Brain Fog Treatment

Posted: Brain Fog

I have scoliosis (rather severe) & anxiety so keep that in mind.

I have restless leg SO bad. I take Mirapex and I have to take a dose used to Parkinsons Disease. It doesn’t seem to help all the time so I take xanax too.

I have ALWAYS had back and neck pain. I’m always sore, stiff, and tense. I can barely pop my back. My lower extremeities ALWAYS hurt. They tense up so much I just want to punch them. Sometimes, maybe once a week, my whole body is stiff. I can barely walk right, I can’t turn my neck, I usually just turn all the way around. Because it hurts so bad sometime. I’m always on the recliner with a heatpad on my butt.

I read that people with fibro grind their teeth at nighttime, which I do, a LOT. I usually wake up with headaches quite often. I suffer from frequent migranes as well.

I heard about a brain fog. i used to always think I was add because i could never pay attention and sometimes i just lack a LOT of common sense. makes me feel stupid.

does this sound like fibro to anyone?
I’m seeing a pain management doctor soon. i’ve talked to him, but hes never seen me as a patient.

the symtpons could just be due to teh scoliois—back problems can cause pain, stiffness, throughout the body–the discomfort can cause difficulty concentrating

Fibro is highly overdiagnosed by docs who useit as a general term fro widespread pain–but it isn’t

real fibro is a neuro disorder
many people grind tehir teeth—
many people with fibro do not..

its possible that you do have both conditions–but i doubt it

Posted: Brain Fog

Light sensitivity/photophobia
occasional blurred vision — sunglasses tend to help with these two a little bit
occasional to frequent brain fog
raynaud’s phenomenon (particularly cyanosis, but all three stages occur)
constant peripheral numbness (left ulnar, specifically)

once in awhile there is lip numbness as well, but it generally goes away, and it’s never really severe. it also happens when i give blood, so this doesn’t concern me much.

at first, a b12 deficiency seemed plausible, though b vitamins have helped some symptoms improve on occasion, i don’t think that’s the answer.

early stages of MS is a possibility, but i’m a male, and a lot less likely to get MS than a female, based on statistics.
Diabetes has crossed my mind, but I don’t show any other typical symptoms of unregulated BGLs

hypothyroidism is also possible.

Migraines recently crossed my mind, but I don’t get any severe headaches. I do experience what could be described as similar to a sensory migraine aura but i never get an attack. But other than the light sensitivity, and the brain fog, i don’t know how much migraines really explain. I’m not particularly sensitive to auditions or olfactory sensations

i don’t currently have insurance, but i’m still looking for an answer. knowing is better than not knowing. my doctors are not helpful anyway, and when i do get new insurance, i will find new doctors.

Try to get a job with some sort of insurance. You need to see a doctor. Raynauds can be associated with some types of autoimmune disorders such as Lupus. You are right that some vitamin deficiencies can cause this along with some types of anemias (B-12 deficiency would cause a certain type of anemia, but there can be iron deficiency anemia or other anemias that can cause this). Also, a heart condition could cause this. Anxiety can exacerbate any other illness symptoms, so try not to focus so much on your illness and instead, focus on being well and feeling good.

A doctor would really need to examine you. If you don’t have insurance, there are usually free medical clinics for poor people or the uninsured, but the extent of testing that they would do without any insurance would probably be quite limited.

Posted: Brain Fog

Hey everyone,

I have have been very light headed for the past 3 weeks as well as pressure headache, brain fog, and extreme fatigue. I feel fine in other areas, no body aches or nausea but I have been reading up on dysautonomia and am wondering how it begins. upon standing i get very light headed and sometimes get scared that i am about to pass out. i cant go to the gym because it Absolutely floors me, marijuana makes it worse and alcohol makes it better.

Does anyone have any insight of how dysautonomia symptoms start out. Again i have been in this condition for 3 weeks and it hasn’t gotten better…..awaiting blood sample results but getting anxious.

I have had Dysautonomia for two years now, and although it begins differently for everyone my dysautonomia was triggered by a flu-like illness, which caused extreme weakness and fatigue. Another huge symptom for me was a very high heart rate when I went from sitting to standing. It went from about 60bpm to 120 bpm sitting to standing.

Some people’s Dysautonomia start with nausea, others get dizzy and pass out. It can start with any Dysautonomia symptom really, but usually more and more symptoms built until you have most or a lot of them.

A doctor will probably do a Tilt Table Test and if you do have Dysautonomia, treat you further.

With Dysautonomia I’m surprised that alcohol makes it better. Alcohol opens up your blood vessels and it should make it a lot worse!
Feel better! I hope you find an answer soon!