Brain fog?
Ever binge watch a television season?
That’s brain fog.
Brain fog ... DH and I both were foggy after Covid, and still are to some extent. He wanted me to drop him at the nearby Alzheimer’s facility, or somewhere for assisted suicide, because he couldn’t remember anything. (He is known for high drama - SMH.) I told him to “simmah down” and concentrate. You panic and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. A few hours later he had re-grouped and was fine.
My brain exercise is to get a new piano book and sight read the hell out of it. After I focus on that for a few hours and I realize it’s working, then I can move on.
I do take Eloquis every day which I’ve resented for a few months, but maybe that was/is a blessing in disguise when it comes to Covid clots.
We do wake up with headaches sometimes which we hadn’t done before. Not sure how that’s connected, but it definitely is.
This monster that Fauci spawned is a cruel thing. But that’s how he gets his jollies and I expect he isn’t going anywhere any time soon.
Brain fog is also called Covid Fog, Covid Brain……..it’s a thing, it’s real.
grey matter atrophy. The brain, being a miraculous organ in itself, can try to compensate for atrophy by rerouting neuron networks. It’s probably the repair attempt, brain under construction, that makes people feel out of it and daily details get muddy.
There’s a whole lot written about it and ongoing studies, but for quick crib notes:
scroll down to, “In neurons of the cerebral cortex, signs of distress”:
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/06/signs-of-inflammation-in-brains-of-people-who-died-of-covid-19.html
we already know about loss of sense of smell/olfactory atrophy:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32930820/
and hippocampal atrophy, which may also be related to siezures during and post infection:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7537028/