How to Use brain fog in a Sentence

brain fog

noun
  • The key is to interrupt your feelings of despair or brain fog with an action.
    Jenny Singer, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Symptoms range from extreme fatigue to brain fog to problems sleeping.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Patients suffer from symptoms such as fatigue, brain fog and shortness of breath long after clearing the infection.
    Yochai Re’em, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Like Gustafson, many of them are struggling with brain fog, and with its profound and often frightening disruptions to their daily lives.
    Pamela Weintraub, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Some of the symptoms long-haulers report include fatigue, brain fog, shortness of breath, joint pain, trouble thinking clearly and even organ damage.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Mandel said her son's taste and smell have improved but haven't fully recovered, while her husband, a doctor, still has tingling through his body, shortness of breath and brain fog.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Other symptoms include fatigue, headache, brain fog, depression and anxiety.
    Jonathan Lapook, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Reported issues included brain fog, fatigue, dizziness, joint and muscle pain, headaches, numbness and tingling.
    Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Burnout shows up in different ways for different people: negativity, brain fog, terse or short reactions, feeling overly tired, etc.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Then came brain fog, insomnia, a nagging smell of something burning that only recently disappeared, and intermittent ringing in her ears.
    Lindsey Tanner, Chron, 14 Mar. 2021
  • In some cases, symptoms like brain fog, low back pain, fatigue, flu-like ailments, insomnia, gastrointestinal problems, and rapid heart rate can show up months after an initial infection.
    Popular Science, 10 Mar. 2021
  • That is creating anxiety, negative looping thoughts, brain fog, and probably contributing to the tinnitus.
    Jennifer "jay" Palumbo, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
  • In terms of fatigue, some of the neurological complications, brain fog, lack of concentration, is common for sure after other infections.
    Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, Science | AAAS, 13 Apr. 2021
  • This is the most extreme cluster, combining the worst of respiratory problems with gastrointestinal symptoms like diarrhea, not to mention fatigue and brain fog.
    Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 10 Mar. 2021
  • His brain fog is gone; so are the tremors and nerve pain.
    Shannon Sollitt, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The brain fog trials will launch within the next few weeks.
    Rachel Cohrs, STAT, 31 July 2023
  • Planning ahead might just save you from the end-of-summer brain fog.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 29 July 2021
  • Vang chalks it up to brain fog, a side effect of the pandemic.
    Kevyn Burger Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 4 June 2021
  • In some ways the exhaustion and the brain fog provided the respite that even Paris could not.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022
  • Symptoms like fatigue, dry cough and brain fog can linger for weeks.
    Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 27 July 2022
  • Menopause for Hall means brain fog, night sweats and trouble sleeping.
    Ana Calderone, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Some have brain fog, some have gotten better and returned to work, some have not.
    Steve Lopez Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Even healthy athletes have succumbed to long-term brain fog, chest pains and shortness of breath.
    Holly Yan, CNN, 5 May 2021
  • These can affect all parts of the body and may include fatigue, shortness of breath, brain fog and blood clots.
    Lindsey Tanner, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2022
  • Even just a 2% drop in hydration can lead to brain fog, headaches, and dizziness, Cohen says.
    Jamie Friedlander Serrano, TIME, 8 July 2024
  • The study revealed that 69 percent of the participants had brain fog.
    Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The condition is linked to fatigue, brain fog and other symptoms that last for months or even years.
    Julie Washington, cleveland, 8 Apr. 2022
  • These include brain fog, muscle and joint pain, chronic fatigue, loss of smell, and chest pain.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 19 July 2024
  • Others who tried to break the sleeplessness record also suffered neurological and mental issues, including decade-long insomnia, brain fog and weight loss.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Additionally, brain fog can be triggered by chronic stress, hormonal changes, or blood sugar imbalances.
    Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 22 July 2024

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