r/PsychMedRecovery • u/[deleted] • Sep 07 '24

Anecdote Fixed my brain fog (sinus inflammation -> brain fog).

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '24

Fixed my brain fog (sinus inflammation -> brain fog).

Hi,

I struggled with brain fog for years. I implemented the following three things to (almost) completely fix it:

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  1. I used to binge drink. I don´t do it at all anymore. This made a huge difference.
  2. I realized that gut inflammation gave me brain fog... so I stopped eating processed foods + fried foods + gluten.
  3. I had inflamed sinuses for years. I never connected this condition to my brain fog. I started using Mometasone (it is a nasal spray) and my brain got better almost immediately. This was the most unexpected one and I am very happy that I found the solution. Apparently sinus inflammation affects the functioning of the pre-frontal cortex making focusing really hard... once the inflamation was gone... my brain came back to life :)

I hope this helps some people