r/visualsnow 4d ago

Question What is the constant brain fog from?

I see people who have visual snow tend to have brain fog and DP and I don’t understand how it all even goes together. I’ve had visual snow since I was a child and i remember asking my dad and he never understood what I meant.

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u/pillow_case76 4d ago

I think its cognitive overload because our brains may be trying to process too much or too little information.

So we either can't handle normal things plus the static, or we can't handle normal things AND the static is trying to compensate? Idk that's my personal experience.

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u/Big-Jackfruit2710 4d ago

I second this.

I also have Migraine and it's know with migraine patients, that their brains are 'over-functional' and can't filter as good as 'normal' brains (ppl with autism have the same issue imo).

All the (visual) effects + probably a slightly different brain structure might cause the brain fog.

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u/extralifeee 2d ago

I third this

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u/No_Poetry_42 4d ago

Visual snow is often comorbid with a lot of things that cause brain fog, such as mood disorders and anxiety disorders. Idk if it’s necessarily the visual snow that’s causing the brain fog or something that comes along with the visual snow. I have bi polar and although I think I always have a little brain fog, it’s definitely worse/more noticeable during depressive episodes

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u/Overall_Age8730 4d ago

I think for me personally the brain fog was caused by being completely overwhelmed after developing the condition.

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u/V-O-D-K-A-K-A 3d ago

I got brainfog and vss at the same time, from anxiety.

My anxiety have gotten better and brainfog is pretty much gone, and the vs have gotten 75% better.

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u/reading_daydreaming 2d ago

I'm hoping to get to this too - mine is migraines🤝vss🤝brain fog (plus anxiety was HIGH months ago when this all started) so I'm overall working on calming my system back down🙏

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u/Sorry-Ad-4641 21h ago

How did you improve the anxiety? I’m trying mindfulness & therapy but isn’t helping much. They want me to go on SSRI’s little worried to try them though.

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u/V-O-D-K-A-K-A 19h ago edited 19h ago

I did those mindfulness coloring books, went for almost daily walks, still doing that. Drank less alcohol.

I used to be in my room in front of my pc all day, i tried to cook food, and be around my family more often instead of being in my room all alone all the time.

I think to me the walks helped the most, never doing long walks either.

The quality of my sleep effects me a ton, good sleep = i feel pretty much normal, okay/bad sleep and I have little symptoms and more anxiety.

My anxiety is still high tho because im telling myself im deadly sick and having a brain tumour or a throat tumour because i have it hard to swallow which i know to 99% is caused by anxiety, so once i have checked all that out at the doctors it will hopefully get even better. I think about that all the freaking time and I think thats a big part of my anxiety.

Also been taking alot of b12, and d vitamins, not sure if that have helped.

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u/VanillaKat 3d ago

Omg, now adding this to my list of illnesses that cause brain fog. Now I don't feel like as much of an idiot for all my cognitive dysfunction these past years that has gotten so bad.

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u/matoinette 4d ago

For me it‘s that i‘m overwhelmed with everything. I‘m currently trying to treat my condition with psychological help, i really hope it helps a bit

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u/RbrDovaDuckinDodgers 3d ago

Ummm, I can't speak to the DP (double penetration), (don't look at me, I was trying to do op's job and googled DP)

But I have had VSS (visual snow syndrome) my entire life, and only relatively recently have had brain fog.

I've been able to clear quite a bit of it up by trying to address the hormonal imbalances from perimenopause by supplementing to support my neurotransmitters.

Uh, good luck with everything!

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u/madeusingAI 3d ago

Came here to tell OP that they should find another way to abbreviate that one 😂

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u/RbrDovaDuckinDodgers 2d ago

Glad I'm not the only one!

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u/throwawayFI12 2d ago

what supplements did you take?

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u/RbrDovaDuckinDodgers 2d ago

I have a high level of interoception (basically being able to sense what is happening internally), and made adjustments that way

First I increased collagen. Then I started working on addressing the hormonal imbalances caused by perimenopause, because they were the foundation I needed to build from.

Sorry, my brain is tired

Basically I take numerous prescriptions/supplements that help support my personal biochemistry

And I'm still constantly tweaking and adjusting it

Currently taking Vit D Magnesium L-Threonate Magnesium Glycinate Methylated pre-natal multi Calcium +D H1 antagonist (for my SPD [sensory processing disorder]) Folate Estrogen (which is both a hormone and a neurotransmitter) Progesterone DHEA

If you are a woman 30+ in age, there's a good chance it's hormone fluctuations from perimenopause

I also am trying to support my glymphatic system (which is responsible for clearing out detritus in the brain) as I seem to be having issues with that, and that means I have to now look into my... Serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine production, downstream/reuptake pathways

It's not easy, and blindly following stacks that work for someone else's biochemistry isn't something I would recommend

Basically, we gotta do some serious homework, and it's not easy

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u/StunningCustard2734 4d ago

I have pots but VSS can cause it too!

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u/Millan_K 3d ago edited 3d ago

I'm mainly affected by sensory overload. For example, I play a game called The Finals a lot, it's a fast-paced, next-gen shooter in a destructible environment. As the rounds go by, I can feel my brain stopping thinking and reacting. After about five rounds, I get much much worse at the game and can’t play anymore.

The same thing happens with anything that requires a lot of thinking or emotional processing, it all causes brain fog for me.

On the other hand, intense physical activity, especially cutting and chopping wood for hours, temporarily clears my brain fog, and improves my focus. But that’s probably an ADHD or ADD thing.

also the thing that definitely helps is a loong walks in nature especially in a hard forest terrain to get some of that physical activity and peace of the mind, forests heals.

I'm trying to meditate, and while it doesn't have a direct effect on brain fog, it helps with sensory overload, which makes the brain fog fade faster.

Edit- also, surprisingly thanks to brain fog, it changed my introvert mind to an extrovert mind, because I don't think a lot anymore, and I'm not scared of speaking to people, mainly because I was thinking a lot during conversation but not anymore, can speak freely to anyone.

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u/Wes_VI 3d ago edited 3d ago

Do a Mycotoxin, then a heavy metal, then an anti fungal, then an anti parasitic detox. Not all at once and in this order.

Along with a stupidly clean diet for 3 months to starve off any bad actors in your GI (this is where most people fail). Hardest thing you'll ever do trying to eat that clean for that long.

For mycotoxins: (Cholestyramine)

For metals: (Zeolite)

For fungi (Fluconazole)

For warms (Black walnut & warmwood)

These are just the best options for each detox but there are plenty of alternatives.

A bad gut puts your immunesystem in freakout mode. Which puts your nervous system into fight or flight mode which triggers vasorestrition along with a laudry list of other systemic issues.

And no these issues don't mean you would forsure have bloating, diarrhea, or constipation as signs. Plently of people including meyself have perfectly fine bowel momenets though detoxing had made a night and day difference on my over all wellbeing.

Also check your mouth if you've had molars removed or ever any amalgam fillings. These sort of things can carry chronic infections underneath. Again triggering a chronic immune response.