What is brainfog?: Difference between revisions

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Brainfog is a form of cognitive dysfunction which is a symptom of many conditions. It has many layers of severity and affects people differently, but even on the lowest end it is more than enough to be disruptive to everyday life.

It can be caused by a temporary condition, such as a lack of sleep, all the way up to a long term, chronic condition. For an extensive list of causes, check here.

Because brainfog is a symptom of a condition, you will likely have other symptoms that are not caused by brainfog. It can be useful to group these symptoms so you can differentiate what is caused by brainfog with any other symptoms you may be experiencing, which can help greatly during your investigations, and for helping you understand what brainfog itself is. Check the symptoms page for more information.

It is an exhaustive journey of ruling things out for someone with brainfog to arrive at their root cause, but you can get there! Almost all cases of brainfog are treatable, but even with the ones that aren't, there will be actions you can take to improve the quality of your life.

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-Brainfog is a form of cognitive impairment which is a '''symptom''' of many medical problems. It has layers of severity and affects people differently, but even on the lower end it is more than enough to be disruptive to everyday life.
+Brainfog is a form of cognitive dysfunction which is a '''symptom''' of many conditions. It has many layers of severity and affects people differently, but even on the lowest end it is more than enough to be disruptive to everyday life.
-It can be caused by a temporary effect, such as a lack of sleep, up to a chronic condition, such as Multiple Sclerosis. For an extensive list of causes, check [[Causes of brainfog|here]].
+It can be caused by a temporary condition, such as a lack of sleep, all the way up to a long term, chronic condition. For an extensive list of causes, check [[Causes of brainfog|here]].
-Because brainfog is a symptom of a condition, you likely have other symptoms that are not caused by brainfog. It can be useful within your journey of discovering why you feel the way you do to group these symptoms so you can differentiate what is caused by brainfog with any other symptoms you may be experiencing. Check out our [[Symptoms of brainfog|symptoms]] page to help you with that.
+Because brainfog is a symptom of a condition, you will likely have other symptoms that are not caused by brainfog. It can be useful  to group these symptoms so you can differentiate what is caused by brainfog with any other symptoms you may be experiencing, which can help greatly during your investigations, and for helping you understand what brainfog itself is. Check the [[Symptoms of brainfog|symptoms]] page for more information.
-It is quite a journey for someone with brainfog to work out what the cause of their symptoms are, because there are so many possibilities, and brainfog is still only just being understood and accepted by the wider medical community. Most cases of brainfog are treatable. Other causes of brainfog may not treatable but there will be actions you can take to improve the quality of your life, such as reducing the intensity or frequency of brainfog you experience. Whether or not it is treatable depends on the condition causing it.
+It is an exhaustive journey of ruling things out for someone with brainfog to arrive at their root cause, but you can get there! '''Almost all cases of brainfog are treatable''', but even with the ones that aren't, there will be actions you can take to improve the quality of your life.