It's good to be able to laugh about it. I used to think I was pretty smart too. MS sure makes me feel relly dumb alot of the time. I watch jeopardy everynight and sometimes I do pretty good at the answers, sometimes not.

Thanks for sharing this. Can I ask how long it took you all to begin having cognitive issues? I am having what I believe is my first episode (but have not been dx yet). It has lasted so far for 6 weeks, and is getting worse not better. I've already noticed little things like my fingers don't know how to type well anymore, and I used to be a rockstar typer. And I'm just all-around feeling for lack of a better word: dummer.

When I couldn't remember how old I was. I went almost an entire year making myself a year older. I wouldn't have minded so much if I had at least made myself younger. But I didn't even have enough wits to change my age the right way. My children all knew and never said a word. They still amuse themselves with it. . lol

we have to laugh at ourselves when we do dumb things because if we don't, all we'll end up doing is screaming and crying in frustration.
I've done so many goofy things like that, myself and I joke about it with my husband and kids. They know that if Mom's not joking around or laughing, I'm not feeling well.

lmao @ Pseudobulbar affect... get it ? It makes watching TV interesting. Funny becomes hilarious; sad becomes tragic. As for IQ, if you're anything like me, it is like the ocean tide. Sometimes it is high tide, and others it is low. Quite unlike the tide however there is absolutely no predictability to it.

Although I have had numerous experiences similiar to yours, my broken memory prevents the recall of any specific incident.

We have to laugh. It's the best thing when something slips away when memory goes on strike.

I can't remember specific occasions but there are certainly times when names of familiar people slip away and facts I should know stay on the tip of my tongue.

Yet there are other times when I can answer a lot of the questions on quizzes. Except I have always found multiple choice can confuse me...those extra wrong answers like Springfield which could be right but....

And I have always forgotten the punchline to jokes but now I can blame my MS and laugh.

Only problem is having a dimming memory is not good for a thriller writer trying to devise taut plotlines. Suppose there are stick it notes.

Anyway don't forget we can't be RAGING IDIOTS just geniuses having a temporary lapse in our little grey cells. So perhaps its best not to engage the mind and just look wise & thoughtful.

Keep on laughing. Its the best medecine

I was calling and leaving a message for my Neuro and I forgot my own phone number!!! I started cracking up on the phone. =)

I'm a crossword freak, and it's weird because I can look at a puzzle on Sunday and not know one thing, pick it up the next day and do the whole thing, no problem. Sometimes I feel like I can't reach far enough into the back of my brain to pull up information. The other day I could not for the life of me remember the other term for spinal tap -- lumbar puncture. I had to google it. It's frustrating.

I love watching Millionaire and Jeopardy! This keeps my mind from going completely soft. I have forgotten my phone number, and even my grandchildren's names. That is not good for Nana to do!

We are a pretty artist bunch, in my house. Coloring Easter eggs in our house has become a Party time! Crazy Creative! I unwittingly created a laffable memory for family and friends last easter... :>( .... Upon learning that we had 1 more joining the party-I boiled one more dozen of eggs. My daughter was finishing up on the very last egg of 5 dozen.
When OPPs! she dropped her artwork on the table, and holy cra*, Yolk came out! The group-dumbfounded and laughing had to 'spin' each egg to find the 'raw' ones!!! Exactly 12! I wasnt laffing at the time, more like pacing in the kitchen, trying to remember exactly how I came to think those eggs were Boiled! I had NO MEMORY RECALL---just blank, couldnt find the picture in my head At All. !!

Oh GUYS!!!! I am laughing my butt off and its NOT "Pseudo...blah blah blah...." Its so nice to be able to laugh at a condition that leaves few things to laugh about....(well, I still think ppl were laughing when I went cross-eyed with ON...but that's another story) Thank you all for so many funny stories and encouragement...BTW-The egg story was a hoot! :D ...Let's hang in there and keep LaUgHiNG!

Take II .....Today I went to meet Lar for lunch....The cafeteria had enchiladas which sounded really good but accompanying them was spinach rice....(you know what's coming) Now spinach rice doesn't sound bad, but not with enchiladas blah!......Larry got the enchiladas and rice... I started looking at the rice and there were no green flecks in it.....???? So I asked him about the spinach....DUH....it was SPANISH rice....maybe its not MS maybe I just need GLASSES! :D My poor husband for Kansas City now rice....I wouldn't feel so bad but I think he married me for my mind....Boy! He sure got short sheeted! :D