Best way to deal with brain fog?

natythingycolbery · Post by **natythingycolbery** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 5:45 pm

Since I came of the Pentasa on tuesday night/wednesday morning I have had a lot of issues with Brain fog (I pretty much waved it into my brain within half an hour of waking up! It's currently rolling around in there having the time of its life, lucky thing!)...

So my question to you is this....

What is the best way to deal with the brain fog?

Joefnh · Post by **Joefnh** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 5:54 pm

Hi Naty, I have no experience with Pentasa, but the Imuran i am now taking can make me tired after taking it for a few hours. To get around this I have now been taking the once daily dose at night.

This has worked out pretty well.

Beyond that coffee!! LOL

--Joe

natythingycolbery · Post by **natythingycolbery** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 5:59 pm

I'm completley off the pentasa, have been since wednesday morning, its just that pretty much as soon as i stopped taking that, the brain fog decided to come in and stay there!

Joefnh · Post by **Joefnh** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 6:03 pm

Naty it may be that you need some time for your body to get used to not having this drug in your system. It seems that several medications need a week or so to completely work their way out of our bodies.

--Joe

MBombardier · Post by **MBombardier** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 6:33 pm

You may think this is a strange suggestion, but I started taking about 3T of coconut oil/day for my hypothyroidism, and I was amazed to discover that it helped my brain fog immensely. For some reason I stopped using it and the brain fog came back. I was diagnosed w/cc last month, and started taking the coconut oil again, not for the cc but just to take better care of myself in general. And lo and behold, the brain fog went away again.

Post by **tex** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 8:18 pm

Naty,

Brain fog is typically caused by untreated gluten-sensitivity, in conjunction with the leaky gut syndrome. Gluten can cross the blood/brain barrier.

Marliss,

Some people swear by coconut oil as a treatment for MC.

Tex

MBombardier · Post by **MBombardier** » Sat Oct 30, 2010 11:48 pm

Well, that's very interesting, Tex. I have had improved D since I've been back on the coconut oil. I thought maybe it was the ACV, or stopping the smoothies with fresh fruit/spinach/flax seed, but I did those things at the same time I started back up on the coconut oil. Cool... Obviously, I need to do more reading on this forum.

natythingycolbery · Post by **natythingycolbery** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:43 am

when you say 3T do you mean tea spoons or table spoons? I might give that a go. Coffee works temporarily for me, for about half an hour, but for obvious reasons I can't consume much of that :)

MBombardier · Post by **MBombardier** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 9:09 am

T as in Tablespoons. I measure by grams, so it's 14g per Tablespoon. I use it to cook my eggs in the morning, but mostly I drink it in tea. This sounds disgusting and I had to get used to it when I first tried it, but it's actually quite good. I brew hibiscus tea, and the coconut oil adds to the flavor. Just be sure not to drink it too hot because the coconut oil will badly burn your mouth (the voice of experience). I also throw it in my smoothies. I am sure there are other ways to consume it, but I am not very inventive.

Coconut oil also helps with weight management either way. I have read many stories of overweight people who lost weight by consuming coconut oil, and I have a friend who was seriously underweight and who gained about 15 lbs. by adding coconut oil to her diet.

Post by **tex** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 10:38 am

Concerning coconut oil:

http://www.perskyfarms.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=12388

Tex

natythingycolbery · Post by **natythingycolbery** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 7:10 pm

Does anyone know where in the UK i may be able to buy some form of coconut oil there is an epic fail going on in attempting to find it and my weight is starting to go down again

Martha · Post by **Martha** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:09 pm

Can you order online, Naty?
Here's one place I found: http://www.coconut-oil-uk.com/index.php

Martha · Post by **Martha** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 8:13 pm

I use coconut oil for cooking, but I also eat about 2 tablespoons of unsweetened shredded coconut every morning. If I have cereal, I mix it in, but otherwise I chew it up plain. It's fairly tasty, and I just treat it as part of my breakfast, along with my egg, GF rice cake or biscuit, and fruit. You could also sprinkle it on chopped mixed fruit, it you can eat fruit.

Post by **tex** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 9:37 pm

Naty,

In the U. S., most health food stores sell it, but it is usually a bit more expensive there. Do you have any grocery stores that have sections devoted to products for various ethnic groups? Coconut oil can usually be found with Chinese or Thai foods, for example.

Tex

Linda in BC · Post by **Linda in BC** » Wed Nov 10, 2010 10:11 pm

Never mind.. I see someone else sent you the link I was going to send.
(http://www.coconut-oil-uk.com/)

Hope you find some soon. Rice protein powder milkshakes with a bit of chocolate syrup, banana and olive oil are good too , and helped me stop losing.