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CFS/Brain fog- any nutrition tips to help recovery

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laura68750
laura68750

I am a 19 year old currently studying full time at university. I was diagnosed with CFS a year ago after having symptoms for the previous 2 years. I am really struggling with almost constant brain fog and cannot concentrate enough to revise for my exams. I take lots of vitamin supplements and try to eat a diet low in sugar. I am relatively fit and find that some light exercise can sometimes pull me out of it, but I then crash again in about an hour- is there anything else I can do to reduce the symptoms? 

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  • conor2015
    conor2015 laura68750

    Posted

    Hi Laura,

    I am 22, currently doing uni exams too and have had cfs for the past 2/3 years. I find a very regular sleeping pattern, a short walk when i wake up, plenty of water and fresh fruit help me during exam time. I know that brain fog can be so frustrating when you need to get study done, nothing worse! I got a doctors cert from my local GP saying that I suffer from cfs and struggle some weeks with college. I submitted it to all the departments in my course and found I had no problem with extending deadlines and they might have given me a break if I was borderline pass too wink A little thing that helps if you are suffering from one of those brain foggy days, knowing your lecturers won't be on your back. 

    Hope this helps smile

    • laura68750
      laura68750 conor2015

      Posted

      Thanks for replying, I was offered extended deadlines, but have always cautious, thinking that it would put me behind with the next deadline, but if you have found them helpful then i might request them. 

      Laura

  • wknight
    wknight laura68750

    Posted

    I went the private route to get my condition diagnosed and the consultant then referred me to a specialist ME nurse, but to be honest what she told me was common sense. My GP suggested the best pacing strategy but the only reason I have been successful in improving my condition is thanks to me, making pacing work.

    As for the brain fog here is how I started to deal with it. I have alwasy been a mathematical type person but not a fan of games but I have use certain apps on my iphone to get my brain working again. I started with Solitaire because it involves simple memory recall and doesn't take too long. Although I may have had no energy to move I could sit there and play the game.

    Then I moved on to Suduko and that has been a real measure for me of how I am doing. Some days I couldn'y even solve a puzzle the brain just wouldn't work, but usually it took me at least 30mins. Then it was about 20mins and then 10. I moved up to the more complex puzzles and again noticed the times starting to come down. This week I did a puzzle in under 5 mins, my average is about 8 -10 mins now, not bad for someone who took over 30 mins. Again its a form of pacing in slow doses for me to get the brain concentrating again

    Hope this helps

    • laura68750
      laura68750 wknight

      Posted

      Thanks for replying, this is really weird but litterally a couple of weeks ago i started playing solitaire for the same reason, i might give suduko a try as i am also mathmatically minded

      Laura

  • dentalcfs
    dentalcfs laura68750

    Posted

    If you're looking for nutrition, then virgin coconut oil (VCO) will help. Vitamin B12 also helps to some extent.

    Hopefully the root cause for the CFS will be known and you can recover.

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