Gosh, I've never heard of "cog fog" before! Maybe it's what is happening with my best friend. Your hilarious description of it made me laugh despite my own sadness. What a talented writer you are!

When I put my keys in my jacket pocket, then remove my jacket to have a chiropractic treatment, then totally panic because not only was I unable to find my keys, I also forgot I wore a jacket. Walked right by it hanging on a hook and didn't clue in that it was my jacket.

Very cute release! Could just be the stress from the MS too. :)

I search EVERYWHERE for the other sock...then realise it was on my foot all along.

For extra wild moments, have a conversation with a friend who has MS. Just hilarious !

Your 'cog fog' description hit home with me. I do silly things like u mentioned. At work we call them 'brain-farts', but your words sound nicer. If I had a dollar for every time I lost my car keys or cell phone, I would be a millionaire!

I have event boundaries happen a lot.

Do you ever walk into a room with some purpose in mind, only to completely forget what that purpose was?

Turns out, doors themselves are to blame for these strange memory lapses.
Psychologists at the University of Notre Dame have discovered that passing through a doorway triggers what's known as an event boundary in the mind, separating one set of thoughts and memories from the next.Your brain files away the thoughts you had in the previous room and prepares a blank slate for the new locale.

Thank goodness for studies like this. It's not my MS, it's that damn door!

Just yesterday I was WEARING my persciption sunglasses in the car so I can see clear enough out past a mile while the sun is blasting too much to even see at all, kinda like always. When I picked up the box that holds my glasses in it safe when I'm NOT in the car, it was EMPTY!! I got tottally paniced not knowing what I could have done with em, where I put them down yesterday!! For 30 seconds atleast!

Love how those things happen to make you feel so smart!

You know you have "Cog Fog" when...

You go to write your name to sign in for physio... and the receptionist in the /back room/ has to remind you of what it was with that jovial "...you forgot your name, didn't you?" eye twinkle.

Many of you know that I do not have MS myself, but my best friend does, so I hang out here to learn more about it.

I have to admit - I now have this theory about "cog fog." It's not MS that causes it. In my case, anyway, it's that nasty-looking Medicare card in my wallet and my gray hair!

It's just a by-product of an inflated collection of birthdays!!!

(You guys are beyond cool. I love and admire your courage and humor!!)

got myself a glass of ice water, put it on the table, went back and made myself a glass of ice water :0 My husband gave me the usual grin. I've locked myself out of my house 3 times in a week because I can't remember my keys. Fortunately my husband works only a few blocks away. I now have a big note on the front door.

Cog Fog...I'll get up to go pee and realize a few minutes later, I'm taking a shower or brushing my teeth instead. I'll get up, walk in the other room, stand there for a few minutes then walk back out with no clue what I'm doing.

What Bitterroot has to say is based on a wonderful study that let us know we forget what we are going into the room for because in caveman times, what was behind us didn't count. We just had to worry about what was there.

I have used this study a lot to justify why I am not getting stuff done.

You know you have COG FOG when, you go all week and don't know what the date or day is.

I think we all go through this. I do this on a daily basis. I look for my keys to find them in my hands. I look for my glasses only to realize I am wearing them. I talk on my cell phone while I am looking for it. I pour a glass of water and turn around and pour another one. I go to say something and forget it before it comes out of my mouth. It is a normal routine for me and my family and co workers just expect it from me now. lol.

My 2 funniest cog fog moments this week.....

1) While in the car heading out of town with a friend we stop to buy a soda for the road at a local drive in. I grab my purse, take my wallet out and sit it in my lap.... and then PANIC when I reach into my purse for my wallet and it is gone! :o) While I was saying 'I don't have my wallet, I can't believe I forgot my wallet!!' my friend gently says 'It's in your lap, Lisa'
LOL

2) Yesterday, my mom (who has dementia) asked me what I was doing in the kitchen. So I said "Oh nothing, just filling my glass with ice and CHEESE (I meant tea)".
The funniest part was that I didn't realize my mistake and she pointed it out to me!
We laughed about that one all day and although she can't remember much these days, she is still teasing me about it today! :o)

I choose to laugh at these things. There seems to be nothing we can do about it and laughing is so much better than crying!