Just know it is there, I'd say take a tape recorder to your next meeting. We appreciate the work you do and I admire the fact you are still taking classes which will allow you to still help others. Wish I had a brilliant idea to give you on the fog, but alas not so much. Trish

Hi Mary Pop, you bring up a good topic. Brain fog I think happens to some of us with RA due to RA and the meds that we take. I too am a nurse and work have worked in several areas over the many years I have been in nursing, but now I work in an outpatient clinic in the ob/gyn department. At this point in my life I do not want to work in a heavy duty area. I give you lots of credit. I think to keep our minds active, taking classes and doing other mind thinking games (scrabble, word games, reading, keeping up with nursing magazines) can help to decrease brain fog. I got my Master's online last year and that was an eye opener that also stimulated me and helped to keep my mind going. I also am studying to take the certification course in ambulatory care. I am afraid of brain fog so I am doing whatever I can do to keep my mind stimulated. Also Alzheimer's runs in my family so I try to keep my body moving and my mind busy. I think a tape recorder would be helpful as in those classes even though there are syllabuses, it would not hurt to have a tape recorder. Keep us posted on how you are doing.

To you ladies that are nurses in particular and to all the ladies that care for another, Thank you for your service.

MaryPop: I take 7 MTX pills every Thursday morning and by noon, I am "fogged" up. It lasts until somewhere around midday Friday. Mamabluedogs2 won't let me do anything around the house or yard and if I have to feed, she goes with me.

As I have read through these posts and try to understand what is going on with me by reading all of what is going with all of us, something popped into my mind about me and Mamabluedigs2, this event in my life has brought us closer together. Rambling old man
MaryPop - check with the event coordinator and see if they taped or in some manner recorded the meetings and get a copy if they did.
Peace to us all and restful days
Bluedogs2

Sorry to hear about your fog. I seem to have it all the time. I never had a problem before the RA. Sometimes B12 helps me. I hope your fog lifts soon.

Great ideas and heart felt support for all of you...someday, this will cease to surprise me but for now....THANK YOU! I will check and see if they recorded of maybe the Power Points are available online. :)

I get the "fog" quite often. I'm glad to know that I am not the only one as I have a hard time figuring out what is causing it.

It seems I get my fog more often in between the joint flares and pain. So if I get 1 or 2 of those days when I am relatively pain free, I have the fog. The fog also seems to go hand in hand with extreme fatigue - those days where I just can't keep my eyes open - mandatory 2-3 1 hours naps in a day.

I've never really associated the fog with the Methotrexate. I take only 4 tabs a week since my liver doesn't like it - will have to pay more attention if the fog happens more often in the days after I take the Methotrexate.

I too get the brain fog; I have to take my MTX on Fridays because it usually fogs me out all day Saturday and I am a total zombie. I have to take naps when my kids nap or I can't function.

I have to load up on caffiene to make it through the workweek. Not the best way to deal with it, but it gets me by. I've started trying to use my sleep cycles to plan when I go to bed and when I wake up...hopefully that will make a difference :)