ADHD: Brain Fog Is No Laughing Matter. Well, Maybe Just a Little

Call it brain fog, absentmindedness, or a senior moment, but sometimes when your ADHD brain goes on the fritz, you’ve just got to laugh.I am here today to tell you that playing Sudoku dailywill not improve brain fog. I know. I’ve tried multiple Sudoku books& apps, Sudoku with words, and there’s a Sudoku game out there for the Nintendo Switch that would let me play with fluffy blobs of cats, but I’m not entirely convinced that will work either.Adults with ADHD deal with brain fog on a general basis, so over the years I figured doing mental activities to improve my concentration and presence of mind couldn’t hurt.Who says that Sudoku improves concentration? The same people who used to swear by crossword puzzles, usually.Certainly, not me. No, I kid. I love playing Sudoku and feel more focused after solving a few puzzles, but after the week I’ve just had, I can tell you that it’s clearly not working as a prevention.There was that moment where I was distracted cleaning up my Nintendo Friend List. Who were all these people? Clearly, all that meditation I had been doing under mountain waterfalls had failed to sharpen my wits. There was this one entry labeled“April” with a bulbous Kirby as her avatar.Hey! I know an April! But is it the same April? Moments before bringing an impulse to life via text, I stopped myself, iPhone in hand, and thought hard for the first time in days.You can ’t just ask somebody out of the blue if ...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - Category: Psychiatry Tags: ADHD Goodreads Source Type: blogs