Re: Brain fog - Symptoms Ditto for me Barb

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Hi Barb....my symptoms of brain fog much like yours...cannot handle

more than one thing at a time (I was previously the master multi-

tasker).Sometimes even that one thing, i cannot complete like my

taxes, find it hard to figure out how to get started on any task

I lost my hearing in one ear a few years ago (mercury effect) which i

think has contributed to my limited ability to handle too much

stimuli...cannot digest someone talking to me while tv or radio is on

as its sensory overload..get easily upset when having to explain

things like logistics or having to receive information. I cannot

think through logistics like someone giving me verbal directions, I

have to write it down and literally take one turn at a time when I am

driving somewhere new (this I find most stressful)

I will put something on to cook and forget about it (burned many pots)

My movements (walking and talking) sometimes feel very robotic. It is

like I really have to focus on keeping me feet moving or they will

stop. I sometimes have difficulty talking in a fluid sentence, its

like my brain just closes down which I think is quite literally what

is happening with merrcury in our heads

I sometimes have trouble reading as well, as I see the words but it

is like my brain will not process those words.

I just saw a post from that talked about avoiding starch and

sugars and limiting meals to protein

I have not had my fillings out yet, but plan to in next 3 weeks

>

> I don't know if I have " brain fog " or not. Please help me

> figure this out. Can those who feel this describes their

> mental state say what it feels like exactly, and compare

> with other descriptors?

>

> For example, I know what feeling " out of focus " is like.

> I am definitely distractable, unable to finish tasks,

> open projects and get distracted by other things, some-

> times opening other projects, then realize the first one

> is still unfinished, then try to finish it and feel I

> can't focus on the tasks required to finish it, yet

> am afraid to close it up because I have forgotten to

> get to it in the past, and say, it's got to get done

> today or tomorrow and I'm realistically concerned I

> will forget to get to it if it's not out. I also feel

> distracted - super distracted. My son is playing a

> videogame, or the TV is on, and my mind feels pulled

> apart, not focusing on the dishes or my emails. Like

> I'm drugged, everything I do takes longer and longer.

> I'll be looking at the clock and wonder why it's

> taking so long, and have to put on ear plugs or turn

> extra sounds/sights off and only then can get the

> work done at a normal pace. Otherwise, I keep

> finding myself spacing out staring at the TV when

> I'm not interested in what's on, or just staring into

> space and then realize I'm listening to the TV when

> I'm trying to do something else. I keep wondering

> why is everything looking messed up and why can't I

> settle and deal with things effectively right now?

>

> This lack of focus lifts/goes away on some occasions

> like during chelation, or when I get great rest, etc.

> so I can compare it to feeling focused - where issues

> are settled quickly, more definitively, and stuff is

> put away in the house. Does brain fog feel like

> this or something else?

>

> I know I am forgetful. I lock the door or set the

> alarm, then forget if I did and check it ten minutes

> later, then perhaps an hour later I may check again

> just to be sure in case I somehow forgot disarming

> it or something to be double sure. My son will ask

> for water, then I'll say I'll get it in a minute,

> then 5 minutes later I'll have forgotten about it

> completely, then say five minutes or perhaps 20

> minutes later I'll remember I was supposed to get

> him water and forgot, but now remember and bring

> it then. So I forget, then remember I forgot, then

> forget again, and so on. While I forget, if

> someone reminds me I of course remember that I

> was told, or was going to do that thing, but why

> would something I know go in and out of my ability

> to remember it? I call this forgetfullness - is

> this part of brain fog too?

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