Brain Fog: Seeing Through the Haze
Brain Fog can affect your day-to-day activity, making you feel like you’re wading through a cloud. But, what exactly is brain fog? Brain fog is a symptom causing memory issues, lack of mental clarity, poor concentration, and the inability to focus. Sound familiar? Well you are not alone! Brain fog is a signal from your body that something isn’t quite functioning right. The cause of brain fog is different for every person. There is no one cookie-cutter treatment, just like you are not a cookie-cutter person.
What are some of the causes of brain fog?
- Metabolic Disorders
- Hormones Irregularities
- Autoimmune Disorders
- Nutritional Deficiencies
- Environmental Toxicity
- Food Sensitivity
- Medication Induced
- Menopause
- Sleep Disruption
- Depression
- Blood Pressure Issues
- Digestive Issues
Phew! Where to go from here?
It is important to talk to your physician about your brain fog and work with them to determine why and how to treat it. Some causes of brain cause are serious medical emergencies that require immediate treatment, others although not immediately life threatening are serious and can affect your future health. I know, this sound exhausting, just getting through the day seems like a task. All the more reason to pick up the phone and reach out, the sooner you seek treatment the sooner you will start feeling like yourself again.
Naturopathic physicians are uniquely poised to help find the root cause and treat using individualized treatment plans. We use combination therapies including botanical medicine, physical medicine, nutraceuticals, and when indicated pharmaceuticals. As both a Naturopathic Doctor and Licensed Acupuncturist, I use combined philosophy between western and eastern medicine to help treat your brain fog. Acupuncture can be used as adjunctive treatment to help treat not only brain fog, but the fatigue and stress that often comes along with brain fog. Like I said before, there is no one treatment that works for every single person. That is why you need a doctor with many tools in their tool belt, willing to treat you like the individual person you are. Together we can create an individualized treatment plan that can start making you feel better.
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