Every day, we hear [OR sometimes experience it on our own] multiple manifestations cum symptoms and in most cases, we're 'spot on' EXCEPT WHEN we hear about BRAIN FOG. I've known first hand people immediately sought medical advice and some get [wrongly] redirected to medications and some, even end up in therapeutic remedies [WHERE it's all diagnosed wrongly]. Instead, legitimate experts tell us that BRAIN FOG is a term tagging our inability to think clearly enough📗📙📘
Being confused OR disorganized is something that may NOT be critically serious BUT nevertheless it is serious enough as it affects our ability to translate our thoughts into words. NOT to be surprised, we would easily witness this with senior citizens at at advanced age as they struggle to grapple with their thoughts and verbalizing the same. Ironically, for some folks WHO end up being prescribed with medications, medical experts themselves unequivocably state that some kind of drugs [both for prescribed and the over-the-counter ones] can even be the very root cause of BRAIN FOG. They claim that if you take medicine and notice that your thinking ISN'T as clear as it should be OR you suddenly CAN'T remember things, you can be off-track💚💛💜
There is one illness NOT so recognized on the surface BUT statistics show it is impacting a plurality of our population and that relates to CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME [CFS]. As a CFS 101, experts tell us that with CFS, our body and mind are tired for a long time. We may then feel confused, forgetful and unable to focus. Sadly, till to date, there is no known cure for CFS, hence that atmosphere of seeming helplessness and frustration for those enduring the challenges of CFS as it keeps recurring💧💧💧
To make the troubling waters look murkier, throw in DEPRESSION, that's WHEN you may NOT remember things well or even be able to think coherently through problems with less struggles. WHAT challenges experts is that they claim it's hard to know if this is linked to the loss of energy and motivation that comes with DEPRESSION OR IF DEPRESSION affects one's brain in a way that causes that fog. Good relief, DEPRESSION is something that's less troubling💥💥💥
Our takeaway: Before we get waylaid and locked-in with purported fixes BUT good relief for us all, there is a FIX that WON'T cost $$$$$$$$ and yet it will be a FIX for a lot of our potential medical issues and that's spelled S-L-E-E-P. Experts tell us to aim for 7 to 9 hours [BUT NOT TOO MUCH before you end FOGGY too]. To lead you to tht quality SLEEP, two things commonly recommended to be avoided, that's caffeine and alcohol [of course there will be outliers, WHEN there are occassions, right?] BUT WHEN BRAIN FOG CREEPS IN, that should be an early subtle WAKE-UP call for us😡😡😡