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A Laugh and Maybe Comfort For Those With Brain Fog

I was just reading on the website I get weekly posts from about fibro and cfids. Lately I have been having increasing problems with doing "brain things." It's actually kind of got me a little scared since I can't ask a doctor right now if it's normal for someone with this stuff or if something else is wrong. I read this post and it made me feel a little less scared and gave me a few laughs because now I know I'm not alone, other people do this stupid stuff too. Thought some others might benefit from it too. I hope it can make someone smile :-)

http://chronicfatigue.about.com/b/2009/11/16/funny-foggy-moments-wi...

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Permalink Reply by Hans Miniar Jónsson on November 30, 2009 at 5:43pm

That sounds familiar.
I've been pulling these "lost words" moments since I was eight years old, or rather, that's the first time I remembered it.
I went to my mum and wanted to borrow an umbrella.
I asked my mother "can I borrow your boots?"
She looked at me and said "huh?"
I asked again, "can I borrow your boots? It's raining out."

This went on for a good few minutes before it sank in that "boots" was the wrong word.

I find myself in that situation at least every other month still.

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Permalink Reply by Randall on December 4, 2009 at 4:36pm

I explained it like this to a healthy friend once: I asked, How often do u go into a room & then forget why u went there? He said, every once in a blue moon. I said, it happens to me 3-5 times a day. His mouth hung open, & his eyes got wide.

Studies have shown that fibro patients have the memory problems of someone 20-30 yrs older than them - a scarey thot to me!
Fibrofog is like going thru an invisible obstacle course that no one else can see.

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Permalink Reply by Doug on December 4, 2009 at 7:15pm

I have been in malls shopping and didn;t know what I came for. Just walk up and down isles till I see or mind kicks back in.

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Permalink Reply by Hans Miniar Jónsson on December 5, 2009 at 2:51pm

I make a list and still end up missing 4-6 things I "need" to get.

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Permalink Reply by Bill Koch on July 2, 2011 at 7:18am

I find that brain fog is a lot harder than the pain. You can take pain pills for the pain but there is nothing to do when the brain fog sets in.