Edits: For spelling and clarity. Please excuse any typos, this post was written on my phone.
Hello,
I have had great results using PEMF combined with earthing to reduce inflammation due to an old injury (separate post on that to come soon).
I’m currently to trying to treat the brain fog I experience by using my M1 set to level 10 using the Alpha Wave protocol with coils set on either side of the temple for one hour and than along the front and back of the head for an additional hour. I am unsure as to whether there are other protocols and coil positions that would also be appropriate.
Is there any advice from anyone that has experimented with the M1 to either success or failure in treating their brain fog that they’d be willing to offer up?
What protocols worked for you? Which ones didn’t? Of course everyone may respond individually but I’d like to see if I can observe any overall patterns of improved levels in: attention span, working memory and that “tip of the tongue” phenomenon that I often experience when speaking with someone about the details of a topic.
I’d like to add that my brain fog may partially be due to low levels of testosterone as well as nutrient and mineral deficiencies. My testosterone for my age, 38, was previously low for my age group (291). I had managed to increase it to around 500 supplementing with Tongkat Ali and Fedogia Agrestis. But these must be cycled and Fedogia has been discovered to be toxic to the liver. They also don’t address the root cause of the low hormone levels. I’m unsure how much of my current symptoms are due to low T but I’ve made an effort to improve this and my overall health, losing around 80lbs over a year. I’ll be retesting my hormone levels before the end of the month in order to see how much they’ve improved.
While my brain fog and overall energy have improved somewhat due to weight loss (assuming reduced inflammation and higher testosterone) I am not symptom free. Some days I have no problems with thinking clearly and executing tasks with minimal cognitive effort while other days the same tasks take a Herculean amount of cognitive energy to accomplish. I’ve cleaned up my diet and moderated my behavior around ultra stimulating foods and activities in an effort to undue any negative effects on my reward pathways (to make daily tasks less cognitively effortful) and rollback inflammation as much as possible (to reduce the negative effects of inflammation on cognition).
My Vitamin d levels used to be borderline line low (30 mg - I may have the units of measurement wrong) along with low b-vitamin levels.
It’s possible that some nutrients deficiency or malabsorption is responsible for these as I tend to eat a varied and nutrient dense diet now with minimal to no processed foods the majority of the time.
Best,
Andrew