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Posted 10/17/2014 8:30 PM (GMT 0)
I remember a long post about the silly things we have done on foggy days but I couldn't find it.

I was getting ready to go shopping a little while ago and was putting in my contact lenses. After putting them both in everything was still as blurry as if I hadn't! I blinked a couple times and realized I'd put both of them in my right eye lol. I've been wearing contacts for 24 years and have never done that before, I didn't even know it was possible.

It was enough to convince me that I didn't need to be shopping and handling money today. Luckily my husband is very understanding and is taking care of it for me.
Posted 10/17/2014 9:13 PM (GMT 0)
LOL! I did that once or twice in my days of contact wearing (and that was before I was officially Fibro). I have many times gone searching the whole house for my glasses (on my head) or my phone (in my hand, while I'm talking on it).
Posted 10/18/2014 4:53 AM (GMT 0)
Ha! Well, Mattie, I don't wear contacts, or I no doubt would've done what you did. Yikes!

But reading glasses - oh yes.  Julie, I got a chuckle from your description because I can't count the number of times I've done both those things.

Sometimes I feel like I spend all my time chasing my own tail....I have a mountain of organizing I need to get done and by the end of every day, I'm lucky if I haven't lost ground on it. It's very frustrating.

So it's good to laugh about it sometimes, too, and remember I'm not alone! :)

Debbie
Posted 10/18/2014 11:03 AM (GMT 0)
LOL! How about taking a shower, getting ready to get out and can't remember if I washed my face? So I wash my face again, get out of the shower, and realize duh, I did wash my face (twice now). What I didn't do was rinse the conditioner out of my hair!

Or doing laundry - put one load in the dryer and the next in the washer, then come back later to realize I never actually started the machines!

Have a blessed day!
Mari
Posted 10/18/2014 4:48 PM (GMT 0)
When I cleaned some cupboards this week, I knew what Sherrine meant by duplicates!  I found about 6 containers of garlic powder--and had just bought another. rolleyes

Also discovered I didn't need to buy that skin cream at Wal-Mart, since I had an identical one in the cabinet under the bathroom sink.

Oh--the fun of 'fog'! turn

Posted 10/18/2014 6:22 PM (GMT 0)
Mari I've done both! I've gotten out of the shower and gotten all dried then go to put the towel on my hair and still have conditioner on it lol.

Not turning on the dryer is a regular occurrence for me, so now I end up checking every load 2-3 times because I think I've forgotten to start it. Half the time I'm right.
Posted 10/19/2014 6:07 AM (GMT 0)
I often start to say something and forget what I was going to say.
Posted 10/19/2014 10:51 PM (GMT 0)
When I have something to say I actually blurt it out so I don't forget. My big problem is usually someone else is saying something that has nothing to do with what I had to say.
Posted 10/30/2014 7:24 PM (GMT 0)
I find this all very interesting. When I heard the term fibro fog. I thought it meant you go around disoriented all day. Now that I see what y'all (yep, from MS) have posted I realized I have had some of those moments too. I had a pretty alarming episode (for me) the other night. My daughter and I were talking when she reluctantly asked me if I realized I had asked her the same question several times. I couldn't remember asking but I kept reminding myself that I needed to ask it. Today I don't even remember what the question was. Also, a few minutes after the situation with my daughter, my husband began talking to me and I couldn't focus on what he was saying. I felt so confused that I finally asked him to just wait a minute because I couldn't understand what he was saying. It was a very frightening experience. shocked

I also have a question: have any of you had any experience with dizziness? I was driving home from work the other day and had a dizzy moment for a few seconds (less than a minute). My head was swimming...

Posted 10/30/2014 7:30 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, Nina, I have flares of dizziness. It's a crazy and weird feeling.

My foggy moment recently was I was in a hearing and couldn't remember my age. :-D
Posted 10/30/2014 8:07 PM (GMT 0)
Oh my! LOL
Posted 10/30/2014 10:46 PM (GMT 0)
I love these Fibro Fog "moments" they make me laugh and remind me I am not alone!
I have done the contact thing a few times. Just tonight my son told me I told him the same story 3 times! I can't even blame it on pain meds because I stopped taking them!
I laugh at myself and tell on myself all the time 😀
My most recent, continual mishap, is that my son calls for a ride home. I put my shoes on grab my bag and walk to my car...I guess keys would help though...as I walk back into the house my husband looms at me and shakes his head. By the 3 rd time I asked him to just remind me!!
I hate when I'm driving on the highway and drive right past the exit!! Ughh such a time killer.

Thanks for the fun thread!!
Posted 10/30/2014 10:57 PM (GMT 0)
Oh my Achey, I'm glad I live in a small town. I leave home heading somewhere and forget where I'm going. At least on the local streets I can just turn around and go back. No exits to worry about...
Posted 10/31/2014 3:38 AM (GMT 0)
I forgot something....;-D

In front of our house there is a road I travel on several times. I turn left to got to the stores and turn right to go to my doctors.
I had an appointment to see one of my doctors the other day. I pulled out of my driveway and turned left. A quarter of a mile down the road it dawned on me that I was going the wrong way! I had to find a turn around and go back past my house. I almost turned into my driveway!
Thankfully I was able to continue on to my doctor's office without incident.
Posted 10/31/2014 3:47 AM (GMT 0)
Couchtater that sounds all too familiar. blush
Posted 10/31/2014 4:17 AM (GMT 0)
Nina,

I have bad dizziness sometimes, and it is disconcerting. Actually, I'm kind of permanently afflicted - I can't ride a bike or swing on a swing anymore because it makes me too dizzy :(

I see that you have Migraines. I do, too (though they're not nearly as frequent or severe as they were when I was young, thankfully) and it seemed like when they began, so did the dizziness. I was told by a neurologist that Migraine is actually a condition, something you have all the time, not just isolated headaches. I wonder if that could account for your strange episode the other night? Just a thought.

Debbie
Posted 10/31/2014 4:27 AM (GMT 0)
Wow Debbie! I never thought of that. I will talk to my dr about it on my follow up visit. Speaking of migraines. I'm coming off one from last night. The migraine is gone but my head feels very tight and sore. I had stopped having them often until earlier this year. Now I have them at least once per week. And when it's not a full blown migraine I still have some type of headache pain everyday...

Thanks for the response and giving me more info to discuss with my dr.
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