Coping with
BRAIN FOG By Elizabeth Green
Founder of The Power Angels
“Simon, Frances, Christopher… errrr Elizabeth”, she would say, and we would laugh. She’s just getting old and losing it a bit I thought. Her confusion would be brushed aside as a standing joke. Now that I am older myself, I find myself doing the same thing. I call my pets by my children’s names, and I often find myself losing my train of thought or wandering into a room and completely forgetting what I went in for. Sound familiar? “Brain Fog” is a term that we have all heard over the years, but it isn’t actually a medical condition. Feeling foggyheaded and disorientated can, however, be very confusing and frightening.
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I often think that I have early onset dementia and worry about how I will cope if it gets worse. I am sure that many of us feel that our brains aren’t serving us as well as they should do and that in itself can cause a decline in our mental health
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I often think that I have early onset dementia and worry about how I will cope if it gets worse.
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hen I was young and living at home my Mum used to call me by everyone else’s name before she got to mine.
There are many signs of brain fog. We can suffer from memory problems, lack of mental clarity, poor concentration or lack of focus. It can also manifest itself in more noticeable physical symptoms such as stress headaches, anxiety attacks and insomnia.
Brain fog can strike at any age and is often caused by something else that’s happening in our lives. Menopause, hormonal changes, insomnia, stress, grief, medication…there can be a lot of contributing factors. The good news is that there are lots of things that we can do to avoid brain fog and to keep our brains fit and active for longer.
