I’ve had debilitating brain fog for 5 years. Couldn’t respond to texts, forgot how to do basic tasks, kept increasing ADHD meds. Today a dentist pulled my molar and this came with it. Within an hour my head felt clearer.
This is what came out with my upper second to last molar today. Periapical abscess. Had apparently been living in my jaw for about 5 years.
Within an hour of it coming out:
-notably increased mental clarity (despite pain)
-pressure behind my eye disappeared
-vision felt wider almost immediately
-floaters I’ve had for years are gone
I’ve seen an eye doctor three times in the last 5 years convinced something was seriously wrong. Light sensitivity, shadowy vision, felt like my peripheral was narrowing. Every time they told me my eyes were fine. Have anxious tendencies so eventually just accepted it as aging.
Same 5 years: migraines, feeling weighted, extreme brain fog, kept having to increase my ADHD meds, went on antidepressants, couldn’t respond to texts, would forget how to do things I’ve done a thousand times, obsessive loops. Speaking and finding words has been especially challenging.
37F with a toddler, blamed all of it on motherhood.
Unsurprisingly the roots of upper back molars sit against your sinus cavity, which sits directly below your eye socket. Learned that chronic infection there irritates the trigeminal nerve (the one that serves your eye, cheek, and temple) and floods your brain with inflammatory proteins that mess with cognition and dopamine.
Feeling hopeful