Debilitating symptoms. Brain fog...extreme memory loss...spacey 24/7!

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I've had simalar symptoms to everyone here. I also have had five concussions over the past 3 years from surfing and soccer. I have been experiencing this debilitating brain fog as well. I used to be very active. I would run 5k everyday and then hit the gym after. I also had a fairly healthy diet. It wasn't wasn't till about a month after my last concussion that I started feeling this brain fog. I heard some people describe this feeling as a bad marijuana high. I will be honest and say that I have smoked a few times and the last time I did it I started getting this brain fog and then having an awful anxiety attack. I haven't smoked since and don't plan on ever doing it again. It all lasted an hour or two then I was fine. Then I slowly started getting the brain fog during the day without smoking pot. Now it's a constant thing and It's destroying my once happy, healthy lifestyle. I understand that this can be anxiety but I don't ever feel stressed out. I have a fairly easy life and I don't see what could be causing my anxiety.

I have the exact same symptoms as the author of this topic. I can tell that I am intelligent (Mensa member). After getting married I noticed that my mood was becoming worse and worse. Then my mood was stabilised on a constant low level. I have a terrible brain fog. I can feel that my brain works like an engine with some sand inside. It drives me crazy. I can do my intelectual demanding work but it is not the same as before. I do not feel any passion in it. I contacted the psychiatrist and I was diagnosed with depression. I take Cital (citalopram). Right now I am on 10mg dose. After some days of taking that drug I felt normal for a while. However, then everything was back - I mean that brain fog. I wonder if I should increase the dose to 20mg. I am on that drug for about 2 weeks.

What you all think?

I can do everything to get rid of that terrible brain fog. Please contact me if you want to talk privately.

I DO hope that all the side-effects could go away one day. Are you researching for the cure? Is there anything I could help or contribute?

Thanks. I haven't but I can look into it.

 I am suffering from the same symptoms. I am thinking that we should form a group and contact neuroscientists who might find our group useful for their research to understand this condition more. They might not even know about us and if we make ourselves visible as a group rather than a few individuals, they could learn a lot by studying us and maybe one day help us. It is worth trying it. What do you think?

Erica

Astute point regarding this seeming to occurr in higher intelligent people.

Putting my name in the list as someone dealing with original poster's symptoms.

On and off symptoms for 2-3 years. Had a few weeks of clarity recently and now back in hell. 35 years old.

Clean diet, no alcohol, no sugar or processed foods. Have exercised aerobically and with resistance training for prolonged times to no avail. Drug use limited to caffeine and nicotine...both in excess; looking to pull these out of life this week.

Good luck all. I will post if I ever figure anything out.

I would join! I'm a 20 year old female with the exact same symptoms. I was a pre-med biology major with a 4.0 and I feel like I've lost my mind. I'm always exhausted, in a daze/brain fog, can't sleep or if I can sleep I wake up in the middle of the night, pressure headaches in the temples, floaters in my vision to light, shortness of breath and lower back pain. All of my symptoms are pretty dull, but it's the brain fog I cannot escape. I had to drop all of my classes; I honestly feel like I gained a learning disability overnight. I've had chest x-rays, sonograms, EKG, HIDA tests, urine analysis', and all the blood work in the books - all came back normal. I'm desperate at this point. I don't know how I'm supposed to finish my degree if I feel like this! Adderall can't even help me.

As a student set to graduate with her bachelor’s degree in Spring 2019 and with the finish line nearing, it would mean the world to me to share my experiences with another in the same situation. I would love to discuss possible causes and symptoms. Feel free to message me any time; I’m an English major with a 3.8 GPA, and whatever this is is slowly killing me. Hope you’re able to get back to school, love and support from TX

You described it perfectly. I was always a 4.0 student all the way through college, until my senior year when I felt like I suddenly developed some kind of learning disorder out of nowhere. My GPA dropped bigtime, but luckily not enough to fail any classes or keep me from graduating. I'm 25 now and it is still as bad as ever. The exhaustion, sleeplessness, and most oppressively, the brain fog! I constantly feel like I'm kinda drunk, or like I've smoked a bunch of weed. I don't know what causes what, or if some are causes and others are symptoms, or if the symptoms are all just so co-morbid that it is a never-ending cycle (i.e. something keeps me from getting quality sleep, which makes me feel foggy and depressed, which gives me worry and anxiety, which makes my sleep even worse, which makes the fogginess and exhaustion worse, which makes me worry more, and so on...). When the fog is at its worst, someone can be talking to me face to face, one on one, and I am looking at them straight in the face and listening, but cannot keep up with what they are saying. It's like as soon as they say a word, I've forgotten it; I cannot follow a simple conversation, and it is so embarrassing and pretty scary, and it even happens at work (I'm an IT professional and I cannot afford to be "stupid".

Maybe it would be helpful to message each other and discuss lifestyles, histories, and stuff like that to identify possible similarities. I'm so ready to find a solution. 

Great idea. I've been silently contemplating the same idea for quite some time now. Personally, my brain fog (accompanied by tinnitus) commenced at the age of 17 after stressing out over an English exam I had the following day. Being naturally curious, I would love to help co-ordinate an answer-seeking effort on this front. If this was to go ahead I would personally prefer communicating through Reddit or Facebook. On that note, there's already a Reddit group dedicated to identifying the cause and potential remedy / remedies, which can be found here (https://www.reddit.com/r/BrainFog/). If you can PM me and we can try to organise things from there. 

Hi AWishForHealth!! I'd also like to know. I have the same exact symptoms

Its' a combination of your diet, adrenals, blood sugar, hormones and pineal gland. All this works together to throw your brain chemistry out of whack, a little bit of depression is enough to send it all toppling down because depression affects the whole endocrine system. It is the result of a broken spirit and giving up on life. And autoimmune disease lol. If you're incredibly smart and decide to give up on life, who is your body to question? It then stops adjusting for the foreign intruders in our processed environment and let them have their way and wreck havoc on your body. I had the symptoms to where I could barely drive for years and beaten them to where I feel like a kid again and everything is exciting and I feel almost superhumanly intelligent. I am currently on the path to Law School. STEP 1: Cut out inflammatory foods that irritate your gut lining: all artificial anything, fried foods, low quality meat, sugar, (fruit or otherwise), all grains, all dairy, soy, caffeine and alcohol. incorporate fiber in your diet. Drink nothing but water. Go full paleo and MAKE SURE to EAT 2,000 calories a day of real organic food. STEP 2: Get fluoride out of your system and use fluoride free toothpaste. You won't need the fluoride for tooth health anymore with that diet. Use boron supplements to detox. STEP 3: Be active to encourage gut bacteria growth. Go running once a day and do bodyweight exercises. Do something physically involved, do something that you've always been to scared to do, like go white water kayaking or rock climbing or skiing (positive things of course, don't ever do anything that you might regret). All this will work together to remind your body and mind that you are alive and it is a precious gift and to WAKE UP lol. STEP 4: Consider volunteering or finding a new or renewed passion. Whatever you feel strongly about, do it, you are here for a reason. Reach out to God. Find a higher purpose and live for others. I hope this helps, God bless. I know how you feel.

Are you still suffering from memory issues ?