Trying to live while sick and experiencing this debilitating symptom is hard enough, but to be under constant judgement of this and other symptoms just adds insult to injury.
Brain fog can be explained in a number of ways, it can be a little different for each person. Here is a couple different ways I have experience it, or heard other friends of mine with chronic illness explain it.
1. It's hard to think. Literally like there is a fog in your head. You just feel blank. You feel like you could just sit and stare at the walls and do nothing. Any kind of task seems overwhelming. Everything is confusing, Adding 2+2 becomes a task. You can't remember basic things like tying your shoe.
2. Feels like you are between wake/dream state. Nothing seems reality. It feels like you are drifting between conscious and unconscious. I have described it as I feel like I'm in a coma, or about to be. I can hear what's going on around me but feel detached from it all.
3. Feels like you are in a tunnel. Everything seems so far away. Vision doesn't seem right, sound seems far away, everything is a blur. Like #2 you feel detached, like you are in a tunnel and everyone else is at the other end.
Feel free to add more of what your experiences in the comments below.
"Lyme Disease and Brain Fog"
by Dr Marian Rissenberg- Neuropychologist
"Lyme Disease and Cognitive Impairments"
by Robert Bransfield, M.D.
"Brain Fog"
From the Blog, "Lyme Lit"
"Distinct pattern of cognitive impairment noted in study of Lyme patients"
by Marian Rissenberg, Ph.D. & Susan Chambers, M.D.
If you have any blog post or know or other good articles on "brain fog" please post them in the comments below. Thank you!
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