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Posted 10/1/2010 1:43 AM (GMT 0)
Yup, that's how I feel.  It's weird.  Is it just from malnutrition?  I mean nausea, pain, headaches, sore throat, trouble walking, yadah yadah, I get it but its a weird sensation to have my brain feel weird.  I can't describe it other than I feel like I'm just growing stupid.  Like the subject said, I can just picture little numbers, parts of my IQ evaporating into thin air.  Its like my brain hurts.  Either that or chunks of it are missing...This is a really silly way of attempting to describe how I'm feeling....I guess case in point...

I was considering going to the hospital today but I don't know when its necessary.  My doc never seems to think I need to be there.  I mean what can they really do for me anyways besides hydrate me via an iv?  I don't know.  Its so frustrating.  I try to be positive but...well you get it, I'm sure.

Posted 10/1/2010 2:30 AM (GMT 0)
Well, hydration is important! If you're getting dehydrated, you undoubtedly aren't going to be thinking all that clearly. Replacing fluids is a good reason to go to the hospital!
Posted 10/1/2010 3:20 AM (GMT 0)
I can't describe it other than I feel like I'm just growing stupid ... Its like my brain hurts

Welcome to my world *hug* :p

On a serious note if you are that ill it won't do anything for your powers of thinking. In my case, I often feel massively braindead. It's annoying beyond words because I think I've got quite a good brain, but my personality and my health just work against me using it usually.
Posted 10/1/2010 4:53 AM (GMT 0)
Sigh, they call it "brain fog", I think.

I've been lots of it lately, too. I got lost on my way to class the other day. I felt so foolish. I've called my boyfriend to ask him to come home, then do the same thing literally two minutes later. He gets frustrated, but I honestly forget.

It is much worse when I'm dehydrated, so you might not be amiss in wanting fluids.
Posted 10/1/2010 1:12 PM (GMT 0)
I know exactly what you mean!
Posted 10/1/2010 1:16 PM (GMT 0)
Ugh, I hate it. And I also feel a bit dangerous driving when my mind isn't all there! I almost burnt someone at one of my jobs yesterday. (Its a no brainer job, Im a physical therapy aid) When you put electric stim on someone, you also put moist heat on them. Obviousy the heat pads are hot, so you use 2 towels underneath it. Well I put it on the guy's arm backwards...like the heat pad directly on his skin, and the towels on top...a few minutes later he realized it was a bit too hot. I've never done anything like that before.

I'm trying to hydrate as much as possible, I've been drinking gatorade and water, but I cant drink as much as usual because my throat hurts so I have to kind of force myself as much as I can. I bought a different type of juice (white cranberry and peach) but I'm afraid to try it since I threw up the apple juice.
Posted 10/1/2010 1:19 PM (GMT 0)
I feel like that at times too. I personally think it has to do with all the meds we have to take as well as the disease itself. Hugs your not alone.
Posted 10/1/2010 3:27 PM (GMT 0)
You might want to have your iron levels (the test should include ferritin, serum iron, TSAT) and B12 checked. Low levels of either one can contribute to cognitive (brain) issues. 
Posted 10/1/2010 3:34 PM (GMT 0)
I really felt like that on Pred. I told that doc for that reason and others I do not Pred anymore. I am taking Etrocort and still feel like that but much less.

David

 

Posted 10/1/2010 3:42 PM (GMT 0)
Same here. My brain is leaking and it's making me feel really, really dumb.

I think it's the prednisone. Been on it since May, but almost off of it now.
Posted 10/1/2010 5:42 PM (GMT 0)
My kids get tired of me saying, "I'm so sorry babe, I forgot again."  I hate that.  I also have noticed at times I can't seem to get my words out, and I've always been a very articulate person.  Yuck.....
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