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How are you coping if you have long term brain fog from covid?

Posted by dh524 @dh524, May 30 7:39am

Brain fog has been persistent since I got Covid a year ago. I have to read everything 3 or 4 times and then forget what I read like for example instructions. Is anyone else dealing with this?

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searcher1 | @searcher1 | Jun 5 7:48am

Article from Psychiatrist.com :
"Wasabi May Offer A Spicy Solution for Boosting Brain Power"
https://www.psychiatrist.com/news/wasabi-may-offer-a-spicy-solution-for-boosting-brain-power/
When I start realizing that I am having problems with name/number recall, I have a small amount of wasabi that I get from Eden Foods: https://store.edenfoods.com/wasabi-powder-japanese-horseradish/
It seems pricey at $8 an ounce, but it lasts for weeks for me.
Wasabi has been scientifically shown to help memory. It is actual wasabi, not the fake horseradish stuff that is in Asian restaurants. It comes as a powder in 1 oz containers and you mix a small amount with a tiny amount of water to make a paste. I usually mix the paste with a salad dressing, like Marzetti’s, and put on bread with a cheese sandwich. It is hot by itself but edible with the salad dressing and cheese. For me, it does clear the “cobwebs” from the memory bank.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Jun 5 12:04pm

Related discussions:
- Does COVID brain fog go away on its own?: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/brain-fog-go-away-on-its-own/
- Has anyone had any recovery from months of long Covid brain fog?: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/has-anyone-had-any-recovery-from-months-of-long-covid-brain-fog/

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dloos | @dloos | Jun 7 3:53pm
In reply to @jwatzig "Hello, It will be 3 years this Aug for me. Had no breathing issues, just neurological..." + (show)
@jwatzig

Hello,
It will be 3 years this Aug for me. Had no breathing issues, just neurological issues. And yes, takes me forever to deal with work emails. Have to reread and proof read all my replies. I have a crazy symptom that started a week into COVID, I see light bulb like shapes only in my peripheral vision. They travel by in different directions. If standing next to a walk, I see these shapes traveling across the wall. Also in bed trying to sleep, with eyes open or closed. Crazy shit.
Good luck with your situation.

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I have these crazy lights too. I’ve seen Optometrist, ophthalmologist, and retinologist.
Nobody finds anything, but my vision has also gotten worse.
I’m planning to see a neuro-ophthalmologist next.
I also had cataract surgery which seems to have made everything worse. I am very light sensitive as well. Feel like I’m always squinting, even in the house.

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minipika | @minipika | 3 days ago
In reply to @searcher1 "Article from Psychiatrist.com : "Wasabi May Offer A Spicy Solution for Boosting Brain Power" https://www.psychiatrist.com/news/wasabi-may-offer-a-spicy-solution-for-boosting-brain-power/ When..." + (show)
@searcher1

Article from Psychiatrist.com :
"Wasabi May Offer A Spicy Solution for Boosting Brain Power"
https://www.psychiatrist.com/news/wasabi-may-offer-a-spicy-solution-for-boosting-brain-power/
When I start realizing that I am having problems with name/number recall, I have a small amount of wasabi that I get from Eden Foods: https://store.edenfoods.com/wasabi-powder-japanese-horseradish/
It seems pricey at $8 an ounce, but it lasts for weeks for me.
Wasabi has been scientifically shown to help memory. It is actual wasabi, not the fake horseradish stuff that is in Asian restaurants. It comes as a powder in 1 oz containers and you mix a small amount with a tiny amount of water to make a paste. I usually mix the paste with a salad dressing, like Marzetti’s, and put on bread with a cheese sandwich. It is hot by itself but edible with the salad dressing and cheese. For me, it does clear the “cobwebs” from the memory bank.

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That's really interesting. I am just trying exercise and I wonder how many gallons of beet juice or beets I would have to eat to see an effect from these... Great tip about the salad dressing

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bigj | @bigj | 14 hours ago

Wow I have Brain FOG lost of Memory long an short term really F-up
but it is getting better but very slow some good days some bad days
Also the following if i have sugar
anxiety depression paranoid like if I'm coming down from having 10 cups of coffee it verys how long it last from 3 to 6 hours
what helps
1.water
2.working out
3. GETING SLEEP when ever I CAN
PLEASE TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM THE FOLLOWING
IT HELPS ME
1. NO COFFEE
2. NO SUGAR / anything with SUGAR

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cpiirto | @cpiirto | 1 hour ago

I've been dealing with brain fog, among other symptoms, since having COVID in June '24. A physician, who doesn't want to "go there" re: Long COVID, has ordered blood work to check my thyroid. To date, only result is hypercalcemia. ANYONE?

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