/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.9865493]

Anyone else has this “brain fog”? How do I get rid of it?

Analogy: My mind is like a room filled with thick mist and it’s perpetually hard to see and form thoughts.

[Anonymous No.9865496]

>>9865493
Just be yourself, anon

[Anonymous No.9865498]

>>9865493
Stop being a brainlet.

[Anonymous No.9865504]

>>9865496
>>9865498
Fuck you this is a legitimate problem.

[Anonymous No.9865507]

Is it true that brainlets literally don't trust their brains?

[Anonymous No.9865508]

>>9865493
There's a chance you might have some kind of undiagnosed food allergy or something. In my case, not eating nightshade foods seems to reduce brain fog. Also get enough sleep.

[Anonymous No.9865513]

Give us some details, OP
Do you eat any fish/take omega-3 pills?
Do you get enough B1/B3/B9?
Do you get 7+ hours of sleep per night?
Have you tried meditation?
When did this start?
>You can't just come here with nothing and expect help

[Anonymous No.9865523]

>>9865493
>Don't eat out, cook chicken, rice, veggies
>Exercise at least 3 times a week
>Sleep 8 hours a night
>Meditate 15 minutes a day

Do all these for 2 weeks and if you still have brain it's hopeless and you should kys.

[Anonymous No.9865621]

>>9865523
>don’t eat out, cook chicken, rice and veggies
I don’t know how to cook and I don’t eat veggies.

>exercise at least 3 times a week
I don’t exercise at all

>sleep 8 hours a night
I sleep 5-6 every other night

>meditate 15 mins a day
I don’t do this, does it really work?

[Anonymous No.9865634]

>>9865621
lmao and you wonder why you have brain fog
the absolute state of 2018

[Anonymous No.9865638]

>>9865621
brianlet

[Anonymous No.9865640]

>>9865621
>Doesn't cook
>Doesn't exercise
>Doesn't sleep enough
>Doesn't take fucktons of fish oils
Lmaoing @ ur lyf

[Anonymous No.9865641]

>>9865621
actively laughing at you right now but also I recognize myself from not that long ago
literally all of that is perfect advice so start working on it
don't expect meditation to work for you if you don't even have the wherewithal to do the rest though

[Anonymous No.9865647]

>>9865493
Stop doing drugs

[Anonymous No.9865654]

>>9865493
My mind used to be sharp as fuck... then i smoked weed and played WoW for 5 years while being NEET and got a serious case of brain fog, basically i became unable to even have fluent conversations without needing breaks to think...
>>9865523
>>9865513
Those are solid advices, modern food industry has deprived most foodstuffs from most of the necessary micronutrients and depending on where you live it can be extremely expensive to eat well-rounded, balanced diet that gets every niche covered. Exercise and sleep are and always have been the cornerstones of healthy mind and body.

On a completely different note though... i couldnt just will myself to rise up from the apathy and self-loathing, so i got some hard psychedelics that physically change your brain connections... i cant necessarily recommend it for obvious reasons but i literally felt like reset after my first trip with shrooms. I imagine you can get positive results with some anti-depressants aswell... i just have personally always loathed pharmaceutical industry and the idea of pumping any kind of unnatural hormones to your body.

[Anonymous No.9865657]

>>9865640
>not just eating fish
>taking fish oil caps
enjoy your prostate cancer lmao fag

[Anonymous No.9865661]

>>9865523
is it fine to be skimping on the exercise?
I do not think I have brainfog though

[Anonymous No.9865667]

>>9865661
No

Exercise is MANDATORY

[Anonymous No.9865671]

>>9865621
>don't know how to cook
bro that's why there's Google

>I don't exercise
Yeah I'm bad about that too. I do walk around campus quite a bit, everything's pretty spread out so it's better than nothing.

Hell, even a 10 minute walk around your neighborhood or apartment complex will probably help out a bit.

[Anonymous No.9865674]

>>9865621
>doesn't eat vegetables
>doesn't sleep enough
>never exercises
I think we've found out why you have brain fog

[Anonymous No.9865683]

Stop eating sugar. If you go to buy something from the store, check the sugar content level. If it's more than 10%, don't buy it. No sodas allowed also obviously.

You will find it extremely difficult. Sugar is more addictive than cocaine, which is why it's crammed into everything we eat.

Brain fog will clear in 1 week if you make it there.

Good luck.

[Anonymous No.9865684]

>>9865493
Get more sleep, give yourself challenging projects to complete.

[Anonymous No.9865685]

>>9865661
Depends on your lifestyle, if you do physical labor as your job and and always choose bicycle over car when the travel time difference isnt over 20mins, you dont even have to do extra exercise. Thats what i do.

[Anonymous No.9865696]

>>9865493
I get a foggy feeling that makes it really hard to concentrate, but I think it's actually just the feeling of having congested sinuses. I started using a netty pot daily and drinking a lot of green tea, and it's mostly gone away.

[Anonymous No.9865697]

I don't know about you, but my constant brain frog is due to a stroke that I suffered back in high school. Also the right side of my face is partially paralyzed, making my smile asymmetric. Fortunately, my life does not provide many reasons to smile to begin with.

[Anonymous No.9865700]

>>9865640
>taking fucktons of fish oils
I had this weird moment the other when I went over to my biologist homie's house and saw his giant collection of Omega-3 supplements, and I was just like "omg you take excessive Omega-3 too?", and he just handed me like six capsules to take with lunch. Since then we've talked to some other scientists about it, and noticed that most of our smart colleagues are on the Omega-3 binging boat too. Nobody can be sure it does anything, but we all keep taking it anyways. As a matter of fact, I'm going to go down 3 or 4 caps rn.

[Anonymous No.9865705]

>>9865654
>unable to have fluent conversations

Almost everybody is like this now actually. Try listening to a recording of a typical American English conversation from sometime in the early 90's and you'll see. It's nothing like how people speak today. Now people's conversations are all full of ya know's, like's and long, drooling uhhh's, interspersed with vague, meaningless sentiments. For a group that doesn't typically have a second language, it's surprising how poorly native English-speakers tend to speak their first language now. It's like most of us are not even fluent anymore.

[Anonymous No.9865706]

>>9865493

Stop eating simple carbs and sugar. Need to eat meat and saturated fats, son.

[Anonymous No.9865713]

>>9865493

Its stress, calm the fuck down OP

[Anonymous No.9865752]

>>9865713
No it's not. Sometimes you'll get brain fog when you sit around doing fuck all too long. What tends to help is going outside and working up a sweat doing literally any type of excercise. Makes a massive difference.

[Anonymous No.9865753]

>>9865493
I had a vitamin D deficiency I didn't know about
You might want to get a blood test from a doctor to see if you have too much or too little of something
Went up about one panel in the brain expansion memes

[Anonymous No.9865782]

>>9865493
It happens because you're a brainlet. The only cure for being a brainlet is a bullet in the head.

[Anonymous No.9865809]

>>9865493
This is a symptom of being a brainlet

[Anonymous No.9865819]

>>9865493
stop masturbating

[Anonymous No.9865835]

>>9865621
Stupid fucking american

[Anonymous No.9865858]

Don't drink alcohol or use marijuana. Drink lots of water. Go for walks outside.

[Anonymous No.9865859]

>>9865493
Just take L-theanine twice a day

[Anonymous No.9865860]

>>9865493
Practice, maybe you can't get smarter but practice helps somehow

[Anonymous No.9866017]

>>9865493
read a lot and get physical exercise

[Anonymous No.9866024]

>>9865835
Fuck I wish I could get 8 hours of sleep a night. I'm lucky if I get 6.

[Anonymous No.9866030]

>>9866024
Stop spending all your time jacking off, stop wasting time on other stupid shit
Use your brain and problem solve

[Anonymous No.9866083]

>>9865700
thanks for reminding me anon, I'm going to go swallow a few right now

[Anonymous No.9866598]

get off 4chan faggot

srs

[Anonymous No.9866660]

https://chriskresser.com/when-it-comes-to-fish-oil-more-is-not-better/

[Anonymous No.9866666]

>>9865493
Probably a dietary issue causing milf inflammation in the brain

[Anonymous No.9866669]

>>9866666
>milf inflammation

[Anonymous No.9866672]

>>9866669
fuck i meant mild

[Anonymous No.9866674]

>>9866666
checked

[Anonymous No.9866701]

>>9865621
>I don’t know how to cook and I don’t eat veggies
Learn how to cook and eat veggies

>I don’t exercise at all
Exercise

>I sleep 5-6 every other night
Sleep 8 hours every night

>I don't do this
Do it

[Anonymous No.9866707]

>>9866701
Omg basic human instinct 101

[Anonymous No.9866761]

>>9865493
Chronic sleep deprivation? Sleep apnea? Grind your teeth at night?

[Anonymous No.9866766]

>>9865705
>Try listening to a recording of a typical American English conversation from sometime in the early 90's and you'll see
Examples?

[Anonymous No.9866840]

>>9865700
A non-trivial percentage of your brain is made from omega-3
To abstain from it completely as some vegans do is literally retarded

[Anonymous No.9866855]

>>9865493
Develop deep understanding of each mathematical subject as you are exposed to them. Then you will always be able to recall the principles you know to be true as starting points, to begin unpacking other concepts when confronted with them.

[Anonymous No.9866978]

>>9865507
No, they're usually pretty confident unfortunately. They don't know how much they don't know.

[Anonymous No.9866983]

>>9866030
Fuck that, I'll sleep when I die. There's too much fun to be had

[Anonymous No.9866990]

>>9865493
>https://youtu.be/oAB9Y2CVqZU
RIP in peace OP

[Anonymous No.9866992]

>>9865493
Advil/Excedrin and a nuerosonic energy drink. Hangover = gone

[Anonymous No.9867008]

>>9866992
>nuerosonic
I really like the neurosleep drinks. Plus the flavor is called Tangerine Dream, which I can appreciate.

[Anonymous No.9867050]

>>9865683
>sugar is more addictive than cocaine
...source?

[Anonymous No.9867270]

>>9865493
Stop masturbating

[Anonymous No.9867326]

>>9865493
Open head up at sink,
remove brain and rinse thoroughly under warm water
Message the your fingers in between the lobes and remove built up brain cheese from the crevices of the wrinkles

Replace brain and glue seam shut.

You should only have to do this once every 2-3 weeks, if brain fog recurs more frequently than this consider buying cranial irrigation system you can run whilst sleeping.

[Anonymous No.9867371]

>>9865493
I get it too, and I'm sure changing your lifestyle will help to get it less, but the quickest way to get rid of it when you are currently experiencing it is with willpower. If you are in the fog and can't do let's say a math problem, ignore everything else, make sure you are focusing on the problem, even if you can't see it through the fog, take the smallest piece of work there is, even something as small as factoring x^2 + 2xy + y^2, and do it, don't just say this is easy I know the answer, actualy think about how you did it and what the answer is, then take another small piece that slightly harder and repeat. If you don't have a problem with a simple part then take a proof, theorem or example in a textbook, read the first piece and make sure you understand it, doing this clears up mind fog for me almost every time, every small thing I think about seems to get my mind working and removes all the fog. It sometimes takes considerable effort and it feels like I'm making no progress while trying to get out of the fog, but in 5-10 minutes it's over and my mind is clear.

[Anonymous No.9867387]

>>9865493
I think I have read about this. Did you anger a wizard? A Greater Dispel Magic should be able to get rid of the fog, anon.

[Anonymous No.9867526]

>>9865523
>kys
kill yourself

[Anonymous No.9867530]

>>9865671
walks don't clear brainfog
even 30 minute walks don't do it. it's barely exercise

[Anonymous No.9867543]

>>9865661
>>9865667
what this guy said. regular cardio is so important, and lifting feels fantastic. the combination of these along with good sleep and diet changed my life in a matter of months.

[Anonymous No.9867546]

>>9866990
so comfy. young tom hanks is the best.

[Anonymous No.9867552]

Do you have ocd, depression, anxiety or some other mental issues?
It might be problem with serotonin, i had brain fog for a long time and then i started taking anti depressants. Now it is under control

[Anonymous No.9867555]

>>9865493
Pure guess here but are you overweight?
If you are you should seriously try calorie restriction and/or fasting
If you aren't you should still try both of those as they 100% made my brain and body work better

[Anonymous No.9867617]

Vaping nicotine and black coffee did it for me. My brain fog started in puberty and was later exacerbated by a year of weed use. Smoking works too but you can feel it killing your heart, which is not an option for me because I don't want to die early and I love exercise.
I have to stress here I'm talking about moderate nicotine use. I have it in the morning with my coffee, no more than 1.5ml/day on a big day.
Best anti fog combination I've experienced, results best with a high protein diet and exercise.

[Anonymous No.9867631]

>>9867617
Another thing. Nicotine is great for developing habits. The best way to get benefits from this is to read a bunch of intellectually stimulating material when you vape it. You'll find your comprehension skills will significantly improve over time. You still have to put in the work to read and understand what you're reading but it will get easier and easier and nicotine will make the barrier to contemplative habits much easier to manage.

[Anonymous No.9867690]

>>9865696
That's pretty much what was causing my brain fog as well.

[Anonymous No.9867692]

>>9866672
Quints confirm that it's a milf inflammation

[Anonymous No.9867694]

>>9866666
>dem quints

[Anonymous No.9867699]

>>9867530
It's no substitute for more vigorous exercise, but it's better than nothing.

[Anonymous No.9867707]

>>9867631
Holy shit, I've been doing this exact thing unintentionally as of late. I had brain fog for a few weeks but it went away after vaping while studying. I never put two and two together though.

[Anonymous No.9867721]

>>9867707
Glad I'm not the only one. Honestly the difference in my reading comprehension and retention has been jarring, and I'm experiencing a lot of regret about what I studied in school. Unironically wish I'd majored in math instead of liberal farts.

[Anonymous No.9867814]

>>9867543
I could consider cardio but lifting seems like a guy-thing or a /fit/-meme.

[Anonymous No.9867874]

>>9865621

The meditation is optional, it doesn't help directly but it helps be more self aware and recognize when your rationalizing not doing the other three things.

[Anonymous No.9867898]

>>9865493
Don't be yourself.
That is shit advice.
Be someone else.

[Anonymous No.9867976]

>>9865496
Topkek

[Anonymous No.9867981]

modafinil
methylphenidate
amphetamines

[Anonymous No.9868003]

Stop jacking off, it goes away.

Addicts will reply to this post saying all kinds of vitriolic shit but its true.

[Anonymous No.9868013]

>>9868003
It's likely not good to abstain entirely as celibacy has been correlated with increased risk of prostate cancer
>You're not gonna be having sex

[Anonymous No.9868021]

>>9865493

You can't sorry. Natural selection has cucked you with ADHD. Not everyone is meant to be intelligent.

[Anonymous No.9868022]

>>9865661
I started to lift weights 3-5 days a week purely due to the mental health gains. It radically improved my life.

Benching 200lbs 3xF, showering and then going back to work is a great feeling and centers you. You feel like you're making progress & your life is on an upward trajectory. That feeling helps you to do better in your career & personal life too.

[Anonymous No.9868024]

>>9868003
This.

[Anonymous No.9868030]

Are you hot? Sit in the cold for awhile.

[Anonymous No.9868042]

>>9865493
You don’t have adhd or anything of that sort. I went through something similar recently. Just stop beating your meat, eat more fruit, drink enough water, and get enough sleep.

[Anonymous No.9868069]

>>9865493
7-9 hours of sleep
eat fruit and nuts
eat vegetables
see if a multivitamin does anything for you (it should include b vitamins and biotin)
don't drink alcohol or smoke tobacco
don't do other drugs except for shit like aspirin
go outside
exercise
socialize
read
set goals
achieve little things

you'll be ok anon I love you

[Anonymous No.9868073]

>>9865493
Stop using the internet. It's been shown that overuse of social media sites / places like 4chan that bombard you constantly with tons of information at once leads to a decrease in the ability to concentrate. Of course, you won't stop, and neither will I, because we're all here forever.

[Anonymous No.9868099]

Drive away from the cities. Cellphone towers are microwaving your brain.

[Anonymous No.9869342]

>>9865621
No veggies?

[Anonymous No.9869385]

>tfw can't stop masturbating
What do /sci/? I'm sorry Varg but I get the feeling in me and I'm already shooting loads into my hand. I tried meditating but that doesn't exactly stop me from having primal urges. I'm getting to the point that I might duct tape my dick to my balls so it would be an effort to get started.

[Anonymous No.9869388]

>>9869385
Ingesting onions has been proven to lower testosterone which modulates sex drive

[Anonymous No.9869391]

>>9865654
>My mind used to be sharp as fuck... then i smoked weed and played WoW for 5 years while being NEET and got a serious case of brain fog, basically i became unable to even have fluent conversations without needing breaks to think..

Too much internet, WoW in particular is mindless as fuck. Stop using electronics for a month. Go outside, be with people, ground yourself. It should clear up significantly.

[Anonymous No.9869398]

>>9869388
I thought masturbating decreased testosterone?

[Anonymous No.9869401]

>>9869398
It does, but if you have high testosterone it makes your sexual drive go crazy
By the way I meant soi lowers testosterone, not onions
>Why do they put a filter on that leads people to say literally the exact opposite as they meant
>Onions increase testosterone

[Anonymous No.9869402]

>>9869401
But isn't having a high testosterone a good thing? I just want a better way to practice self-control.

[Anonymous No.9869404]

>>9865640
>doesn't take fucktons of fish oils

damn are they really that good for you? i take my dailies vitamins (i drink enough oj to cover vitamin C) and get enough sun for vitamin E, but i thought the whole fish oil thing was a meme, are they that good?

[Anonymous No.9869405]

>>9868099
Based schizoposter

[Anonymous No.9869410]

>>9869402
Nope, that's just a /pol/ meme
High testosterone has been linked to:
>Heart disease
>Heart attacks
>Skin problems such as
>Inflimation
>Acne
>Man-boobs
>Sleep trouble
>Fluid retention
>Prostate cancer
>Prostate cysts
>And funniest of all decreased sperm count

[Anonymous No.9869411]

>>9869404
See:
>>9866840
If you eat fish you're likely fine, but vegans who don't take supplements are by definition brain damaged

[Anonymous No.9869412]

>>9865493
doesn't feel very /sci/ but i meditate, helps me focus and clears my head

[Anonymous No.9869416]

>>9869404
>>9869411
There is some evidence that too much omega-3 is bad for you though, so if you do end up taking supplements don't fall for the "no such thing as too much" meme

[Anonymous No.9869425]

>>9866666
>milf inflammation
That sounds like a fetish, 166% Satan.

[Anonymous No.9869446]

>>9869385
>>9869388
>>9869398
>>9869401
>>9869402
>>9869410
absolutely retarded

1. onions has not been proven to have feminizing effects
2. you don't have high testosterone and a "high sex drive", you're just addicted to porn
3. just stop masturbating and watching porn for around 90 days, then continue masturbating a few times a week at most but WITHOUT porn, if you get the urge either go for a walk, take a cold shower etc
could also try tapering off it instead of going cold turkey

[Anonymous No.9869448]

>>9869446
meant to say onions instead of onions

[Anonymous No.9869455]

>>9869446
>1. onions has not been proven to have feminizing effects
There's a difference between decreasing testosterone and "having feminizing effects."
>2. you don't have high testosterone and a "high sex drive", you're just addicted to porn
I was assuming that anon had actually gotten a blood test.
High testosterone is a real diagnosis and if you become diagnosed with it your doctor will likely mention at least some of the symptoms on the list, along with the dangers.
As for your third point we're in agreement that less porn/masturbation is overall better (and a time save).
Abstaining completely however is just as retarded as being addicted

[Anonymous No.9869469]

>>9865621
>and I don’t eat veggies.
Fucking retard

[Anonymous No.9869477]

>>9869455
I suggest you read up on porn addiction and its effects on neural pathways. Much like any other addiction, it'll take around 90 days to achieve a "reset" state where the bonds to aforementioned neural connections will be significantly weaker (however they will be there forever).
Masturbating while still addicted to porn will prove fruitless, as the subject will be imagining porn to ejaculate, which is NOT the same as an ordinary and healthy erotic fantasy.
Within 20-30 days he will be ejaculating in his sleep anyway.

If you're concerned about prostrate cancer, genetics is the root cause of that, and I really doubt not fapping for a few weeks will cause cancer

[Anonymous No.9869486]

>>9869477
Again I'm in full agreement with this position.
It's not the ones who follow this and abstain for a few weeks that see a statistically significant increase in risk
It's the retards on /pol/ who abstain indefinitely and are also life-long wizards
Just to reiterate though, high testosterone is a legitimate diagnosis and can be cured in some cases with short-term use of estrogen supplements.

[Anonymous No.9869492]

>>9869486
I agree, indefinitely abstaining is definitely unhealthy (unless you have a gf perhaps?)

As for the high testosterone, yeah sure but like I said earlier I doubt that's op's case.
Speaking as a porn addict myself I can say from experience (though it's hardly empirical evidence) that I felt the same cravings and in my case, while it could've started from a high sex drive as a teen, it definitely developed into an addiction.

[Anonymous No.9870134]

>>9866666
Turmeric supposedly has anti-inflammatory effects and can reduce brain fog. Also checked.

[Anonymous No.9870178]

>>9865493
>Supplements with vitamin D (if you can't take enough sunbath)
>Avoid excessive carbs (most western people eat more carbs than needed)
>Start making a physical exercise (lifting, BJJ, boxing...)
>Eat better in general
I had the same problem as you, but I did these things and managed to get better. Still feel like this every now and then, but it's definitely better. If you feel like it, you can try fasting 16/8, search studies about it.

[Anonymous No.9870185]

>>9865493
I'm >>9870178 and forgot to tell something: if you need some motivation, try to see Joe Rogan videos about dieting, working out, martial arts, among others.

[Anonymous No.9870191]

>>9867898
Nice <3

[Anonymous No.9870200]

>>9869410
>decreased sperm count
Bullshit

[Anonymous No.9870524]

>>9870185
>Joe Rogan
Stopped reading right there

[Anonymous No.9870559]

I've had the exact same problem, in 99% of cases the vitamin D is the first step to a consistent treatment.

>suddenly able to store calcium properly
>sleep properly that night
>robust hunger develops
>able to eat veggies
>veggies provide magnesium
>magnesium allows recovery the next time you sleep
>soon body is recharged and cardio can be performed
>cardio increased bloodflow to brain and caused BDNF secretion
>BDNF secretion allows habit-breaking, which can cement a healthy lifestyle as a positive feedback loop unto itself

[Anonymous No.9870570]

>>9865621
>>9865634
>>9865638
>>9865640
>>9865641
>>9865671
>>9865674
>>9865835
>>9866701
>>9867874
>>9869342
This is so obviously a troll you fucking autists

[Anonymous No.9870600]

>>9870200
Truth hurts

[Anonymous No.9870777]

>>9870178
>avoid excessive carbs
DO THIS OP. This is the most important one!
I lost 15 lbs just by starting Keto and biking once a week.
Sugar will kill us all.

[Anonymous No.9870922]

>>9870524
At least you've read my suggestions though

[Anonymous No.9870975]

>>9865493
Stop masturbating.
Stop browsing the web (especially applies to social media and porn).
Exercise daily.
Eat decent food (that is, fresh vegetables/fruit/meat).
Meditate.

There you go, your mind is now in an optimal starting state.

[Anonymous No.9870977]

>>9870777
>he thinks diet revolving around losing weight is relevant or healthy
I am underweight.

[Anonymous No.9870983]

>>9869410
>>9870200
There's also hair loss.

[Anonymous No.9871270]

>>9865513
>Do you eat any fish/take omega-3 pills?Do you get enough B1/B3/B9?
What dose of these do you recommend to a 200lb, 6' male? I'm currently taking 3 softgels (1000mg ea) of omega 3 complex, but am unsure on if that's correct or not.

[Anonymous No.9871368]

>>9865493
C-O-F-F-E-E

[Anonymous No.9871419]

FUck the coffee fags. You prob have ADHD or something similar. Brain fog is exactly how I feel w/o meds, and how I felt before I was diagnosed.

Anon go get some adderall and mircodose some LSD and u will be cured in no time

[Anonymous No.9871424]

>>9871419
>microdose some LSD
Yeah like that would be easy to get fag.

[Anonymous No.9871425]

>>9868069
P U R E

u are an angel don't ever change anon

[Anonymous No.9871428]

>>9871424
>Yeah like that would be easy to get fag.
internet exists for a reason you alpha brainlet. That reason is to buy drugs with crypto

[Anonymous No.9871432]

>>9871428

[Anonymous No.9871544]

>>9865493
stop eating, caffenating, and druging for a few days
when your fog clears up, only eat well balanced meals, and no more drugs or caffeine

[Anonymous No.9872322]

solve a sudoku every day
einstein did this and he figured out nature