Slo to react

Do you ever have moments where you have to make a decision and someone is standing in front of you waiting for your answer but your mind is stuck in a fog bank?  I have noticed that small daily decisions are harder to make than they used to be. For the past year, I not only have a hard time deciding what action to take, but i also have a hard time what to wear, who to talk to, what to say, what words to chose.  Will the fog ever lift?  on lithium 600mg/daily

 

I am on lithium and have the same experience - used to be worse than now.  Pay-off for a medication which stabilizes me.

 

NO, you're not alone, I too have had this problem. Like ordering at a restaurant, know what I want, but somehow can't remember what it was and am speechless. Or when they name off the choice of sides, I just sit there, blank. Or if I am at the deli counter, its finally my turn, can't get out how much I want, or what. I knew when I came in, but just can't utter a word. Frustrating ! I just give a little laugh, and say give me a second, please. I take a deep breath and usually the answer comes out. Or I let someone else go ahead of me and gather myself together.
I think when you get your meds in order it won't be so bad. Only happens once in a while for me, not so often as it did.
One thing about this disease, you have to learn to manage your symptoms, figure out something to say to gracefully to gain your composure, and still keep in the mainstream of life.