09/06/2026
Have you ever walked into a room and suddenly forgotten why you went there?
Or had a thought you wanted to act on, only to lose it a few seconds later?
That experience can feel unsettling, especially when you begin wondering whether your memory is changing.
But I want you to remember something important:
Brain fog makes more sense when you look at the whole picture.
Brain health includes attention, concentration, language, mood, sleep, coordination, balance, daily function, and the way you connect with other people.
And brain fog can have many possible contributors.
In this conversation, I talk about the connections I consider between brain health and:
โข sleep
โข stress and mental overload
โข hormones and perimenopause
โข blood sugar and cardiovascular health
โข digestion and the gut
โข movement and balance
โข social connection
โข medications and health history
I also explain how I look at some of these patterns through Traditional Chinese Medicine.
In Chinese medicine, terms such as Kidney, Spleen, Essence, and Marrow describe broader functional systems. The Kidney system connects with the brain, low back, knees, bones, energy levels, and major transitions in life. The Spleen system connects with digestion, transforming food into energy, muscles, Blood, concentration, and the emotion of worry.
Occasional forgetfulness can happen for many reasons. The pattern tells us when to look more closely.
What matters is your pattern.
When did it begin?
How often does it happen?
Is it getting worse?
Does it happen during stress or poor sleep?
Is your family noticing changes?
Is it interfering with work, medications, driving, finances, or other parts of everyday life?
Those questions often tell us much more than one isolated moment of forgetfulness.
If you have noticed a pattern to your brain fog, tell me in the comments.
When do you notice it most: poor sleep, stress, hormonal changes, or seemingly at random?
With love,
Dr. Shiroko
๐๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ. ๐๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ.
