My Mind Is Foggy (Page 2)

I can offer some advice on this topic seeing how I experience everything you said. This may seem a little bit " out there " but I really think seeing a chiropractor is the best solution. Let me explain, chiropractors main diagnosis is that of the nervous system ( spinal cord, brain, etc.) If the spine is misaligned spinal column fluid will not reach the brain through the spinal cord properly which will then interfere with an innate intelligence, via, the nervous system. As a result sensory organs that normally detect both bodily and " behavioral" responses will not be able to perform their job accordingly by controlling stimuli. I believe that a spinal adjustment by a good chiropractor will bring back to normal a steady balanced nerve flow and less anxiety, paranoia, and any other form of psychosis will be felt. I really hope this advice helps I am yet to test this out myself (lol).

Let me try to better explain that. Sensory organs detect both bodily stimulations (see, touch, smell, hear and taste) and behavioral stimulations. (Anxiety, irrational behavior like paranoia, psychosis, lack of eye contact, etc.) These organs serve in the nervous system, and function properly only if everything else in the nervous system is functioning properly. Vertebral subluxation interferes with the flow of spinal fluid through the spinal cord to the brain. This is one of the main reasons why your "eyes" feel different, it's effecting "bodily" - "physical" stumuli, as well as producing anxiety, paranoia, psychosis... etc, i.e., behavioral stimuli. Spinal manipulation may be the remedy sufferers like you and myself need to be set free. That, and I believe nutritional supplements are necessary to apply to your lifestyle as well. I really hope this information helps!

I have felt this way also. I think I have always been a little bit easily distracted, even as a child, but I just went through a very stressful ordeal recently-having a child stuck in Haiti---trying to get him out---many failed attempts---many emotional rollercoaster rides and days at a time with little to no sleep. Finally, he came home, and now 4 months later, I am still trying to recover, I think. I am tired and scatterbrained---leaving wallet in grocery cart, screwing up my words...husband is getting tired of me "forgetting" things...makes him feel like I do not care. I am waiting on thyroid results because sometimes I feel so cold I could cry. I was also diagnosed with lymes disease last year...but it was a diagnosis based on a bullseye rash and nothing more---some possible symptoms, but we live in a lyme-free tick area. I do not know---is it post stress stuff?????

I had a panic attack for the first time a week ago and have had this foggy brain feeling since then. I feel drunk, but I am still coordinated and my cognitive skills are still sharp. I feel disconnected from my body and it doesnt feel like i am in control. everything is fine with me physically except this foggy head symptom. I think stress has a lot to do with it so I am working out, using positive thoughts and am looking to join a meditation/ yoga group to clear my head. The chiropractor idea seems like a good idea bc last week i felt i got whiplash from landing awkwardly from a dive i took off a diving board.

Ever since I was teen (I am a 31 year old male now), I have felt this fogginess. It is so good to hear other people experiencing it too.

It feels like there is a heavy fog between my mind and reality and it is accompanied by such things as slightly blurry vision sometimes, feeling very tired and sluggish mentally, disconnection to my self and reality, spacing out during conversations, getting extremely sleepy while driving, having no thoughts at all sometimes, feeling like the world is passing me by, tired feeling in my eyes, and it goes on and on!

I am pretty intelligent, for example 3.95 GPA in my college classes right now, but I feel like my mind works slower than most people and I need to be focused on a specific task in order to use the intelligence. Ideas don't just spark off in my mind like it seems like they do for most people.

I find myself "faking it" socially sometimes, just trying to come up with something to say that will pass the conversation on to the other person so I can respond to what they say because I feel like I have nothing interesting to say. But I have mastered this faking so much that people have actually told me I am great with people.

Some things I have noticed:

It never goes away, just a range of how strong the fog is.

Good regular sleep helps slightly.

Coffee helps at first but also brings it on worse when the caffeine wears off.

Nicotine clears my mind very much for about 5 minutes. I only smoke a cigarette about once every two months. This makes me wonder if high blood pressure actually helps in some way (nicotine causes it but not sure if it happens for one cigarette), because I normally have a slightly low blood pressure level.

I find myself eating sugary foods and drinking coffee all the time to try to get an energy boost to the brain, even though I don't want to (and they don't really help).

I feel pressure in my head behind my right eye and the right side of my head feels kind of numb. Obviously we cannot feel our brains, but it feels like half my brain is numb.

I was so freaked out about this when I was about 25 that I got a brain scan (no tumors!).

I have realized that I must move on with my life and learn to live with it and find workarounds. I set goals, set tasks, make myself do things, and try as much as possible not to focus on the fog. These things are most helpful--keeping busy, not letting myself think about it.

I take long hot showers and let my mind wander wherever it wants to go in the fog for as long as possible. This seems to give me a few hours of decreased fogginess.

I talked about my problems so much to my ex that I think it is one reason we broke up. Now I am married and talk about it from time to time to my wife, but do not over-do it. Being around other happy people really also help because for me I think the fogginess also causes some depression that leads to more fogginess.

Being in nature helps. I definitely still feel foggy out there, but I feel somehow better. I hike, volunteer in a community farm, or just sit in a park and relax.

I really really really wish the scientists and medical community recognized this condition, because it feels so lonely and there is not anything we can tell people we have. I have told some people about this foggy condition and most of the time I get the "it's all in your mind" response or basically they don't believe it is real. But it makes life a real struggle. Thanks to all of you for sharing!

I know your condition. Try to keep your blood pressure at a normal condition. Having low blood pressure makes you distant from others. Having normal blood pressure stimulates the whole body and makes you respond faster emotionally, socially and physically. To have normal blood pressure, you must stay hydrated. Drinking lots of water is useless if you have low salt intake. I believe that it has nothing to do with our psycho. It's just the capability of our body to absorb essential nutrients. You may be taking too much antacids. Try to make your stomache in its normal acidic state. (dose of apple cider vinegar if it's lacking of acid)With that, we'll have no problems absorbing nutrients. After that, have a daily intake of Vitamin B-complex(even in small amounts). Just couple that up with energy giving drinks like Milo, Tang,etc everyday. Refrain from drinking energy drinks. The best fruits for your kind is apple,orange, banana. Veggies is highly recommended. Never have a week without fish high in omega 3 like sardines, mackerel, whitefish, etc.. And also, as much as possible, ejaculate or have sex just twice a month. It robs you of the necessary hormones that's needed for normal functioning of the brain. Then sleep with your head elevated. Rest, rest, rest.. Also avoid having cloggy nose(proper diet, vitaminc, ventilation). That's the reason why people feel something heavy above their head. Stimulation in the head slows down because of swollen nose.(Proof: Try chewing some gum, or eating orange, it'll make you think clearer)

Maybe it's boredom, or lack of stimulation. I experience this, but I don't notice it when I'm doing something that I am interested in and enjoy, something that actually requires effort. Maybe it's a gift, kinda like a natural high. So you're not totally tourted by annoying people or unstimulating jobs.

Phew! Reading so many of these posts, there seem to be many others feeling this way. I had never considered a link to anxiety or stress..

I found Ginko Biloba tablets quite an effective clearer-of-fog in the brain - whether or not this was most effective as a placebo or as the chemicals in the plant doing their job (or both), it seemed to work - I felt more alert and my memory improved, though I also became much more irritable, generally short-tempered and my blood pressure was increased when routinely tested by a GP (as a result of the ginko biloba or a coincidence I cant be sure). These tablets are also expensive - even for a 'medicinal' herb - a pack of 30 set me back £15.

I hate this dumb, slow feeling in the head.. Ive tried tackling it by maintaining sobriety, watching much less TV, exercising more and burying my head in textbooks and novels to challenge the mind more - in an attempt to drag it into clarity, but any positive results seem to be only temporary.

I took an IQ test, achieved a score of 150, but felt this same fuzzy head feeling throughout (just so as to put forward that it doesnt seem to affect mental ability in a test environment).

It also seems the only feelings I can summon are sadness, hate or merely apathy - quite out of character - and this has been the case for the past 6 months (roughly).

I have money troubles, relationship and work problems, but who doesnt?

Looking for a clearing air and perhaps a good slap to the face to snap out of this, I would like to believe there is a straightforward means by which to rid myself of this feeling. The sun has disappeared behind the clouds.

Mike

I know your condition. Try to keep your blood pressure at a normal condition. Having low blood pressure makes you distant from others. Having normal blood pressure stimulates the whole body and makes you respond faster emotionally, socially and physically. To have normal blood pressure, you must stay hydrated. Drinking lots of water is useless if you have low salt intake. I believe that it has nothing to do with our psycho. It's just the capability of our body to absorb essential nutrients. You may be taking too much antacids. Try to make your stomache in its normal acidic state. (dose of apple cider vinegar if it's lacking of acid)With that, we'll have no problems absorbing nutrients. After that, have a daily intake of Vitamin B-complex(even in small amounts). Just couple that up with energy giving drinks like Milo, Tang,etc everyday. Refrain from drinking energy drinks. The best fruits for your kind is apple,orange, banana. Veggies is highly recommended. Never have a week without fish high in omega 3 like sardines, mackerel, whitefish, etc.. And also, as much as possible, ejaculate or have sex just twice a month. It robs you of the necessary hormones that's needed for normal functioning of the brain. Then sleep with your head elevated. Rest, rest, rest.. Also avoid having cloggy nose(proper diet, vitaminc, ventilation). That's the reason why people feel something heavy above their head. Stimulation in the head slows down because of swollen nose.(Proof: Try chewing some gum, or eating orange, it'll make you think clearer)

Allow me to be a %^&!: Great to see I am not the only one. I have had this for about a year now, but it took me about half to actually figure out I had this problem. I am 19 years old, some nasty *&^# happened during the last one and a half years. I was still dealing with the death of my mother (or better, I was over it, until suddenly I really missed something). Shortly after that my father got a new girlfriend, she has kids which my dad thinks are so great, I have been in their shadow ever since. He openly told me even. The 'relationship' I had with this girl that I figured was absolutely the one, got off track (we weren't together or anything, I loved her, she not so much me - but we considered eachother best friends and had been for years). Some personal trouble involving bulgaries and death threats and as a results of me mentally going down the drain - people everywhere decided to throw me in the ditch. That on top of me pursuing a career I absolutely hate and just do because my father expects me too - made me completely loose it. I lost nearly everything to this.

Now with my current job, as a programmer - things are just going awful. I can't concentrate anymore - sometimes to the point where I am barely capable of speaking. And as a result the relationship I am having with them is one out of pure pity. Absolutely awful. I am disgusted by myself. I just want to be myself again.

As mentioned above I sometimes snap out of it, taking a short walk outside, splashing some water on my face all seem to work, but don't last longer than 20mins. Ginko Biloba, also mentioned above, has a longer term of effect, but isn't AS effective. But all bits work towards a greater good. I have found a lot of solutions, but all only seem to work temporary. The reason behind this I think is that there is this sparkle of hope that things will get better. But when I am faced with the harsh reality things fall back to where they were.

Often when I am faced with a problem I actually KNOW the solution. It just won't come out - it's stuck, right there in that slow brain of mine.

Last week though things seem to be looking up. I decided to work on my '&^%$-the-rest' attitude. I decided I am going to take all money that I have and start backpacking through Europe, to Spain. My father won't be too happy, but he just has to deal with it, or I am gone completely. It's not like I have much of an attachment left to him anyhow.

Talking about this made me feel lots better, thanks for listening. I hope the future will look up for all of us!

The best of wishes from your dutch dyslectic,

DD

I know your condition. Try to keep your blood pressure at a normal condition. Having low blood pressure makes you distant from others. Having normal blood pressure stimulates the whole body and makes you respond faster emotionally, socially and physically. To have normal blood pressure, you must stay hydrated. Drinking lots of water is useless if you have low salt intake. I believe that it has nothing to do with our psycho. It's just the capability of our body to absorb essential nutrients. You may be taking too much antacids. Try to make your stomache in its normal acidic state. (dose of apple cider vinegar if it's lacking of acid)With that, we'll have no problems absorbing nutrients. After that, have a daily intake of Vitamin B-complex(even in small amounts). Just couple that up with energy giving drinks like Milo, Tang,etc everyday. Refrain from drinking energy drinks. The best fruits for your kind is apple,orange, banana. Veggies is highly recommended. Never have a week without fish high in omega 3 like sardines, mackerel, whitefish, etc.. And also, as much as possible, ejaculate or have sex just twice a month. It robs you of the necessary hormones that's needed for normal functioning of the brain. Then sleep with your head elevated. Rest, rest, rest.. Also avoid having cloggy nose(proper diet, vitaminc, ventilation). That's the reason why people feel something heavy above their head. Stimulation in the head slows down because of swollen nose.(Proof: Try chewing some gum, or eating orange, it'll make you think clearer)

Hey guys, i experience the same thing.. Mostly every single day starting from April..
This is called Derealization. It makes you feel dreamy, foggy, and it kinda makes you feel emotionless.. you kind of feel like a zombie..

It is scary and weird.. but it is really nothing to worry about. It stops in a bit, it will come back as long as you have anxiety though..
Having anxiety for 3 months i kind of gotten used to it even though it kind of scares me a lil bit..
I am only 13, turning 14 in July 9th..
I wish someone could help me with my anxiety in turn..

I know your condition. Try to keep your blood pressure at a normal condition. Having low blood pressure makes you distant from others. Having normal blood pressure stimulates the whole body and makes you respond faster emotionally, socially and physically. To have normal blood pressure, you must stay hydrated. Drinking lots of water is useless if you have low salt intake. I believe that it has nothing to do with our psycho. It's just the capability of our body to absorb essential nutrients. You may be taking too much antacids. Try to make your stomache in its normal acidic state. (dose of apple cider vinegar if it's lacking of acid)With that, we'll have no problems absorbing nutrients. After that, have a daily intake of Vitamin B-complex(even in small amounts). Just couple that up with energy giving drinks like Milo, Tang,etc everyday. Refrain from drinking energy drinks. The best fruits for your kind is apple,orange, banana. Veggies is highly recommended. Never have a week without fish high in omega 3 like sardines, mackerel, whitefish, etc.. And also, as much as possible, ejaculate or have sex just twice a month. It robs you of the necessary hormones that's needed for normal functioning of the brain. Then sleep with your head elevated. Rest, rest, rest.. Also avoid having cloggy nose(proper diet, vitaminc, ventilation). That's the reason why people feel something heavy above their head. Stimulation in the head slows down because of swollen nose.(Proof: Try chewing some gum, or eating orange, it'll make you think clearer)

Thank you all for all the informations you have been sharing. It is really an interesting topics or issues. However, after graduating from my double major in College I came to realize that there is a solution to all these problems or sleepless nights, foggy minds, stress, etc etc. What I found out is that the real solution is simple, and can solve every ones in a very short time.
You may not believe it but what are you going to lose? All you have to do is personalize a King James Version bible and start reading from the book of John. Continue till Revelation and Genesis. When you reach John again your problem will for sure solve. I did it and it worked. Even if you do not believe in Christianity just try it. This it the best solution.

SOLLUTION!

Hello everyone, and thank you for your lovely responses, this is a wonderful thread that will help a lot of people.

Your disoriented feeling is caused, most obviously, by anxiety. And that cloudiness feeling you feel in your mind feels like your thoughts are spokes on a wheel, going full speed. Well, I am here to help you find your hand to reach between them, and stop it.

Ok, weve assessed that your pain/disfunction is caused by anxiety. Anxiety is another word for stress. So we have to assess how to stop that. Stopping stress can be done in numerous ways, but I am going to give you the quick fix, and then lead to more complicated methods.

Breathe in through your diaphram(belly) and keep your chest flat. Breathe in like you are trying to fit into pants that are too big. In for 6 seconds, hold for 12, and release for 12. Repeat this until you feel a tingle. Let this tingle SPREAD through out your body.

This if, done right, will give you some decent elation. A high. Now. Use this short period of relaxation to relax the rest of your body, and continue to breathe as instructed.

Now clear your mind.
Forget everything exists, if only for a moment.
And find a place in your imagination, where you can be alone, and at peace. And imagine, that no one else exists any more. Not a care in the world.

Now ask yourself, how you feel. Is it lonely? Is it sad? Is it incomplete? Guilty? Shameful? Ask yourself why you feel this emotion, and be 100% honest with yourself. Don't be ashamed. We are all imperfect, and human after all. If you can't seem to pinpoint the emotion, try in reverse, asking yourself what your worried about first, then pinpoint how that makes you feel.

Now rationalize it the best you can.

Example:
A: (emotion) I feel sad, discontent, and ashamed
B: (Belief)because I feel lonely, and incomplete. No one cares about my feelings.
C:(rationalization)Sometimes it may feel like in my life that no one cares. But, there are other times when I feel ok, and like I'm on top of the world. This feeling will pass, I will survive, and I will feel better tomorrow. So lets just make the best of it and try new things. Maybe meeting someone new will make me happier.

Has anyone here been diagnosed with Hypothyroid? I have been feeling like this for a very long time (10+ years, i am 31 male) and I thought it was depersonalization but after making more research I think it could be hypothyroid. According to this forum this is a very probable cause for these symptoms.
http://www.topix.com/forum/health/hypothyr oidism/T7PJOF4K9RRIGEU2F

See I'm 16 in the Uk I get 8 hours+ sleep but sometimes my brain just shuts off and I can't consentrait and it is affecting my grades. I at first I thought it was part of my Dysbracxia but I looked it up and its not. Ever since yr 11 when studies came first it started. It only seems to happen when I am bored for a prolonged time and it won't go away all day and I sit there and just go my eyes unfocus and I stare into space and I have started to change mentally I have started to feel less happyness and good emotions and more anger hatered and saddness if anyone can think of anything to hepl please do it's ruining my life.
P.S I don't smoke and I drink rarely.

I have had the same problem for over 4 year. I am male 35.have trouble focusing with my eyes one puple large than the other. Clouded mind.

Have have done over 20 Vipassana retreats over 5 years.I do Reike Chi Nei Sang message yoga liver flusher over 20 Chakkra opening exercises. This is also very hard for me to. Food has a big part to play. See what your craving are do you crave for sugar, yeast infection. I put this down to Karma to some degree as I sold canabis when I was younger, making other peoples minds clouded.But look at MSG in foods and in every thing sun creams face creams medication soaps etc etc. Chem tralls in the skys dropping mind boggling chemical into the atmosphere. Floride in the water which numbs the mind calcifies the pineal gland our conection to mother earth and spirtual side of us. Used in the concentration camps in Germany to suppress peoples minds.Energy saving light bulbs give off dirty energy which can cause these problems.They have a high content of mercury in them and these all go to land fill getting back into our water system.
You want an answers just ask the goverments who are creating these problems, to stop us seeing the bigger piture what is realy going on in the world.
Why are they doing this to stop the spirtual change which is coming.Don't trust the Doctors media find out for your self. We will all start to awaken soon. Man has been sleeping for to long. The mind is very powerful use it to tell your self every thing will be fine. Don't flight the cloudedness apcect it into your life it could be trying to tell you something.Like don't work so hard or don't eat junk paper food.This is the first time I have read about others sharing the same experiences and it help me alot. I am not crazy and I don't drink or take any drugs just a normal guy who researchers his information. And has been guided into sprituality. I have also been to Peru to take Ayhausca to help with this problem. Read many books on many different subjects about the body and mind. Everything is changing and imperminate, which means your cloudedness will get better or worse as mine has now getting better.My style of meditation you acknowledge everything that comes through your senses likes and dislike with words 3 x. Then let go. If you do not Acknowledge you add another piece of string to the feeling giving more atachment to it. If you feed you anger it only gets bigger.focus on something else to let go of the feeling. I have spent over 4 months in a Temple in Thailand trying to solve the cloudedness doing retreat and trying to let go I have also set up retreats and taught meditation whilst being clouded.Never give up you don't gain anything from having it easy in life. When your mind clears up which I guarentee it will with the right effort. You can then help other along this path.
The 1.5 years meditation blowed my mind if you want peace of mind vippasana. Knowlegde and Wisdom from within.You will understand everything without reading books from within oneself are all the Answers.

Hope this information is good for you all the best Dave. Ask any Question I would love to answer.
There is also a Man Named David Icke who could shine a light on many subjects about the goverments. Some is a little out there but some even a 5 year old can understand, which does say a lot about the condition of our minds these days. All the best with METTA ( loving kindness) Dave

I have had the same problem for over 4 year. I am male 35.have trouble focusing with my eyes one puple large than the other. Clouded mind.

Have have done over 20 Vipassana retreats over 5 years.I do Reike Chi Nei Sang message yoga liver flusher over 20 Chakkra opening exercises. This is also very hard for me to. Food has a big part to play. See what your craving are do you crave for sugar, yeast infection. I put this down to Karma to some degree as I sold canabis when I was younger, making other peoples minds clouded.But look at MSG in foods and in every thing sun creams face creams medication soaps etc etc. Chem tralls in the skys dropping mind boggling chemical into the atmosphere. Floride in the water which numbs the mind calcifies the pineal gland our conection to mother earth and spirtual side of us. Used in the concentration camps in Germany to suppress peoples minds.Energy saving light bulbs give off dirty energy which can cause these problems.They have a high content of mercury in them and these all go to land fill getting back into our water system.
You want an answers just ask the goverments who are creating these problems, to stop us seeing the bigger piture what is realy going on in the world.
Why are they doing this to stop the spirtual change which is coming.Don't trust the Doctors media find out for your self. We will all start to awaken soon. Man has been sleeping for to long. The mind is very powerful use it to tell your self every thing will be fine. Don't flight the cloudedness apcect it into your life it could be trying to tell you something.Like don't work so hard or don't eat junk paper food.This is the first time I have read about others sharing the same experiences and it help me alot. I am not crazy and I don't drink or take any drugs just a normal guy who researchers his information. And has been guided into sprituality. I have also been to Peru to take Ayhausca to help with this problem. Read many books on many different subjects about the body and mind. Everything is changing and imperminate, which means your cloudedness will get better or worse as mine has now getting better.My style of meditation you acknowledge everything that comes through your senses likes and dislike with words 3 x. Then let go. If you do not Acknowledge you add another piece of string to the feeling giving more atachment to it. If you feed you anger it only gets bigger.focus on something else to let go of the feeling. I have spent over 4 months in a Temple in Thailand trying to solve the cloudedness doing retreat and trying to let go I have also set up retreats and taught meditation whilst being clouded.Never give up you don't gain anything from having it easy in life. When your mind clears up which I guarentee it will with the right effort. You can then help other along this path.
The 1.5 years meditation blowed my mind if you want peace of mind vippasana. Knowlegde and Wisdom from within.You will understand everything without reading books from within oneself are all the Answers.

Hope this information is good for you all the best Dave. Ask any Question I would love to answer.
There is also a Man Named David Icke who could shine a light on many subjects about the goverments. Some is a little out there but some even a 5 year old can understand, which does say a lot about the condition of our minds these days. All the best with METTA ( loving kindness) Dave

Symptoms of anxiety and depression are just awful! Have you tested your thyroid and hormones for imbalances? Sometimes traditional medicine doesn't detect these types of problems. You can test your hormones at home with a kit; I saw them on a canary club website. Good luck!