Anyone else with total brain fog after covid?

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I'm about 5 weeks post covid and I am struggling massively with my memory and just my thinking in general. Anyone else experiencing this? Any tips to cope with it?

I had Covid in March and felt just like you do - the brain fog was awful. It did gradually get better and I would say that it's totally gone now. (I've just got menopause-related brain fog now!!). Hang in there!

Yes, I had Covid November 19, I'm still not back to base line and I wasnt even that ill.

Absolutely, I had COVID back in October and I’m still not 100%. The brain fog has got better but I still get easily muddled up when I’m tired

Yes. Also got chronic fatigue. It's very difficult, and I'm about 9 months in. One of the things that triggers it is sensory overload - so, for example, I absolutely can't cope with half a dozen people in a group chatting. My brain utterly freezes and I can't follow the conversation or join in properly. The other thing I find dreadful is a supermarket shop. Noise, people, lights, colours, trying to read a list - look up - remember what you were looking for...trying to visualise what "Baked Beans" might look like and where you might find them...

Logically I understand the words on the list - but my brain can't then summon up a picture of what I'm actually looking for and what that word visually looks like in the flesh.

A big tip (apart from avoiding supermarkets) is to build in rest periods wherever you can. Rest periods for your brain. So, sitting watching tv/on a phone is NOT resting...it's cognitive stimulation. Try sitting and breathing deeply. Breathe in for 4...hold for 7...breath out for 8. Or just pretend you are in labour (if you've had children) and try deep, calm breathing.

I got Covid in April 2020. I have still have brain fog plus other long covid symptoms. It's a known symptom. Sorry.

Yup, also felt fatigued for months afterwards, which didn’t help the fact that I was already wrung out with PND.

It’s six months later and I am just starting to feel better; thank goodness.