HONK! HONK! Now you have a fog horn like the rest of us. It helps to have one on bad days.

Huh?

Yesterday I was talking to my girlfriend about seeing someone that I recognized but couldn't remember who he was. I said, "I saw this guy today but I could't put my foot on who he was".

I had to laugh because I meant finger but it came out foot. This is so frustrating!

and you really DO get the idea early in the day... it's just going to be a bad day. Seems when one symptom is rearing its head,though, they all do. ugh.

I have a little fog everyday, but some days are bad. Today wasn't one for me, but I completely understand. I go to work and people think I am nuts because I lose my train of though in the middle of a sentence. I do better with emails, but have to make a lot of corrections to my typing.

I hate the fog, it is embarrassing and frustrating. I agree, email it better cause I can at least stop until the thought comes back.

lol i asked my daughter to get the thing out of the closet..pointing to the pile of dirt on the floor! =the thing that blows! She looked @ me & said you want the hair dryer! i just went back to bed!

Hi TwGarrett
I have post lyme disease and go thought Brain fog to.I think Fibromyalgia and Lyme disease are linked in someway.Did you have
pet scan or spec scan on your brain I did.My spec scan show I had white boltes on my brain.Paul

I have been real foggy lately and it is especially hard to deal with when I think that I used to have a very good vocabulary and thought process and now I have to think for my words and even then they still don't come out.

This is a huge issue and people do think that there is something "wrong" when you can't communicate in the way that you'd like. I agree, that when the fog comes, usually other symptoms follow. I take medication to sleep and it usually gets me about 8 hours, however I need more like ten. On work days I am usually very tired and spent when I get home.
The fog is the worst, though, because people think that you are on drugs or getting Alzheimer's.

Ugh! The fog is the WORST. It almost seems like dyslexia. Sometimes I'll say the opposite of what I mean, or I'll say the words in a jumbled order. I have a very hard time remembering names, even of friends I've had for years. As soon as I don't need to know it, there it is. My vocabulary dissapears at random. My husband thinks it's funny, but I think it's embarassing :P

I hate it when people say ohh, it happens to all of us, or it's an estrogen dip or some other explanation which makes light of it and makes like it's a universal experience. I can remember when I used to be like that... when I had those moments. This is entirely different, and I can't get others to see it that way.

similarly ( not the fog, but...) I have left sided weakness. I just started at a gym, and I'm finding my left side to be MUCH weaker, making for an odd feeling when I use some of the machines. My left is struggling so much to do a little and my right is finding it too light. My husband who simply does not get it, says everyone is like that, with one side weaker than the other. I KNOW that... this is much more pronounced now than ever. sigh

Wait, where am I?

I hate the "fog" sometimes it's so bad I feel like I shouldn't be driving. Especially whe I have my two young girls with me. (which is all the time) the other day was so bad, I was getting my girls into bed and completely forgot to get them into their jammies! Aaarrrgggg

Oh my goodness, I deal with Fog every day! I completely understand.