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Comment · Thu, April 14, 2016

LPT Request: How to get rid of or reduce brain fog. Aka brain farts, brain fatigue, senior moments(not explicitly for seniors)

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PoisedProgramar · 2682 points

I did some googling, and all I found were pseudoscience-ish/alternative medicine/new age/vague/hardcore-stoner-in-a-colored-tent type of advice(Not saying it doesn't work, but it seems to be something that would improve your lifestyle more than anything I'm looking for). I've got a test tomorrow, and these past couple days this brain fog set in that makes it so that I stare at a paper trying to make sense of it for half an hour when the explanation is clearly on the paper. I also feel like I'm just viewing the world through a camera, I get a strange detached feel. This always happens when I get brain fog, which is strange.

It's so frustrating to have a big test the week you feel like you'd muck up putting on your shoes, but well, FML.

TL;DR: Having trouble accomplishing basic cognitive tasks and have general impaired thinking ability

EDIT: Holy crap, I just got back from school to this. RIP Inbox(hello there /r/circlejerk)

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AZNman1111 · 4 points

Nootropics has definitely become less academic but in it's defence it has one of the most thorough sidebars I've ever seen on Reddit. If this brain fog is seriously bothering you spend some time learning basic neuroscience and pharmacology and take anything /u/MisterYouAreSoDumb says as gospel. Subscribe and see what people are saying helps with certain cognitive problems and do your research before buying anything. Make sure to learn about contradictions before buying too!

u/MisterYouAreSoDumb

Don't take everything I say as gospel. Use the things I say as resources to delve into the research further on your own. I am not always right, and should be held to the same standard you would others.