Brainlet general

>>8797970
just drink until you have worse problems so you don't have to worry about that bullshit

>>8797972
Yea, I do down an Asahi once in a while

>>8797970
Are you getting enough sleep? I require 10 hours of sleep every night or I'm sub-optimal
Do you work out? Working out can help clear fog-causing hormones in your brain. I don't know the exact science, but think of it like lactic acid. Cognitive stress (studying, work, etc) causes "bad hormones" to buildup, which cause "brain fog." Strenuous exercise will flush everything. Really.
Do you eat well? High sodium/fat diets can make you feel sluggish.
Are you sure it's brain fog and you just don't understand the topic? Gaps in knowledge can feel like "brain fog" or "just not getting it," but really, you just need to back and build your base

>>8797983
I'm pre med.
>sleep
I'm getting 6 hours standard.
>work out
Used to gym, but not right now. Should I go back to /fit/?
>Cognitive stress
1. High gpa maintainance
2. hospital reseach and shadowing
3. MCAT
yea it's there
>Strenuous exercise will flush out everything
Ok I'll go back to /fit/
>Do you eat well?
I'm lazy, so I just down Mcdonalds like 4 times a week
>Are you sure it's brain fog not you don't understand the topic
I'm sure it's brain fog, I've been studying long enough to tell the difference between 3 things, not understanding the topic, study burnout and brainfog. When I don't understand the material, I feel like a mental roadblock, like I can't move ahead. But this is different, I can see a mental picture of the full concept, just that it feels like I'm fishing for it in my mind, like i'm flying in blind.
Thanks brother.

>>8797970
Bumping for help

>>8797970
I've only ever felt like that when work skipped my weekend. Humans are neurotic clocks, you have to have a routine or else you'll never enter actual brain healing sleep. It's all about cycles.

You ionize sodium channels while understanding things, rem sleep de-ionizes those channels. If you're not getting the rem sleep, your leaving yourself with less and less neurons to send ions & salts through. You used to see things in 4k, but now you're 1080. Keep going and you'll end up at 640p.

Last note: colleges do not want you to get enough sleep. They start losing money if to many people graduate each year. Your going to have to fight for this.

>>8797993
In other words, you're stressed, don't sleep enough and eat poorly. You should try addressing those things first before looking for more advanced solutions, as that's where your problem almost certainly lies

>>8797993
I'm in roughly the same spot. Buy protein and make shakes even if you don't work out, it's improved my quality of life significantly. Sleep nine hours on the weekends to kind of balance it out. Go jogging probably. How much do you study before having a break? You're in the USA, if all else fails just adderall that shit.

>hospital reseach and shadowing
for what purpose, i mean as far as i know americans do physics chemistry and biochemistry in premed, what's the point in shadowing

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>>8797970
Have you considered masturbating less?

>>8798115
>In other words, you're stressed, don't sleep enough and eat poorly.

This always puzzled me: kinda like with technology where you are asked to restart your PC, re-install the program, install new drivers...this seems like something that everyone tells you you should do if you have any problems before looking for further solutions.

YET aren't a lot of programmers, scientists stressed/sleep deprived and eating a diet of fast food and soda and yet they get work done?

>>8798194

Have you tried the Pomodoro technique?

Basically just study in 4 25-minute segments with a 5 minute break in between, then then a 15-30 minute break and reset.

I started recently it really helps me keep focused. When you take breaks don't allow yourself to think about studying judt clear your head and relax.