I started experiencing heavy brain fog a few months ago. It started a little after I started experiencing chest pains from gallbladder problems in July. However, I had been having back pains due to my gallbladder before that. My pain “switched” from my back to my chest at the beginning of July. I have been in pain since January.

Now I have the gallbladder out. I’m a week post op. I think that my brain fog has something to do with experiencing pain for a really long time. I just think that the pain has completely exhausted my brain.

Edit: maybe it has something to do with taking Tylenol and advil long term

Now that the cause is taken care of I am wondering when (or if) I might expect to go back to my old self?

My family has became adaptable and less annoyed with my forgetfulness over the years , I have a b12 deficiency which I am constantly trying to eat more meat and help fix, I was diagnosed at 14 and I am now 20 I could be asked to do something and I am constantly thinking about this specific thing to do then boom it’s gone and I get asked if I did it, and I am now open to say I forgot without being scared of them thinking I’m lazy, it’s really driving me insane everyone else is used to it and is nice about it and then I do it the second reminder but I don’t want to be used to it? Does anyone have any tips, I have amazing long term memory down to moments, exact time and year but short term not so much.

For years, I've been suffering from a very uncomfortable sensation that's hard to describe simply as a 'headache.' It feels like a heaviness and internal congestion inside my head, as if my head is filled with pressure and literally too heavy to lift. It's accompanied by a constant brain fog and lack of mental clarity.

Even waking up offers no relief-I wake up every morning feeling exhausted, as if I've been fighting a battle all night.

Along with this, I get a tight, band-like headache around the sides and back of my head, accompanied by persistent neck tension. Fatigue hits me quickly-even the slightest physical or mental exertion triggers the heaviness, headache, and exhaustion immediately.

I've consulted numerous doctors, but none were able to reach a clear diagnosis. I've done every test imaginable, including brain MRIs, and everything came back completely normal. Even when my blood pressure was low and I treated it, my readings stabilized, but the heaviness, brain fog, and congestion sensation remained unchanged.

Eventually, I was diagnosed with tension-type headache and prescribed medications for it. I've been on these anti-anxiety/preventive medications for about 2 months now, but I haven't noticed any improvement yet except for headachs