Brain fog is both a common symptom of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and a recognizable term to people who suffer with it. In medical parlance, it’s called cognitive dysfunction. As a nuisance condition, brain fog can be found among ‘well’ people, too, but it may be more temporary and not a regular symptom.
It certainly shows up readily among people who have certain chronic illnesses or among those who come down with sudden illnesses, like herpes virus infections (e.g. HHV-6, Human Herpes Virus-6 is a horrible virus that affects most every area of the body, including brain functions and cognition).
Over time, I’ve written quite a few posts about brain fog. If you want to know more, go to the website search engine box and put in the term “brain fog”. Right now it’s located in the middle column and titled, Search This Blog.
A couple of weeks ago I announced that Dr. C. Norman Shealy would be on the Friday Health Matters Show podcast on a certain day. It didn’t happen because I was looking at the wrong week on the calendar when I wrote it down! Dratted brain fog is surely the culprit here.
I finally did do the interview and it was fantastic! Be sure that you don’t miss it, if you did not catch it the first time. Brain fog, anyone?
So that’s making me wonder today if cognitive dysfunction ever bothers you? How it affects your life? How badly? How long have you noticed it? Does it every ease up and get some better?
If it does, take a moment to respond to this post and tell us how does it disrupts your life. How does it show up for you? Take this occasion to share and leave a comment below.
You see I’m hoping that I’m not the only who has a fuzzy noggin’ upon occasion! 
Before you leave the Health Matters Show blog today, be sure that your ever-pesky brain fog doesn’t stop you from signing up for my teleseminar list. That way you’ll never miss hearing about another wonderful program or interview guest again. The box to do so is on the right side of the blog page and you should do it- NOW!
Thanks so much,
Cinda Crawford, host of the Health Matters Show
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Rebecca 07.06.10 at 5:46 pm
Where do I start? I lose my phone and can’t find it until the fridge starts ringing. My shoes walk round the house of their own accord and turn up in places where I wouldn’t consciously put them unless I was drunk. I forget things I am told within seconds of being told them. I forget if I’ve packed my wallet, keys, asthma pump etc before I go out and keep having to check that I have them. I leave things on buses. I miss stops. I forget questions while in the middle of answering them. Drives me nuts!
Cinda Crawford 07.09.10 at 11:33 am
Rebecca, I know brain fog, or fibro fog as we often call it, can be quite maddening. When it’s at its worst, we, the afflicted, can really suffer, can’t we? I believe there are 2 factors involved (at least for me). 1) Viruses that I acquired when my immune system was so terribly dysfunctional. Many viruses “reside” in the brain– yuck! and 2) toxic overload. That last reason is why I invited Dr. Christopher Lepisto to be my guest on the Health Matters Show. Check out the interview at: Interview: Dr. Christopher Lepisto on Fibromyalgia, CFS and More