Brain Fog: Causes and Cures
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- Опубликовано: 19 дек 2023
- In this episode of I CARE FOR YOUR BRAIN with Dr. Sullivan, board certified neuropsychologist Dr. Karen D. Sullivan discusses brain fog. Watch and learn about six causes of this mental over- or under stimulation and decrease in working memory, as well as evidence-based treatments for improving the symptoms starting today.
I cured my brain fog. Here is what i did. First, I lost weight (110 lbs). Second, i became active (walking, weights). Third, i flipped my diet from S.A.D. to a mild keto. I changed my environment from a constant stressful one, to a mostly stress free one (changed jobs). All of this led to better sleep and emotional control. To refine the changes, i cut out added sugars and caffeine. Of all this, i think, me for, its about blood sugar control and good sleep. Good luck to you all!
Excellent, sage advice!
You're exactly right
How long did it take?
@@Awesomekeed. it was (and is) a work in progress. I started noticing improvement within a few weeks of starting weight loss after changing the diet. But it just kept improving as i kept refining my diet and added movement.
I have been suffering from Brian fog for the last 10 years and no doctor understood me. It’s getting bit better after being put on biologics but still looking for solution. I feel like you read my mind ! Thank you and keep up the good work! You’re helping people across different walks of life !
Very real true and impactful
I am going through this right now. I haven't been able to figure out what the hell is going on. It is the most uncomfortable feeling in the world. Thank you for this info. I was going into my appointments blind and not being able to explain what I'm feeling. Now i had a good idea of what to discuss. I will let you know tomorrow what the doctor says.
What did the doctor say?
@@cherylsmith1659doctor told me I have seizure
Finally got to figure out how to attack this problem.
@@JustBHonest the ibuprofen or something else?
Your videos are amazing! Thank you for helping to make legitimate health information super accessible 🙏
Thank you for the wonderful and informative lectures. It is 3 AM and it’s the second or third time tonight I have awoken. My primary care physician has told me how important sleep is, but she never told me why. Doctors tell us what we need to do, but they never tell us why. Because of your lecture, I realize I need to have a sleep study.
Thank u for being so generous in conducting these lectures. It helps people like us who wants to have a healthy brain. .
Thank you for a wonderful lecture, Dr. Sullivan. I’ve had fibromyalgia for 30+ years. My brain fog has been going on many, many years as well. I was recently downgraded from Alzheimer’s to Mild Cognitive Impairment (an umbrella term I don’t know what to do with). I asked my primary doctor, if my fibromyalgia or sleep apnea could be causing my brain fog. She said there were too many causes of brain fog to know. So your lecture was extremely timely and educational for me. Thank you so very much!
I stumbled across your information (while up at 12:30 am) & found it very fascinating as well as informative. As an RN who is now a senior, I’ve been experiencing this fog & fearing it was the start of dementia. This gives me some guidelines to begin working with: diet, increase exercise, & planning to retire so that I can re-develop a healthy sleep routine. I’m currently on-call for an 80-hr week every other week to go see patients in their residences. I tend to fall asleep when I sit in something somewhat comfortable when I’m not working or driving.
Looking forward to hearing more from you. Thank you!
Brilliant. I broke down crying but you're absolutely right. Thank you so much for what you do!!!
Glad you are here!
thank you for your informative videos! I'm binge-watching them!
Thank you, Doctor Sullivan. ☮❤
I'm happy to be here!
Dr. Sullivan, thank you, again, for another educational lecture. So many things you touched on made a lot of sense. I sure wish you were my doctor. I appreciate your time and love for brain health and for making these lectures available to the public. Merry Christmas to you and yours and a blessed 2024!🎉
I very much appreciated your kind words! Same to you!
Thank you so much. Understanding why makes acceptance and finding strategies for improvement so much easier! Very much appreciated
That's a great way to say it!
Verry helpful!!
Thank you from Australia Dr Karen. I've had type 1 diabetes and hypo thyroidism for 59 years. I have gastroparesis and many hypos. Also fibromyalgia and concussion syndrome. This video has helped me to thank God I can still function at all. Thank you, have a lovely Christmas 💜
Hello Down Under! I'm glad you are here! Keep your head up!
I have FTD dementia and I am taking supplements Genius Mushrooms otc Walmart and MCT oil sublingual it will. Work gives energy and focus. Research lions mane mushrooms has been done. Won't mct oil hurt.
I am suffering from debilitating post covid chronic fatigue. Life has stopped on a dime for me and I feel hopeless and decimated, with a longing for my previous life. Thank you so much for this outstanding summary of a condition so few of us have any understanding about.
I am currently treating with modafinil. It helps me work and drive but I know have very severe crashes after using. Otherwise nothing else had helped.
Me too. Praying for you.
Another excellent, informational video.
Glad it was helpful!
Everything you said about trauma resonated with me. I figured emotional trauma was the cause of my brain fog and I have experienced it since I was a little kid. I also have a learning disability and was diagnosed with ADHD at 33. At one point the brain fog went away…when I enjoyed my job and felt good at what’s I was doing. Things changed and the environment triggered ptsd so I left. Then I got my current job and it’s also been super triggering for trauma. Brain fog is the worst it’s been in a long time. I am overwhelmed and depressed. I’m pretty useless. Your comment about Benedryl is also interesting. I always had bad allergies as a kid and took Benedryl (in the early 90’s). I also have chronic pain. I’ll just stop there😅Thank you for this info.
You have more than just ADHD! Come talk to me please? Korn 🎶bitch we got a problem🎶
I am here because for the past couple of weeks, I've been sleeping really really late like 5-6-7 am and I have been experiencing Brain-Fog and it's quite uncomfortable ...
at first, I wasn't too sure why this was happening, and now I get why + (SLEEP)
Very informative. Thank you for this information.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you!!
Thank You! I’m a newbie here. I do appreciate your videos.
I'm glad you are here!
This is a very valuable lecture! I can identify with a lot of what you've said. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
This is really helpful ! Thank you
Awesome! You are welcome!
Going for a swim in the ocean is great for brain health - Earthing, soaking up minerals including Iodine, recharging the whole body & allowing increased detoxification & rejuvenation etc.. like a reset button
You are very appreciated for sharing true practical & helpful information that’s considerably improving people’s quality of life. And also for having genuine empathy, kindness, consideration & understanding.
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I agree! and thank you!
It wouldnt be for me...sharks dude sharks...😂
Ive now realized ive had brain fog all my life...battled to study and stay focused...i thought i was just stupid...i really think it is diet and trauma...i was sexually abused as well as bullied alot at school..name calling because i had big boobs when i got older and have red hair and a weird surname...i went plant based a while ago and felt fantastic but then fell off again and became a glutten corn starch sugar junky again...trying to get back to where i know i should be ...
I went to my Dr's for a checkup after having major surgery for stomach surgery when I was 33.
Later 6 years later I had ovarian cancer.
I went to the Dr's for a new check up. I asked my Dr's all good she said to me - it's not good! 3 days later I'm at the specialist at the hospital being checked out by 2 yes - 2 specialist who found absolutely nothing. One can only imagine how this evected me one day I believe I was about to have a third op & this time I would die.
Went to the hospital for clarification. I was so scared - petrified, and more. The specialists examed me. Nothing. I was completely clear. Can you imagine the effect of the trauma for me? One day I believed I was about to die, and 3 days later I'm told there is nothing there.
The only thing 6 months later I am still suffering by being so traumatized.
The Dr? Is On sabbatical leave😢 funny that
thank you, very helpful!
Awesome, thanks for sharing!
I am suffering this. On top of having ADHD, I believe I have long COVID, because I haven't felt *this* debilitating brain fog prior, and I was good at managing my ADHD. I am constantly dragging my feet, losing the will to do ANYTHING, and gaining weight as a result, which is leading me to feel depressed. Forcing myself to do anything makes my body protest in response, screaming at me to go lay back down because I just don't have the energy, but things have to get done, being a mom never stops. I need help, but I can't afford insurance.
I have long covid. Covid left me chronic fatigue syndrome and brain fog. One year with this condition.
@@cadacual9822 I’m so sorry. I feel your pain.
@@cadacual9822oh my goodness, I hope u are doing better , brain fog is terrible, I had COVID 6months ago and since then I believe I been dealing with long COVID , plus I'm going through the change perimenapause , and fibromyalgia , things have definitely changed, been sick off and on , I also had two vax awhile back, so many people are trying to get better from brain fog especially long covid
I. Have ADD, and have brain fog some days. Not always. More people with add have this problem, but not everyone.
This are the days that I got injured, get lost on my way home, get on the wrong bus or forget to get out. Have problems with the time and/of the day. My eyes can’t focus anymore. people often think I used marihuana.
Nicotine helps, I discovered. But because I have this my whole life I’m kind of used to it..
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Wow, thanks for explaining this, I've had this condition all my life & didn't know it
Happy to help!
I’ve had since I was a kid.
God bless u more!
Thank you so much.
You're welcome!
I have had Post Covid Vaccination Syndrome for 3 years and 6 weeks ago the brain fog got really bad causing a lot of anxiety and depression.
This is now called Long Vax because it is very similar to the symptoms of Long Covid. It is a nightmare. There is very little help out there for Long Vax. Thanks for your video Doctor Sullivan.
Why did you get vaccines?
start taking vitamin D and b12 supplements as well as magnesium if you can do it for 2-3 weeks then comment again if you had any improvement.
I have Brain fog during POIS (post orgasmic illness syndrome) and it's been getting worse as time goes by
I suffer from it too, so what is the solution?
@@user-ts8fp4rx2v there's no solution offered. Doctors only treat symptoms, not the issue. The more anti-inflammatories and antihistamines I took the worse it got, so I stopped taking meds. Melatonin and Vit d3 have worked lately for me
@@user-ts8fp4rx2v I can connect you with a functional medicine expert. She helps with people with burnout, stress brain fog and sleep issues. Pretty educated and experienced(15+) in the field. Let me know..Happy to help😃
Wow, incredible. I get dizzy when I stand and out of breath. My heart races. Had an ekg and echo and nothing came out. My blood pressure is low ranging 89/60- 105/72 etc. I get migraines and had an MRI. It came back with Non specific white matter legions. My primary wasn’t concerned and she said it’s just small vessel ischemia . I’m 52. I found one of your videos on this and it opened my eyes to SV ischemia and I learned so much but imo I’m not a candidate for cardiovascular conditions that gave give me svi: my b/p is low, I don’t smoke, I’m slender, no diabetes, cholesterol only slightly raised past two years I think bc of perimenopause. So perhaps your video here is something for me to research on pubmed.
Can I just say I really appreciate you and your generosity in helping the public gain some insight into varying medical topics that we all may be going through or someone we love. Thank you so much, you are truly a wonderful and kind human being.
re: perimenopause. Are you having a heavy periods? That can lead to: dizziness, shortness of breath & tachycardia. If so, ask for a blood test called Serum Ferritin. It’s a better ANEMIA test for women at perimenopause than Hemoglobin.
Hi. Just wanted to say that I am a 51 year old man and have same profile that you mentioned - slightly low BP, non smoker, slightly elevated cholesterol and migraines. I also feel dizzy when I stand up - also when I blow my nose it almost seems like I am going to faint. For the past few weeks I am experiencing brain fog. Was wondering if you have any back problems since I have a multiple slipped disc problem and sometime back read a research paper that suggested that people with slipped disc tend to have impaired blood flow and generally also tend to suffer from headaches and migraines.
Hi thank you . I get iron infusions bc of low ferritin. Perimenopause caused heavy bleeding in me. But I always had iron deficiency anyway growing up. I become anemic bc of perimenopause when it really increased. Thank goodness it’s slowing down and my last lab work came back within low range! ☮️
Yes, so true - ty. I always tell women to get a full iron panel especially if they show clinical signs of ID or IDA. So important. It wasn’t until I requested the full panel (ferritin, transferrin ) that they discovered my tank was empty. Supplements would have taken years to replenish the ferritin so they started the infusions. It’s incredible how much my health insurance pays for them 11,000! I get two doses, 7 days apart.
Oh wow, thank you- I’ll keep this in mind. I don’t think I have a disc issue. Sometimes it feels right but it does away.
As an aside, I read mingraineurs have a higher chance of dementia bc migraines caused white matter legions. I had an mri and it showed some legions aka white matter hyper intensities. I do brain exercises all the time bc the prospect of that scares me. I know we can’t prevent it and all but I just make myself feel better. I hope you feel better and thank you for replying and letting me know about that ☮️
Thanks Doc......... .
Most welcome!
Great video. I’d be curious about menstrual cycles and this topic.
Definitely will have symptoms during the highest and lowest hormonal times.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Here’s how I got rid of long COVID brain fog: 1. switched my diet to carnivore. 2. VieLight transcranial red light therapy. 3. Exercise
Vielight has a few different products. Which one are you using? I bought the Alpha and Gamma units for my late mother when she was battling dementia in her final years. I have tried them myself for my brain fog and fatigue, but I haven't found much benefit.
I wanted to request if you could cover Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatment for drug resistant anxiety and the potential damage to the brain, thank you.
I'm on gabapentin 600 mg 3xday for chemotherapy side effects from 2001! That's when it started, but now I've added DM2, and I was tested by a neuropsychologist and diagnosed with mild cognitive Impairment--my primary doc thinks I have Alzheimer's, but I don't. Oh yes, I have sleep apnea too. I really notice the brain fog when I stop using my CPAP machine because the face mask bugs me--it's the silicone mask that pulls on my skin. I'm only 77 & otherwise healthy. I hope I can live as long as my husband--he's terrified that I'll die before him and leave him with a mess to figure out. Thank you for this information.
Great you went to a neuropsychologist!
I was on gabapentin for years due to chemo side effects. My fog started following chemo and never went away even after stopping gabapentin.
How did you stop gabapentin? My doc won't let me. @@MaryleaMemaw
I've had brain fog/memory issues since Chemo in 2017. I was on a hormone blocker letrozole for 5 years after that. I had an inpatient sleep study last year and was only told I didn't have sleep apnea. The report made it seem like I didn't have REM sleep but that was just a snapshot in time. I have had 2 neuropsychological tests and diagnosed with MCI. I have been taken off numerous medications including statin, gabapentin and amitriptylline. I was supposed to have an MRI/MRA and the machine broke when I was in it. I rescheduled and tested positive for Covid on the day of the test. This was just a few days ago so now wonder what neuro/memories issues will result from that. I had the APOE and had 3/4. I'm 66 so don't know how much is just to be expected at this age. I also found out in May that I had a PFO and had the repair in August and have had some problems with taking the Plavix (extreme tireness and now increased confusion like trying to put a jigsaw puzzle in the upright freezer) I see neurologist in February and assume I will need another neuropsychologial test since it's been almost 2 years Very frustrating!
Have you been able to cure yourself since your neurologist visit?
Great lecture, Dr Sullivan. Thank you for the wealth of information. My brain fog gets a lot worse right after breakfast. I've had to delay eating breakfast in order to get any work done.
Be interesting to wear a continuous glucose monitor and see whats going on with your blood sugar after breakfast?
Does thick blood have an effect on brain fog? ... thank you for your lectures.
I have dpdr and brainfog and it's been 2 years now. I can't wait to feel like myself again
hi im going through the same thing can we connect?
How committed are you to fix this, though? Are you hoping it would pass, or doing something to cure it?
What about for brain fog after having Lyme disease? Lyme was fully treated, no longer test positive for Lyme. It was caught early at 8 days post tick bite. Never happened until I got Lyme.
Thank you. I have been on kepra for years since my seizures. Now I know why I have brain fog.😢😢
Keppra ain't easy! Be good to yourself!
15:01 trazodone is non opiate has the same effect as morphine which is opiate.
What's the blood test? Forgot the spot you mentioned it 😬.
Traumatized EVENTS & NO ATTENTION/ people NEGLECTED. FRONTAL Syndrome. Inflammation enemies 😢😢😢
That _"perfect storm"_ comment is how I fealt watching this and another video about it that lists what scientist thinks are the causes of it. You go from _"ah, it's that"_ and then _"oh, and that too"_ and so on 😋 The for me seems sollution is to become healthier with both nutrition and physical health. That will help with the Type 2 Diabetes and maybe also, most likely, depression.
Fibromyalgia syndrome & FOOD ALLERGIES & NERVOUS ENVIRONMENT. NO ONE TO LEAN ON with
Trust.. SUPPORT. ❤❤❤❤❤
I am 72 and have had fibromyalgia for over 35 years. Go on RUclips and search for EO Nutritian. Elliott gives a lecture on Benfotiamine B1 supplements and magnesium. Completely cured my fibromyalgia pain. This works.
I’m 35 and I’ve been battling brain fog for seven or eight years give or take, and the only things that helped me were low-FODMAP diet, water enema, sauna and intense upside down crunches. On the other hand one thing I can say for certain is that food somehow makes it worse, but I don’t know which foods. Could you PLEASE give me a direction to move towards as I’m clueless of what is the connection between these. I know I have medium anxiety with occasional high alert states, but most of it seems to be connected to the fact that I have low self-esteem while also being unable to “sense” if something is dangerous, and it’s all due to this ungodly fog I’m living under. With low-FODMAP the progress was gradual and took a while, and for some reason I can’t remember I quit doing it and never got back on it, the water enema worked only once, sauna helps only on the extremely rare occasions and with the upside down crunches I first felt something like tremor or flutter in my upper mid set (I want to say left side but can’t clearly recall) stomach, got up and noticed my I could hear my thoughts and my mind was sharp as ever, but due to my disappointment this lasted for only a minute or less and I was back in the rut. I’ve been to numerous healthcare professionals and some specialists but none of them have had any answers despite somewhat broad bloodwork and imaging I’ve undergone.
I implore you please point me to a direction, any direction. I’ve depleted my resources and I’m too tired and bitter from all the disappointments to keep trying to literally guess what might be the underlying cause.
I might be able to help
I think you need a root cause analysis from a professional that offers something beyond conventional medicine. I am not one but definitely know someone who can help, let me know
In a nutshell, depression/unhappy from not having life partner to love, communicate with, spend time with. No one at home! With that no body wants to hire “job wise” I am over qualified! I ADHD which in circle of other things! Making new friends is impossible fucked because I don’t have any friends it is fucked by people’s addictions lending to binging nonstop to screens.
“I’m also sober”
I divorced and my son went far away from me; to another country. I have not had a boyfriend since then. I am 45 years old and Iam addicted to screens. I live abone .
@@cadacual9822 you’re addiction has left you in your own gutter!!
@@cadacual9822 your addiction has left you in your own gutter!
@@cadacual9822 feel for you. Want to talk?
17 (1960) 😢😢
I was a very smart student in medicine school, but all of a sudden I noticed I was not able to concentrate, I started the questions no matter it was easy or hard, but I saw I could not solve them and went through the next question, I did not know if that is obsession or brain fog now it has been years I feel that way, lack of decision-making and feeling dumb. I need to my brain work very well I have a lot of exams I feel desperately depressed and my life has been ruined and need your help badly.😢
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I get brain fog and have been diagnosed w vestibular migraines. Since migraineurs are glutamate dominate this means we have excitoxicity. Could this perhaps be related? Studies show increased glutamate in the brain during migraine attacks even in the aura phases I believe.
I cant sleep at night because my nose blocks compeletely only at night, even when its warm, my beddings arent dusty, i keep getting disrupted due to not being able to breath
Low Blood Sugar level. 'Nuff Said. Need that 'Range'! 😊 And yes, get that Sleep cookin'.
Another cause of brain fog would be anesthesia. Do you have a video about this outcome or point me to a resource that might help?
I have brain fog by the covid. Now I have to have a biopsy for an enlarged lymph node in the mediastinal area and I need general anesthesia. I have found out about the effect of anesthesia on the brain so I am considering not having the procedure. I don't want the fog to get worse.
Really, I do not know what to do
@@cadacual9822 and that is okay too to change your mind long COVID is terrible, seems every one is dealing with this , dog gone brain fog is terrible,
What can cause a sudden electrical type flash in the frontal lobe of the brain for a second? I lost my memory for a split second and now I have this constant tingling sensation in my head. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Also dealing with the a bad cold I’m wondering if it could be associated with that. Thanks
I had that happen when they prescribed a certain SSRI or anti-depressants. I am no doctor. Stopping that med stopped the electric shock. Very scary feeling
So you said around 17:25 most brain fog is treatable. When is it not treatable?
I find that hormone changes and some chemical fumes give me brain fog. I feel like my brain is under water.
Also can’t do any CBD products or allergy meds. I have a fussy brain 🙆🏻♀️
Yes perimenapause , long COVID and fibromyalgia, it really sucks and makes you feel terrible including the anxiety and some depression, I have to take a anti anxiety med to help with some of these symptoms I dont like the brain fog at all , seems like everyone is dealing with the same systems
I think carbs are playing a role in brain fog , ...I noticed that when I switch from keto diet to carbs
THIS BRAIN FOG SUCKS MY LIFE 😭
chemo. not much info about chemobrain. or maybe there was? honestly, afraid fog prevents me from really understanding what is being said here.
Any chance that hyperacusis & tinnitus is a cause. Been dealing with ear issues since I was told to take antibiotics and an Ace Inhibitor (took only a few doses) in 1993. Been controlling my salt intake ever since.
If antibiotics are the cause maybe probiotics and gut health are the cure
Dr. please help me.I feel foggy or airy in my body.Not good sleep.Chronic leg pain.No smooth excretion.No free motion.watery eyes.Burning eyes and skin.Oily skin.Im unable to concentrate.I couldn't express myself correctly.my thoughts run on and on negatively but I couldn't express.Im 18 please help me mam.I long way to go.Every doctor here generalizing my symptoms but day by day it is getting severe.I couldn't understand coding.I also committed suicide.But I have a small hope.Please help pleass diagnose what I'm facing.
Looks like you really need help. I know someone who is specialized in this field. Let me know if you want their contact info.(I will have to ask permission before though)
All you have take supplements genius mushrooms otc also MCT 0il sublingual. I have dementia and it has helped
Love supplements genius mushrooms otc Walmart and MCT oil sublingual works fast for brain fog. Gives energy and focus.
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The HIPPOCAMPUS ORGAN malfunctions. 😢😢
Will white matter loss cause brain fog
Can sleeping pills cause brain fog? Imovane.
Yea
No it depends on the mg beware though
Parkinson’s
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Vague...too vague.
Sounds like stress is the main cause of brain fog. mental or physical stress on your body.
You are not supposed to have pain while on cbd ? Today education experience, while having a hydrated endocanabinoid system for 12 years .
A sprained ankle pain scale 4 with a hydrated endocanabinoid system ?
A sprained wrist black and blue swollen 7 days pain 4 scale .
Plant base lifestyle 6 years. Try it it might heal you within 3 months ?
Gee, it would be nice if I could communicate issues with the doctor. However, once I've said something, that makes it a pre-existing condition. Since Republicans are trying to get rid of Healthcare, especially in regards to pre-existing conditions, they're just gonna have to figure it out. Because, once I open my mouth, the cats out of the bag.
jack smith is a nothing
It's to the point where when I woke up this morning, I didn't recognize my own apartment for a while. Then when I got settled in, remembered who I am and where, I then got lost on the way to my doc appointment. A place I've been going for years. Got lost for 4 hours, didn't recognize my own home town that I grew up in, and then couldn't remember the adress to my own apartment. For the entire time, my mind was swimming with incoherent noise. I don't remember how I got home but I'm home now. Never got to my appointment, and forgot the number to call. I'm at my last wits. Wtf is this in going through. I would be doing something, suddenly 3 hours are gone and I find myself somewhere else entirely, no memory of in between. And sometimes it's a large jump. From like 7am, until 9pm, ide be blacked out. Waking up doing random tasks over 12 hours later, last thing I remember it was the morning.
I'm worried this is early onset dementia. Yea I know how that sounds, but this has been growing worse for a long while now and it's only getting far worse.
Have you ever heard of dissociative amnesia/dissociative fugue?
This sounds very concerning. Have you seen a medical professional to get this fixed?
@Harleenkaur000 nope I keep getting medically gas lit and made fun of by doctors. "Well lol it sounds to me like this is how you naturally are. There's iq counseling to make you less... well..... ya knoe"