Tom,
Brain fog is a horrible thing. I cannot live without my calander and reminders on my computer and cell phone. I make lists for everything. Plaquenil may exacerbate this, but it's not the sole culprit. I don't take it and I DO have episodes of brain fog that can be emarassing to me. It is hard for me to multitask anymore.
Yesterday, I visited my primary residence and wanted to spend some special time with a dog we have there. I got started helping my fiance repair a pen and left without even hugging the dog. That may sound like a simple thing, but it will be 2 weeks before I see him again and he is such a sweet loving animal, and loves me so much that I felt so bad all the way home.
Just one example, but the most recent because I am still sad about it.

Tom...I also have brain fog, but I chalk mine up to menopause. Maybe I'm having a double whammy of brain fog....menopause and Sjogrens. Lord help me !!!!!! LOL

Yeah, speaking of lists I leave one near my morning paper everyday to remember what's to be done.
I just lost out on baseball tickets because i totally spaced. I'm sure some is just age related but my xmas episode was a couple yrs ago and it was painful for me.
I think plaquenil HELPS, btw , not a contributor.

I'm not THAT bad , but for awhile there I was a little more blonde than usual.

Menopause can in my case , be officially ruled out. :-)

This is occuring more and more regurlarly for me these days but I'm not sure if it's a symptom of Sjogren's or a symptom of menopause and aging. I'm 49...

For the past year I have also experienced what I can't exactly term as dizziness more than a sense that I'm going to black out. My head feels like it's being sucked into a vacuum and I have stand perfectly still and allow it to pass or I feel will fall down. This occured 3 times within the past week. It comes and goes just as quickly. I've also experienced this feeling while driving. Not sure if it's related to Sjogren's... but I am left feeling a little foggy afterwards too.

I'm not sure what is happening with my body at this point...

My memory is getting so bad that it almost scares me. I forget words, what someone has just said, can't remember appointments. I keep telling myself I'll remember, and I don't. It makes me feel like an idiot. I used to run medical offices and did every job in the office. I have lost my edge and it makes me feel terrible that I'll never get that back again. I can relate to everything all of you are saying.

I've had plenty of blonde moments too. I thought they were related to my ADD, but perhaps it's the SS or menopause. Dang I have a triple whammy:)

I went to McDonalds to get dinner the other night. Paid for it at the first window and then drove off. Came back around laughing and told the teen at the window that I was the idiot who drove off without my food.

I have to write everything down or I'll forget. Sometimes I try to convince myself I'll remember, then won't write it down and I always pay for that.

Sometimes I'll be in the middle of a conversation and I will forget what I'm talking about or what I was going to say next.

It makes you feel so stupid... and old. I know exactly what your saying Tom. It sucks...

LaceSS,

You can almost hide your own easter eggs. Neighbors might think you are nuts though out looking for easter eggs in your halloween costume. Shhhh...... :-)
All while singing christmas carols.......

I remember when it first came on about same time SjS and me got aquainted. I was learning to use a computer. It was like the next day I forgot whole day before. Where is the on button again..... :-)

Yup, it ain't just age folks....this disease makes you so tired your mind forgets things easier. Well thats my excuse and I'm sticking to it.
Gotta pay my taxes, gotta pay my taxes.......

my brains just moved out..i dont know who the hell moved in...but i dont know her from Adam.....i dont remember faces?.lolol..

Hello, yes this is really bad for me also. I forget how to spell the simplest words anymore...and i am usually a gifted speller. I also can't remeber where I parked my car in a parking lot...I also forget people's names. I will be driving in my car and suddenly forget where I am going...this stuff always comes back to me after a moment of deep thought, but it is very annoying. Mary

Oh ya sleepy I've done all that too. When I look back at something I wrote and spelled a simple word wrong, I'll be like... why in the world did I do that? That's not how you spell... such & such... It's very frustrating!

Tom... I'm sure I could hide Easter eggs in my Halloween costume while singing Christmas carols. I'm a woman... I can still multitask on a good day! btw... That was funny! You had me laughing so hard I started choking:)

I guess the next time I go to McDonalds I'll have to write myself a note after I pay.... PICK UP THE FOOD NEXT :-)~

Tom, it is frustrating for sure and also embarrassing at times. I have always been scattery and flighty to an extent so most others don't notice it so much yet. I'm the one in high school everyone took care of. I panic at times though because I know what is happening. Sometimes I can't explain in words what my mind is thinking so I just say I am foggy and can't think of the right words. I know if I am under stress, or have been for a while, it is worse. I haven't had an episode for a while so my fingers are crossed. I have to keep my mental life uncluttered as much as possible or it is far worse too. Even if it's good cluttering.

I agree , keeping things in order is paramount. My garage where I have my work shop is crucial to me finding things. I'd spend my time looking for things instead of fixing them.
I also keep my finances and clothes and everything else in some kind of order or forget it.
Short term memory is the one affected most. When you are under pressure its impossible to remember things. Yeah, that's when panic sets in for me. I have always had a great mind , numbers get stuck there. I remember my phone number from when I was 8 yrs old. I remember numbers fine still.
Not quite like before though , but that's probably age.

Keeping things in order and my car keys on a hook has saved me a few times. I take way more mental notes now. I've forgotten peoples names while talking to them after just being introduced. True...
I need to associate them with something in my life for me to remember them. Otherwise forget it. Longterm Im still good can remember all kinds of things......good and bad. :-)

Pretty bad when you have a note on your windshield to pick up the food. Sticky's have their purpose! :-) As long as you can see out the windshield ok!

I have the same problem, more so when I'm in the middle of a bout of fatigue. At that point, I'm so tired that I really don't care whether I remember or not! I have the menopause thing going too, of course. However, all of my friends around my age (60) are having similar problems and they don't have SS. That's one of the things that bothers me about this disease--You never know what is a symptom and what is something else entirely! I'm so new to it that now when I have a hangnail, I'm convinced it's yet another symptom of this ridiculous disease! In fact, I'm pretty sure my mother had the same thing for years as I look back on her behavior. She and 4 other members of her family all had peripheral neuropathy when they were older, but that was preceded by lots of other crazy things. Now I feel so bad for her! We all thought she was a hypochondriac, so I'm sure there were many times when she was feeling horrible and she didn't say anything! Then she did end up having dementia.

Ditto the notes, Easter egg hiding, name-forgetting, appointment missing, etc, etc....

Tom ~ YES! ! :),,, it happened to me for about a year before it was discovered that i had SJS. I think you are right about the Plaquenil helping with the memory loss. I saw a real improvement.
I actually almost lost my job. This "fog" was so bad I couldn't multi task to save my life. Thank goodness i went to seek help when i did.
Now... this is supposed to be "funny" to all of you cool people out there...This "fog" It use to remind me of what it felt like when i smoked weed. (about a zillion years ago) LOL Not to worry i am anti drugs these days! :) Peace!