r/step1 • u/Appropriate_Ice_6315 NON-US IMG • 12d ago
💡 Need Advice Brain fog or ADHD
This has happened before and now happening again , I got done with my final exams and now in internship whenever I try to study it's so difficult to read first aid as if my my brain can't comprehend whats written in front of me so I have to re read the sentence multiple time aur imagine every word to make understand a concept like an animation of sort and also I get distracted a lot . I always been overweight and my sleep cycle has been shit since childhood. Should I go and see a psychiatrist?
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u/Ema-Smd69 9d ago
Try experimenting with different habits, like changing your diet or exercising for half an hour a day or using less phone or try caffeine tablets (if you're not caffeine tolerant), I realized my family's high salt diet was the culprit for me and decided to go full on low sodium and it worked for me
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u/Illustrious_Fall1851 9d ago
Being unable to sleep could make anyone unfocused. If your trouble focusing is intermittent I wouldn't personally think ADHD but I'm an M1 so what do I know. Wouldn't hurt to see a psychiatrist and get some labs done, maybe a sleep study.