Brain Fog
What is Brain Fog?
Do you find yourself struggling to concentrate, forgetting simple things, or feeling mentally clouded despite getting enough rest? What you’re experiencing may be brain fog, a common, yet often overlooked, symptom of stress, fatigue, and nervous system dysregulation.
Brain Fog isn’t an official medical term, but is a commonly used name to define symptoms contributing to struggles with fatigue, cognitive function, concentration and memory, making everyday tasks feel harder than they should. Understanding the underlying causes is the first step toward clearing the mental haze and restoring focus, clarity, and mental energy.
Symptoms of Brain Fog
- Reduced cognitive function
- ‘Wooly’ Head
- Lack of mental clarity and sharpness
- Feeling disconnected
- Trouble recalling memories
- Trouble concentrating on tasks
- Decreased energy or fatigue
- Trouble multi-tasking
- Everything taking more effort
- Trouble tracking what you are doing
- Compromised decision making
Causes of Brain Fog
Current research suggests that depression is caused by a number of factors including genetics, biology, environment, and psychological.
- Auto-immune responses
- Inflammatory Responses
- Chemo Brain – after cancer treatment
- Chronic stress, anxiety, depression
- Certain medical conditions and medications
- Hormonal changes e.g. Menopause, pregnancy, decrease in testosterone levels
- Chronic Fatigue (CFS), Fibromyalgia
- Long Covid
- Poor sleep
- Histamine Reactions
- Burnout
Brain Fog Treatment
At BodyMindBrain, we understand that modern-day, high-functioning lifestyles are often the cause of excessive sympathetic nervous system activation, with insufficient recovery and parasympathetic balance. One of the negative consequences of this can be fatigue and diminished focus and cognitive function.
We prioritise the use of advanced technologies that support your body, nervous system and brain to come out of a prolonged stress response. By optimising brain function, increasing oxygenation, boosting physical fitness and endurance, alongside re-establishing habits that support better recovery during high-stress times, we help you set up the right conditions for your brain function and energy to return to optimal levels.
We also help you reappraise your high-functioning lifestyle so that you can future-proof your ability to perform and recover in equal measure.
NeurOptimal Neurofeedback is a very helpful tool where stress, anxiety or burnout have been significant contributors to the consequence of brain fog. Our brain and nervous system are designed to rise to challenges and then to re-balance, regardless of whether those challenges are internal or external. NeurOptimal helps your brain harness its natural capacity for flexibility and recovery, helping your brain and nervous system return to resilience.
Intermittent Hypoxic Training – This well-researched oxygen therapy helps to produce cellular renewal and oxygenation of the body and brain. The brain is an energy-intensive organ, so replenishing mitochondria and increasing the provision of oxygen to the brain can have positive effects in alleviating brain fog, energy levels and resilience.