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I know we all get brain fog here and there, wonder into a room forgetting why we're there, words confuse us, we forget names, where we put our keys, etc.
But lately for a few weeks now I'm struggling really bad specifically with remembering basic words when I'm talking to someone. The word(s) just blank out from my brain. It happens every day pretty much every time I talk. I feel like a stupid idiot. Just struggling to remember the rest of my sentence. I look at my husband and ask him "what is this called what is that called", like I'm a moron. Doing this everyday is embarrassing. Especially for simple words like "barbed wire", "coil", "casserole dish", etc. Instead calling everything "the thingy".
Example:
Me: "I feel like cooking a thingy today."
Hubby: "A what?"
Me: "You know a thingy. It's flat and layered goes in a wide pan?"
Hubby: "Lasagna?"
Me: "No. The other thingy! You put a bunch of stuff in it!"
Hubby: "I have no idea what you're talking about."
Me: "GRRRRRR! What is it called when you put a bunch of stuff sometimes in layers in a flat wide pan and bake it?"
Hubby; "A casserole!"
Me; "Yeah that thing! That's the word I'm looking for."
Hubby: Looking at me strangely.
Another thing that's happening to me is I've been forgetting how to spell everyday words. I'll be typing or writing and stop mid sentence just stumped. For example the other day I was frustrated trying to spell the words "backwards" and "in between"... couldn't figure out where the W or the E went. I've already hit some issues typing this message out.
ALso have been forgetting the MEANING of words. Lord help me. You should see THAT conversation with hubby. Most of the time I just google it to same the embarrassment.
What the H is happening to me? Am I just having a really bad fibro fog flare? Does that even exist?
But lately for a few weeks now I'm struggling really bad specifically with remembering basic words when I'm talking to someone. The word(s) just blank out from my brain. It happens every day pretty much every time I talk. I feel like a stupid idiot. Just struggling to remember the rest of my sentence. I look at my husband and ask him "what is this called what is that called", like I'm a moron. Doing this everyday is embarrassing. Especially for simple words like "barbed wire", "coil", "casserole dish", etc. Instead calling everything "the thingy".
Example:
Me: "I feel like cooking a thingy today."
Hubby: "A what?"
Me: "You know a thingy. It's flat and layered goes in a wide pan?"
Hubby: "Lasagna?"
Me: "No. The other thingy! You put a bunch of stuff in it!"
Hubby: "I have no idea what you're talking about."
Me: "GRRRRRR! What is it called when you put a bunch of stuff sometimes in layers in a flat wide pan and bake it?"
Hubby; "A casserole!"
Me; "Yeah that thing! That's the word I'm looking for."
Hubby: Looking at me strangely.
Another thing that's happening to me is I've been forgetting how to spell everyday words. I'll be typing or writing and stop mid sentence just stumped. For example the other day I was frustrated trying to spell the words "backwards" and "in between"... couldn't figure out where the W or the E went. I've already hit some issues typing this message out.
ALso have been forgetting the MEANING of words. Lord help me. You should see THAT conversation with hubby. Most of the time I just google it to same the embarrassment.
What the H is happening to me? Am I just having a really bad fibro fog flare? Does that even exist?
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That said? Stress and fog can do a lot of memory damage, but so can other things. Best get a neuro to check it out, make sure it's nothing weird lurking about (or something common, for that matter).
I've done this all my adult life on my meds, worst when tired and stressed, and my neuro and neuro-psych say I perform fine on tests, so apparently it's just "real life" I flunk?
My other problem is judging distance when driving at night. I can barely do it anymore. I drive like an old lady. I freeze when a car is coming towards me.
If you feel it's getting really bad, get checked out. Mine isn't horrible yet, but it sure is annoying.
Take care, dear.
The worst things I have to deal with are thinking one word & typing another when I am sending an email or replying on here. I spend more time editing than I do composing most of the time. Now when it comes to spelling these days I find it harder to spell the simple words more than the hard ones. Thank goodness for spellcheck except when you actually type a correct word but not the one that you should have typed.
It is also very embarrassing to walk into the kitchen & not be able to remember what I went in there to get or do.
This memory loss reminds me of the old story about the man who could not remember what his wife's name was when talking with a friend so he calls out to his wife, "Honey, what is the name of that flower that has the thorns?" When she replies, "Rose" he looks at his friend & says that's her name, "Rose."
Here's what I am doing these days to help me out. I have started watching Jeopardy every night to see what I do know or remember. Some nights I am even able to answer an entire category correct & often I will get one correct that none of the contestants do. That makes me feel good.
Reached a pinnacle this past week as two nights in a row I not only got the Final Jeopardy correct but all three of the contestants missed each one. Of course one was about State Capitals & the other one was about U.S. States. The week before one category was Sitcoms & another was Hymns Got both of them! Last night it was Ancient History & though I am "ancient" I was not that old.
Could be pain/fatigue, too. They take up so much room in the brain.
Spelling for me is a challenge because I'm studying Spanish and French (on my own now) and those screw with English's too screwy spelling. Oh well, not a tough problem to have!!!
Bye for now.
By all means, talk to your doctor about it and maybe even have some tests done if you think its necessary. If you could get some consistent and decent rest, I suspect things would improve. Take care.
Kel, ditto. I, too, spend more time editing than composing. lol
Mima, I have the same problem, mouth will suddenly forget how to speak / move. It's weird.
Fantod, you have a very good point. My sleep since the move has been horrible. More like what sleep? This may be the reason my brain isn't handling information very well right now. Geez.... perhaps we have solved the mystery. Thanks for the insight.
Both of my parents had dementia/Alz, so it scares the crap out of me. My father had it in his late 50's and my mom was 78. I have had a lot of MRI's and the neuro said that the places where I have the lesions is in my white matter. If it were in the grey matter, that could be dementia, so I guess that's good news.
You can use "thingy" here anytime you need to!