For Brain Fog, Poor Concentration and Memory with Fibromyalgia, ME/CFS & Long COVID''
For Brain Fog, poor concentration and memory in Fibromyalgia, ME/CFS & Long COVID
At school, I would write every detail down so when an exam was coming, I could go over it about 3 times to let it sink in. Some of my classmates could remember things without any revision. I wondered why it was so different for me.
Concentrating on things for a long time stretched my endurance. If there was too much to think about all at once, I got stressed easily.
I would avoid situations where I had to remember people’s names. Faces and people’s stories were no problem. It was embarrassing if I had to introduce one person to another. I just had to let them introduce themselves.
Thinking clearly took a lot of concentration. I had to take things step by step.
I needed clear instructions.
Making big decisions quickly, forget it. I am a lot better with this now, it used to take me days to decide and then never make a decision.
I needed to stop, calm any stress reaction and sometimes take some time to make a decision.
I had whiplash as a child. Apparently, this happened a few times. Then as a teenager falling off horses didn't help.
I found out a few reasons why whiplash had such an effect on me:
1. Neck or posture problems
When your neck muscles are too tight or the vertebrae are not sitting quite right, they let less blood (carrying nutrients and oxygen that your brain cells need) up your neck into your brain. It also decreases blood and lymph flow out of your head causing pressure headaches, some ear and balance problems, and brain fog.
2. Stress
When you are stressed, you breathe shallowly. This means less oxygen gets into your blood that goes to your brain. If you have long-term stress, you have prolonged decreased oxygen intake.
3. Poor Circulation to the head for other reasons
We can have poor circulation into the back of the brain for other reasons I explain in my free 1-hour Zoom Event:
3 Steps to Increase Your Energy
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Posted: Tue 08 Mar 2022