I like to reply 51 ,I found Ginko Biloba did help on tempory basis .
especially if tired , & had to be in company this helped keep me more alert .find also it better to be honest say I am having problem than feel bad because I feel like I have been judged as being stupid because forgotten name something every day,

Seeing BRAIN FOG- showed up again......here ya go.....

I've had brain fog. Its horrible. For me, it usually occurs when I am feeling that horrible fatigue I'm sure we've all had. Some days, my mind as quick as lightning, and then other days, I wonder if my IQ is over 75.

It helps me to eat a little something about ever 2 hours.

After looking at some of the other responses, I laughed, because I can't even go to bed at night until I have my "list" for the next few days jotted down! My whole life is on the calendar because I'm afraid to trust my phone because I may put it somewhere and forget where I laid it! I search for words, also. And, was a master speller when I was younger. I play a lot of word games, and it has helped me build the spelling back up.

I don't know if it will help you, but it helps me to recognize that even people without SS have completely unexplained brain farts, so I try not to sweat it too much and you shouldn't either.

SjS flares for sure add to the excitement of losing your thoughts. I've had it come back then leave like yo-yo.....

I forgot the name of a puppy I bred and sold and I named her. This was less than two yrs ago. I had to think of what I named her after and remember her name that way. (Na'vi) This is my passion in life my dogs so when that happened it was an eye opener.

.....I have days with very clear thought and everything just comes easy then days where it goes and I need my drivers license to remember my own name.

I just laugh......

I agree I leave notes everywhere if I have a doctors or dentists or Vet appointment I leave a note where I read the paper to remind me.
Mostly names leave me .... oh well another ten yrs I will be able to hide my own easter candy.

Brain fog is my biggest fear about this whole AI thing. I've had some times when I couldn't work. I wondered if I could take care of myself. I couldn't think of what to bring when I left the house. Scary stuff.

I have found a little regime which helps me a lot. Each day, I take alpha-lipoic acid (300mg) and Acetyl-L-carnitine (500 mg). They definitely give me more energy and more mental clarity. I was taking two of the ALC, but I started getting buzzy and had more trouble sleeping and dropped down to one. The current combo seems really good for me.

Last winter, when I had a big flair, I tried DHEA (50 mg). That also helped. I had energy, could think, felt like exercising a lot (like the old days), and some libido returned (good old male hormones - but I also thought I saw some facial hair growing where it shouldn't). But my rheumy was hesitant about it so I stopped (He had no objection to ALA and ALC.) If things get bad again this winter, I may try it again, but on the lowest dose I can find - 5 mg.

Anyway, if anyone here has tried these, let me know.

Tom,
Yes, brain fog is terrible and is definitely one of things I consider debilitating about this illness. I used to be considered an amazing multi-tasker and it was nothing to listen to a discussion, read my blackberry on another issue, have a side conversation on another and yet immediately respond to the original discussion in a thoughtful and reflective way. Now I have to concentrate to follow the original conversation and when I'm tired it gets very difficult. I've always been a list person but now I'm obsessive as I couldn't get by without them.

After reading one of your messages on another exchange, I've ordered Krill oil (over fish oil) for OMEGA 3 and was hoping that this may help (as it claims to help with clarity of mind). Does this exchange mean that it doesn't help?

I often joke and tell my kids how lucky I am as I have an extremely curious nature and now I can learn and relearn the same things over and over since I keep on forgetting them so I'll never run out of things to learn. I love your 'hide your own easter eggs' though and I certainly think I'll use this one - if I can remember it :-).

No it works........but nothing works perfectly. It lowers cholesterol, lubes the joints has many heart benefactors.

It works positively. Look at the studies. You still need good nutrition and a solid life style also good sleep. Sleep imo is the best for brain fog.
Get tired , get stupid.......I call it.

I've never forgot things to a point of not being able to function or work. Mostly short term memory stuff.....

I spend a lot of time being very frustrated due to brain fog!! It has impacted my every day life (losing items, forgetting things, doing things wrong, just a space case) and it has impacted my job as a teacher. So very frustating and even worse.....how many people just don't understand it and don't believe it is a real thing!

This is one of the worst things about SS, and a double whammy if you have Fibromyalgia, too!

I just wish my husband didn't believe I had "selective memory," lol! He's the one who handles the calendar; no other choice - I will immediately forget to write something down. Or I'll do something like go into the kitchen to get my hubby a cup of coffee, and either forget it or put it in the refrigerator.... Sometimes I can catch myself; at other times....oh, well...

Well, I guess I need to speak up and say...I have it and it's bad. Just this past week I went to the dr appointment I had. It was at 12:30. I was a little early so I sit in the hall for them to open when they came in from lunch. At 1:30 the lady came and unlocked the door. I said. I had an appointment at 12:30. I know I sounded a little put out but by george I had an appointment. She said no I dont think you do but I will ck the books. Yea, there it was in back and white. The appointment was for the next day. I rescheduled the appointment after I got home for ...sometime next week..I think. I was just to embarrassed to go back so soon after my brain fart. I hate leaving the house. It's worse out there.

Fonzy , trust me your not the first person to do that! Laugh at yourself. Yesterday I tried to put liquid fluoride on my toothbrush instead of paste.

Caught myself half way.....burst out laughing. Other times I have put things in the fridge that belonged in the pantry.

Laughter......is ....the best medicine.

Use post it notes or write things down on a calender as soon as you make the appointment. I have a dentist, a family doctor, a rheumy and a orthopedic for my spine. Never mind the pain clinic doctor for epidurals when my back kicks up.
Lastly an eye doctor........if I don't write them down I'd be going to the wrong doctor at the right time and the right doctor at the wrong time.
I feel pretty good too. Imagine.....

Bless you all! Foggy brain has been the worst thing part of having SS. That ranks above the exhaustion, muscle pain, dry mouth & eyes. I can't remember peoples names, dates, words, etc. I have to write them sometimes. I have an easier time writing than speaking. Have to talk to my rheumatologist about this. Was wondering if something like Ritalin could help with this?

Strange - I started experiencing this quite some time ago before any other symptoms showed up...I was thinking it was stress related and got to be embarassing at work. I was worried I had Altzheimers. Wonder if this was SS all along...

I liked the Easter egg piece too - hard to find fun anymore,,,heck I am up at 3am wishing my body would let me go back to sleep but thanks Tom for the smile!

Thought I'd find and post this because of the new thread. Enjoy......if you can remember too.