Sudden anxiety and "brain fog"

You definitely need to make an appointment with a doctor. it sounds like an infection or a disease. just coming back from Asia is no coincidence. Hope I"m not scaring you, but seriously, make an appointment.

Thanks for the advice I've actually already been to see a doctor.. twice. Both have just said it is probably stress and that I just need to try to relax etc. I've taken several blood tests as well, but nothing shows up. That's really why I wrote on here... I have no idea what to do! And, I'm almost certain it's not "just stress".

Thanks though! I might try another doctor..

It sounds like more than stress. Did you see an infectious disease specialist or one specializing in tropical diseases?Some of the itchy bites and other physical problems would also cause stress but I would continue to look for a physical cause and hopefully a cure.

No, I haven't been given a referral by any of the doctors I've seen.

I know this was posted last year, but I wanted to find out if you were ever able to get some relief? I have been suffering from something quite similar minus the marks on my skin. All other symptoms are the same though. Hope to hwar how you are doing!

Brain fog is one of the most debilitating, frustrating things I have every endured. I decided to post this to hopefully provide some reassurance to others out there and to share my story. In 2013, in full health at the age of 21 I left home to go travel South East Asia and live and study in Hong Kong for a year. I spent three months travelling, no problems, except for my 'social smoking' getting completely out of hand and becoming a full gown dependency. On moving to hong Kong, after three months of travelling, I started the quitting process. Here's where the correlation/causation boundaries become mixed. Whenever I would try quit smoking, my head would become so engulfed with a hazy fog I couldn't even hold a conversation, or think, or interact. It was the most horrible thing in the world and I would smoke again out of sheer frustration, at which point a blast of mental clarity would hit. At the same time, over the space of a few months I developed awful anxiety which would manifest in me being convinced I had various diseases or problems; hypochondria. Eventually, in January, at my wits end, I gave up smoking for once and for all and decided to struggle through it. I must say as well, while I have always had a healthy diet, on quitting I got crazy sugar cravings which I indulged in, eating loads of sweet and starchy foods, which was very unlike me. Ive read many reports of candida causing brain fog as well and I got a really bad case of thrush, the doctor said it was indeed a candida overgrowth. I went on a sugar detox and passed out on the first day! However the sugar cravings thankfully decreased over time. On quitting smoking and sugar, I was sleeping for up to 14 hours a day, was highly irritable, immersed in an awful brain fog and would get dense headaches. To say it was hell would not be exaggerating. I failed two exams, was moody and irritable and verging on a deep depression. I returned home in May, began a waitressing job from which I promptly got fired for being "too slow", again, purely the brain fog. HOWEVER! over time, and I'm talking about a year and a half here, things have vastly improved. I am not completely better, there are still times at which I can't concentrate. However, I have learned over time various things which have helped immensely. Firstly; fish oil supplements. Secondly, meditation and thirdly, exercise. Through incorporating these three things into (a sugar free and plenty of sleep) lifestyle, I have regained I would say 90% mental clarity. I don't know if this will help anyone, but I understand completely the hell that is brain fog at its worst and I would not wish it upon my worst enemy. The very best of luck to anyone suffering from this.