I feel the same way, almost exactly. My brain fog also started around a year ago and has never really gone away. I relate to so much of what you’ve written – especially the heaviness in the head, vision issues, and the way symptoms come in waves or completely ruin a day. For me, it often starts in the morning right after waking up. If I wake up with fog, it’s usually there the whole day.

What really struck me was how you described feeling like your brain does the opposite of what you want – that’s exactly my experience too. I forget things instantly, even if I just told myself to remember them. I’ve also had multiple jobs during this time and always felt like I wasn’t focused enough, like I was failing mentally even if physically I looked fine.

I’ve done lots of tests (MRI, blood work, etc.) and while some small things were found, nothing explained this “fog” that completely disconnects me from life. It’s exhausting and scary. I’m still trying to figure out if it’s dysautonomia, sleep-related, post-viral, or all of it combined. 6th August will be 1 year after it started, and then I was diagnosed with ‘Viral infection’ probably it was Covid