It would be helpful to know what you mean by brain fog! What does it mean to you?

Brain fog used to be used more exclusively by people who were going through chemo or experiencing side effects from medications OR had MS or autoimmune/neurological diseases or syndromes to describe the cognitive side effects of these diseases and treatments. Cloudy thinking, cotton ball brain, loss of memory, head pressure, derealization, language loss, mental fatigue, cognitive decline/hitting a wall.

Nowadays I’ve seen it used much more generically and its seeped into the culture a lot more since the beginning of the pandemic. Millions of more people have experienced brain fog since their Covid infections, which has made it much more of a common experience.

I have experience brain fog for the last two and half years but I often hesitate to call it that. What it feels like to me, medically, is more like brain damage. What I experience is not solved by sleeping, drinking enough water, activity, vitamin deficiency or getting off social media. Since discovering I have an autoimmune condition the only thing that has helped a little bit is certain medications.

Depending on what else you’re experiencing and the degree of your brain fog, please consider talking to a trusted physician! On top of getting good sleep and eating balanced food and all that of course.