Probably Lyme disease lol.
this post was submitted on 15 May 2026
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- depression
- anxiety
- poor diet
- sleep loss
- covid
- age
pick one or more.
with the state of the world I picked all of them.
Might also be heading into burnout town. Don't ask me how I know (but at least you can usually fix it).
been there, done that. I'm actually on the road to recovery (if you can call it that).
I'll never be the same again, that's for sure.
They're finding that pretty much any virus can cause this indefinitely. Have fun
You'd be surprised how sensitive the human body can be sometimes. Make a list of all the possible causes of brain fog, and work on your lifestyle to eliminate one at a time until you find the culprit.
For me it's sugar and anything bready.
I feel this one. Sometimes I just wake up and I'm "not myself". It really sucks because I depend heavily on my personality and communication skills for my job. So when I abruptly have one of those off days it can really fuck me up. I always have this fear that it'll happen on one of those important work days that I'm doing something like a presentation in front of 60ish engineers and opening up the floor for questions after.
I have found things that have helped over the years but nothing has completely gotten rid of it. I try to eat right. Not daily but at least the vast majority of the week.
Omega 3 is a godsend! I also take other supplements that help but omega 3 really does the heavy lifting. That and mythaline blue (fr, look it up).
The brain fog I'm referring to is severe sometimes. Like I feel like I'm not in my body. I'm more like an observer watching myself with the inability to act normal. Like I'm completely disassociated. It's fucked up and I hate it...
Fortunately since I have started taking various vitamins and supplements morning and night, exercising, and eating better it only happens maybe once a month instead of a few times a month...
For me it's autoimmune diseases, I collect them like trading cards, so if it's something new it's always just another body part killing itself. It's also difficult to say what causes what since basically all of them have vague extra symptoms like fatigue. All of them also flare up if I'm stressed and since I'm autistic I'm also constantly encountering normal basic stuff that makes me stressed. And oh the severe depression on top of everything, so I am mentally and physically exhausted and they both feed each other. The conclusion is my body tries to kill itself but fails while I also want to kill myself. 10/10, I was born unfit to live
Apparently that's the downside of your ancestors' surviving the black death.
I was born unfit to live
We all are, don't worry, you need not chase death it finds us all.
Auto-immune autism gang here. You can beat the depression, but the psoriasis, arthritis and bowel inflammation just keeps going and growing.
I like to think of it this way: I am built to handle being constantly uncomfortable in all kinds of ways. I do like what @BeUnique is offering for brain fog, though, and will try it out.
Sorry to hear that. I know the feeling of being unfit to live. In the end, it is often more my environment or society that is unfit for me, than me being unfit for life. And your environment can change.
Hey, if you're lucky maybe they will name whatever you have after you.
Unless they are a girl, then we need to wait for 30+ years. Hey, don't get mad, I don't make the rules.
30+ years and itll be named after the male doctor
Many people I'm talking to in recent years feel like this. I was expecting to slowly be better by now, but some days are just rough. It's like someone has turned on "wade through jelly mode" for a large part of the population including me. I've so far assumed it's depression due to the poly-crisis state of the world and just keep wading through the jelly best as I can. I fulfill my part in the crumbles, slowly and with style.
What is this, a Doogie Howser reboot made by CW?
Long covid?
My gut instinct is stress induced lethargy and dissociation
My gut says oof on instinct.
Have you had a sleep study done? I had fairly sudden onset of these symptoms...but it turns out my sleep apnea had been getting progressively worse until the point it was impacting the cleaning cycle by brain goes through. A few weeks on the cpap machine and it's like I'm 20 years younger again.
My husband just got diagnosed with mild sleep apnea after a few years of feeling really slow. I don’t know what’s taking so long but the doc is still processing something so he can get his cpap. I can’t wait to see if/how it helps him.
Mine was a nightmare to get... local HME that my in-network pulmonologist was tied to was out-of-network, had to find a place that was in-network then teach my pulminologist how to send an email... took like 10 times, had to get patient advocate involved, was a huge pain. Finally got it though, and it was worth it, just gotta keep hounding them.
I should really do this
I absolutely recommend it; my BP dropped, my heart rate dropped on average 15bpm, middle of the night panic attacks have dwindled to almost zero, it's well worth it.
In my case it was stress. And a huge part of this stress was caffeine induced (me drinking 3-7 large cups a day). Stopped drinking, after one week of withdrawal (headache, fatigue) the symptoms went away. I’m without symptoms for a year now!
Do you now drink a normal human amount of coffee, or none?
I stopped drinking completely. The positive effects are worth it in my case: I feel calmer and I have energy for the whole day without ups and downs. Imagine the state you are after drinking coffee. That’s my normal state now. Caffeine seems to give a high feeling but it seems to be just a feeling because of the stress reaction. It doesn’t help me at all with mental tasks. YMMV, that‘s just my Impression.
My body even reacts to a glass of Coke with an increased heart rate now. So I’ve cut back on caffeine nearly completely. I may drink an espresso now and then in future after a meal. But I will definitely not go back to drink coffee habitually.
Ahhhh, MRI time? Cause the stuff that comes to mind is neurological and wouldn't show in xrays
Definitely a therapy angle here too.
This is too damn real. -_-