Brain fog - please define/compare wtih forgetfulness/lack of focus?

[Guest guest]

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?