PhD. Just wanted to say you are not alone.

@@penguin3195 I also study computer science. And I've had brain for for years, probably around 5. It's the worst when I have to focus on speaking with people..

Out of curiosity, what martial art do you practice that has you frequently upside-down?

That’s awesome

@cykeok3525 sounds like Judo , Capoeira lmao or I'd bett my shekels on sumo wrestling or a form thereof

@@SLYT3KAh, being the RECIPIENT of a shoulder throw.. didn't think about that lol Capoeira didn't cross my mind either!

Jiu jitsu - often on the ground, on your back

How is your fitness, do you get your heart rate up to 130 for at least an hour per week? Do you lift, play sport, jog, anything?

You can always get better trust in yourself and push forward

Are you having working memory issues or more long term or episodic memory?

@@sarcodonblue2876 working memory. Most days I can't finish a sentence without forgetting its beginning. I end up having to read things countless times before i can fixate even part of it.

I struggle to repeat sentences people tell me right after I heard it. Which I feel is a short term memory problem. Did you find anything that helps for you?

@@BIZaGoten meditation has been helping me a lot. Once i feel less agitated, it becomes a whole lot easier to focus on the moment

I have an iron deficiency too and need to take tablets on a daily basis. What feels weird to me though is how food is distributed by gender, you'd think women would be encouraged to eat more meat etc because the deficiencies are common, yet as a kid while I was still hungry the extra piece of meat always was given to my much younger male sibling who didn't even finish his plate 🤦🏼

@@lysanne201 yeah, it's shocking! Have you thought about suing your parents for their disgraceful discrimination?

@@channul4887 touch grass

@@channul4887 Waste of space can make sounds? Incredible.

@@channul4887 you're the type of guy to say sexism isn't real anymore while actively being sexist lmao

Absolutely, that’s why I stopped drinking on Sunday’s after noticing it made Mondays so much worse. And I also realized that when I exercise in the morning (hard workout) I feel so much sharper through the day.

that is the cause of drinking "things with" alcohol. aka beer/ seltzers etc., you need water and straight whiskey/tequila or any hard liquor with no additives.

​@@DavidSoteloJJ I'm not sure how additives would really change things. I'm sure the additives don't help but alcohol itself impairs your cognition for several days after drinking. People need at least 3 days to be back to normal cognition and sometimes they may need more.

Alcohol is considered poison in high concentration, is that enough correlation towards brain frog? bruh

thank god I never drink

It is very hard to overcome our challenges. I'm dealing with the consequences of my past lack of action now. I'm motivated now because I can see now clearly what my old age will be like after seeing my dad get sick and deteriorate, and I didn't want that for me. It was a significant negative event that created the change in me, the actions you've expressed you want to do. I truly wish you well on your journey. Blessings to you. XXXXOOOOXXOO

I feel ya. I'm overall healthy, I have a good diet, drink lots of water and exercise very regularly and I still have bad brain fog most days. Dr. just calls it to depression/anxiety but nothing helps. Maybe one day we will solve this annoying brain fog

@@deadcaptainjames6045 see if you are sleeping badly, that could be the case

Yep, turns out sitting in a chair being on my PC for regularly like 10 hours a day, for more than 5 years now, is really taking a toll on me, need to change things...hope it's not too late.

“I really appreciate how you aren’t blaming me” “I mean I know I don’t have a good diet, and I don’t exercise, or drink water, but I’m glad I can still feel bad for myself without having to blame it on myself”. Pathetic

Thks

Is this the summary of video

Thank you!

Noice. I gotta start doing a lot more of like half of those things

I found that meditation also helps reduce my brain fog. I was meditating daily for a year and felt a lot better. Give it a try

Depending on severity some PoTs patients need to start with lying down or recumbent exercise only rather than standing or sitting upright. So recumbent not upright bike & floor based exercises esp for core, gluts and calves.

Nice dude I hope you still go strong. I also struggle with drinking but I did not drink for over a year now. And I think I will never drink again.

Agreed! I’ve noticed a correlation between brain fog and when the muscles in my upper back/traps/neck are tight! It’s like this combination between stress/stiffness/brain fog - and they all seem to feed into each other, i.e. brain fog causes stress which causes tightness, tightness causes stress with causes brain fog, etc. I recently noticed my tension and brain fog largely go away after a relaxing spa day and it’s been completely eliminated in the past after an extended relaxing vacation. There’s also some really interesting ideas on the matter in relation to psychosomatic/mind-body conditions. I think there’s really something to that!

Thanks 🌳

Yes and with so much tech use it can even cause what I have now-military neck where you lose the natural curve but I’ve been working with someone to get that back and have a special pillow now. I drew too damn much and was on my phone too damn much and it caused me to not be able to get out of bed or move my neck one morning it was so bad…

It’s a coat hanger headache. Mine are worse with refined sugar and stress. I find that some supplements help me. I think they might reduce inflammation and/or oxidative stress.

There are certainly many potential factors to brain fog, but this is definitely a powerful one. It’s certainly part of my mTBI and whiplash situation. Learning about "cervicogenic dizziness" (and adjacent reduced blood flow to the brain) helps me daily with managing / releasing "the fog". In my experience it even doesn’t have to be heavily tense muscles, just an underlying light level of tightness suffices my thinking / cognitive processing to slow.

Fantastically written. Glad this video has been made as I had become so used to living like this I forgot it wasn't the normal experience for everyone. Describing it as an "intelligence nerf" is the perfect way to say it. For me I vividly remember a gradual change over my last couple of years in high school. For years I was able to intake new information incredibly quickly, remember things efficiently and just generally felt functional. This changed and ever since I need to re-read paragraphs, I forget bullet points during a conversation and find it very difficult to actively take in information. It's frustrating that it may stay like this forever.

Sounds like the universe is trying to humble you? Did you get the jab btw?

@@ChiknTikka do you ever have days of clarity? The fog does lift relatively often, and I feel sharp again. Those moments give me hope that there are things we can do about it. There is plenty of room for improvement in my lifestyle(diet, cardio, better sleep, consistent yoga practice etc). It seems reasonable that taking care of the body helps the mind in turn, so I’m going to take these things seriously and document any improvements. I’m curious if this video made you any more or less hopeful about your circumstance? Seems like you and I are more or less the same age btw. Mine also got worse throughout Junior and Senior year.

This sounds 100% like I've been witnessing in the last 2,5 years. The 'episodes' of being sharp come back every now and then. If I told what you described to my doc he'd probably think I'm going nuts.

I-😫😫😫 I feel exactly the same, it feels only my body grew up and my brain didn't.

What's fascinating about this whole... cross-discipline issue we're discovering is that we're so early knowledge-wise. The way we're talking about this stuff right now is like people trying to figure out microbes in the 1700s. The difference is that we have all the knowledge we need to gather the data we need and figure this shit out... but the medical field is hyper-specialized around fixing disease rather than preventing it. And outside of the medical field there's *barely* enough professionalism, funding, etc. to really study this stuff effectively. So we're stuck in this awkward position where one of the great issues of the 21st century is mostly associated with snake oil hacks. Just a bunch of random people trying to interpret what little real research there is because no one's gonna bother doing it for us.

@@colbyboucher6391 I think the challenge of our age is no longer how to survive, but how to live. (I hope it stays that way lol) The more information we have, the better. So long as people (and the broader culture) value wellness, we can hopefully find the answers and solutions we need. Weird times. Brain fog sucks!

Frozen and canned foods are typically more nutritious than fresh fruits and vegetables unless the fresh fruits and vegetables are locally grown. Dr. K.'s point about the reduction in nutrients in fruits and vegetables is something that I have long thought to be the case as wheat and rice contain far less nutrients than they did before the 1970's when they were hybridized to contain far more empty carbohydrates. The ancient grains are far more nutritious and also far more expensive.

This is something that when he covered it in the video, I just nodded along. It was something just under the surface of my understanding, and now, I can't unsee it. Yes, OF COURSE! My parents always had a garden, and one of their joys was to beat my uncle at having the "first tomato of the year." However, in the 1990's, my dad started planting multiple crops of tomatoes. When I asked why, he said that the "early ones just don't taste as good." Well, duh, if the fruit has more "time on the vine," it is going to be able to pack more nutrition into it. If we just care about size and speed, then it is going to be mostly water, calcium, and sugar. In hindsight, this is obvious. When I moved to Hawaii, and I started to eat fruits and vegetables from local stands (as well as out of my own yard), I lost 60 pounds. Why? Because they have more nutrients. You eat them, and they are more SATISFYING. The result is that you are less likely to be hungry two hours later and looking for some other empty calories to get rid of your craving. This, plus local eggs, and the exorbitant price of red meat, completely changed my diet. I felt SO MUCH BETTER after just 2 years of living there ... and, duh, it's because the food is whole, organic, natural, SATISFYING stuff.

@@zaq_hack4987 This is such a great comment!!

Why is it shameful? Did you do it on purpose?

@@ladymuck2 unfortunately reality does not care if it’s your fault 9/10

Hello friend

Could u plz tell me all the foods u avoided

@@JasGill-cy4hf hello, it was mostly milk but also stuff like cheeses and creams anything dairy pretty much that had lactose

"How did you know that information? Was it from a test result or something else?"

What is it called?

Wait, is that why I do that and seem to feel better

Huh, as someone who has adhd and depersonalization symptoms for nearly 30 years, i guess it can't hurt for me to try this out.

@@RCynic75 did you manage to yield any benefit from this?

what would some poses like that be? i can't think of any

How much coffee? I've started drinking some tea every day and I'm afraid I'll become dependent on it

@@Jhawk_2k For me it most often it is one an hour after waking up. Sometimes another one six or so hours after that if i feel too tired - but this second one normally doesn't actually work. If i don't use coffee for a day, i get a light headache and after some more days, that withdrawal symptom disappears again. I am dependent in a sense that, while i still have fun coding for a few hours once in a while without coffee, five consecutive productive work days outright require the daily use of some stimulant. Dependence btw isn't necessarily a thing to avoid at all costs. I am pretty dependent on a regular income. If i hadn't that dependence, i could easily go clean in a week. It really depends on which drug you use and what the alternatives are. Coffee is rather cheap, readily available and has pretty mild side effects (for me - some people get sleeping or blood pressure problems). Also if you decide otherwise, getting clean is damn easy. Btw, my coffee is rather weak. So if you are starting with coffee and get bad side effects - try using less ground. go for the least amount of ground that still yields the desired effect. If you can't find a working dose which doesn't give you too bad side effects you are one of the people who just can't use coffee. You can still try tea (didn't work for me) then. You can also try tea first.

Same here. Coffee makes me normal if that makes sense. I can finally think ans talk. Programming feels easier as well. The con is that I have over active bladder/IC and coffee makes it worse.

What chronic physical condition are you referring to?

@@Luke-ih1oc Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Not curable - but a Levothyroxin pill each day works well.

oh man i hope you get better

it fucking sucks that nobody knows about this and they dont know how to help you and you wander around searching for the reason that make you this way

Electrolytes are something that tremendously help brain fog in POTS and he doesn’t mention that (just mentions hydration).

Same, those days genuinely make me happy to be alive. Not that I hate living, it just feels neutral most of time if that makes sense.

What did you do?

Same here! I thought he was talking exactly about me and what i am going through.

Fellow potsie here I thought the same thing. I didn't expect much though since doctors are uneducated about our disorder or dysautonomia in general.

I thought the same, I made a comment about it but no one read it, I have a similar type of dysautonomia

Yup well explained. I have PoTs too. A lot of long covid patients with brain fog and fatigue have PoTs. Always worth checking in anyone w fatigue and brain fog. AND not everyone with PoTs gets dizzy or faints (they maybe subconsciously avoiding triggering situations like prolonged standing).

This is one of the things I got tested for before they sent me to get tested for adhd, because hypothyroidism includes a lot of similar symptoms including brain fog

Oh fuck I got a mild version of it. Still not treated medically though because they haven't recommended it yet

male with hypothyroidism here, diagnosed at 13, may need to get my levels checked, i appreciate you as i didn’t think of it for some reason

Yup so many women are undiagnosed with it and it can cause uncontrollable weight problems too leading to more inflammatory issues as dr k states. It’s a nasty cycle and can be checked with blood work!

Hypothyroid and menopause are factors for women …

Yup when I was working through PTSD in therapy man it messes with your brain bad because it’s so so exhausting. I have nerve and digestive issues too stuff that’s pretty permanent, but I’ve adapted thankfully because of all of the vegan and alternative foods now.

yes thank you for saying

@@spacetiger10k How did the MDMA therapy work? Did they have you recall traumatic events while on it, or give you positive messages or what?

Had misdiagnosed epilepsy so I was on the wrong meds had seizures every few months so this kept me in a constant state of stress. I had terrible memory terrible brain fog. I learned to meditate to deal with this anxiety this helped a lot but ultimately what helped me was getting rid of the anxiety getting a proper diagnosis, getting prescribed the correct meds and dosage and not being scared of the next seizure been seizure free for a long time. However all the meditation and relaxation tools I developed from this experience like stretching, slow breathing, progressive muscle relaxation. Realizing that I feel better when I work out has helped me in all aspects of my life. Brain Fog is caused by stress so figure out your triggers sometimes this means seeing a shrink. And learn to deal with the stress. I practice slow breathing in the car because I would notice traffic would stress me out. I notice I'm a much more patient driver because I have learned to slow down and not tense up. Meditation teaches patience. But it's a practice so the more you do it the better you will get at it and the faster it will work each time. 20 min everyday is all you need. But once you start doing it regularly you will go longer and it will become easier to go longer.

Hello thank you for this info. I have had brsin fog about 30 years with depression. I think you are right with the dehydration. For most of my life I hardly drink water. Going yo test this. Thanks. Will uou recommend IV. If so what wewso

How have you been?

@@luvvtayzia thank you for asking! In some regards better, in others... complicated. I'm getting the hang on things and am trying to improve by myself a lot while waiting on waitlist to clear to get professional help. Thank you for reaching out!

@@Palte no problem , I’m so happy for you and I hope that you recieved the help that you need ♥️ I’m currently experiencing it and it scares me but I’m going to keep pushing because all I can do is hope🥺 tysm for taking your time out to respond 🌹

@@luvvtayzia Well I hope you will find your ways of handling it and stay strong because no matter who and where you are, as long as you stay human, you'll be fine 💪😉

@@Palte thank you💗🎗️

How to do all thing that you do at home??

give a high carb plant based diet a try with a b12, d3, iodine and selenium multivitamin

hey i dont know if theres anything wrong with me but i do have epilepsy before does that mean i might have adhd

Also epileptic and have had brain fog for the past couple years. For a while I didn't know what it was, I even went through a period of extreme brain fog and very bad feelings of vertigo at the same time due to side effects from my epilepsy meds. That was terrible

You must try vitamin d & b complex

Have a look at the anti inflammatory diet stuff by Prof Tim Spector it might be of use. And make sure to get a basic Lying to standing BP & HR to exclude PoTs. Def do look at vit D levels because there are several anti epileptic drugs that reduce levels. In UK we recommend test & supplement in NICE guidelines.

Reading this comment also is a big relief to me. Glad I wasn't the only one who felt like this. Hope this shit clears up pal

I think you are write I sit at the computer all day and I'm beginning to forget things Hard remembering things Please what did you do to overcome?

@@cyptowithkelv try to move around more take breaks

Can you explain your post?

Hello, how's your condition now?

Everything you write about yourself and your symtoms fits exactly to me too. Like I feel I lost so many IQ points. Let me know if you find something that makes you better again.

I’ve felt like this in the past few years too. But I’m also considering that the loss of memory and processing power could be the increased amount of worries and responsibilities in my life. I think of it kind of as my mental bandwidth being full, so my brain can’t handle as much data or RAM. In your case, maybe being a mom, having work, house stuff, car stuff, taxes, etc. but maybe it is an issue stemming from covid or other factors. Its frustrating how difficult it is to pinpoint the root cause

I'm really surprised you can do hot yoga at all with PoTs. Has it been confirmed as PoTs or as low BP on standing? Dr K got confused and described orthostatic hypotension not PoTs. Because PoTs involved pooling blood and vasodilation of blood vessels heat is a trigger. I'd just suggest asking doctor again if they suggested PoTs but haven't tested of you are doing hot yoga and not fainting or being ruined the day after :-)

I also have POTS. It's both. The heart rate elevates due to a sudden drop in pressure. Blood pools in the lower extremities because of a combination of the change in position and gravity. Blood pressure drops and the heart ramps up to try to get everything flowing normally again. This happens to everyone, but for those of us with POTS, it's way more extreme. depending on the type of POTS, there can be numerous reasons why we're affected more, but the biggest reason is our low blood volume.

Do you ever experience a tingling or itchy sensation when you walk or run intensely? I'm wondering if this POTS is something that I also struggle with.

Because medical professionals are trained to treat chronic problems, not so much prevent them. It's not generally an area of expertise. They're as lost as anyone else is beyond "exercise and eat your veggies".

Was it ever a touchy subject before? In the past I've never had to be careful when talking about it, it was obvious that if you eat well and maintain a healthy weight you will be more or less healthy. Now people seem to be conflating medical facts with body shaming.

@@mussdem I dont think he means touchy as in politically incorrect, I think he means that anytime you even hint at diet and or lifestyle being connected to health conditions, historically mainstream doctors and scientists and their minions would call you a quack or demand a peer reviewed study or some shit. Now that people are realizing that allopathic doctors dont know shit about real long term human health even the doctors are becoming more open minded to alternative knowledge.

​@@mussdem Even exploring the idea that GMOs might have some negative side effects is frowned upon many people

Yup worth looking at this book esp if you have pms/pmdd: Lara Briden Period Repair Manual.

😢 seems like this is what is happening to me

I was so unwell for like a whole year on the Depo shot. I gained maybe 30 lbs? I was also so emotional on it. I know it works well for some but it messed me up a little

You may also want to look at the foods you're eating. Some plants are very high in something called phytohormones which include estrogen minimicking molecules. It's enough to cause an spotaneous abortion in some cases... (hormonal birth control is sometimes plant derived). Notable foods that is in a league of their own in terms of phytoestrogen content. Flax Seeds Chia Seeds Papaya Pineapple Soy

I live in an almost Nordic country and see a big contrast between how I feel in the summer and winter. In the summer the food is better, the exercise is better, vitamin D is better and my head is clear, especially during vacation when there's also no stress. And then in the winter I can sometimes barely function. I used to think it's seasonal depression, but brain fog seems to explain it better. Or it's both to some degree.

​​​​​@@Evija3000 Do you take vitamin D supplements during winter? Vitamin D deficiency can cause both depression and brain fog. And tiredness and weakness. Americans say the blood tests should be between 100-150, for some reason at least in Denmark they just say above 60.. And they don't dare to recommend vitamin D supplements above 30 micrograms lol. I usually use a mouth spray, with 75 micrograms, it's way better absorbed than pills. And I check my vitamin levels regularly to make sure it's balanced. For me it's too low if it's closer to 60. It has to be closer to 100. I can feel it if it's closer to 60, but the doctor will ignore the symptoms and say it's just fine, only based on the blood test. I'll just get it checked to make sure that's the cause, I've figured out what my ideal levels for different vitamins and minerals are. Like if my iron levels are 7, I'll apparently have symptoms of red blood cell deficiency, covered in small and huge bruises for no reason, almost fainting when moving too much, out of breath, dizziness, weightloss etc. It has to be closer to 8 or above. According to the doctor it doesn't matter, as long as it's just 0,1 above 7 it's within the normal range 💀 Again, regardless of my symptoms..

@@Raev222 I started taking vitamin D supplements like a year ago. After I had Covid my brain fog and no energy issues were extra bad so the doctor ordered a blood test and my vit D was critically low, don't remember the exact number. So you're completely right. I also used to have iron issues, but I caught on that years ago. Now I'm feeling better in winters, although the darkness and bad weather are still there to mess with my mood (almost no sunlight for months).

I get brain fog as a part of the prodome to a migraine sometimes, and it took me a very long time to notice and understand what was happening. Some days I just can't focus at all at work, no matter how hard I try and before I realise it I'm agressively doodling on a piece of paper or not getting anywhere because I'm not able to bring myself to concentrate on anything. I've had migraines since I was a child but only realised the connection in my early 30s