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Posted 2/7/2012 10:16 AM (GMT 0)
Hi,

I was just wondering if any of you have trouble focusing on one thing. I asked my hubbie while he was driving one day what he was thinking about. He said he was focusing on his driving. He's suggested that I try meditation. I don't think it would help.

Ever since I came down with fibromyalgia my mind is all over the place. I can't seem to focus on one thing. I don't recall much of what I read. Is this normal for people with fibromyalgia?

Thanks.

Posted 2/7/2012 1:01 PM (GMT 0)
Hi, Always Wondering If, and welcome!  This sounds a lot like fibro fog.  We have cognitive memory problems with fibromyalgia.  Sometimes a word is on the tip of our tongue but we can't remember.  Concentrating can be difficult, too.  I try to play games that requires me to use my memory...like Bridge. 

 

Here is a cute link about fibro fog.

 

http://webspace.webring.com/people/fc/cfsdays/follies.htm

 

There is a really good book called The Memory Book by Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas.  You can find it on Amazon quite cheap.  I read that years ago and use some of those techniques to help with my memory and focusing.  Of course there are Post-It notes, too!  smilewinkgrin

 

I'm not sure if I welcomed you before so I do want you to know about Fibro 101...the second thread on the forum.  There are links to good info about fibro and you will learn a lot there.  Good starting links are called Symptoms and A Thorough Explanation of Fibromyalgia.  All of the info on Fibro 101 is helpful.

 

I'm looking forward to getting to know you better.  Don't hesitate to ask questions because we are here to help you.  Hope to hear more from you soon.

 

Sherrine 

Posted 2/7/2012 1:29 PM (GMT 0)
I would say lack of concentration is pretty typical of Fibro. My mind wanders a lot but I find if I do like what Sherrine does, mental exercises, that it tends to keep my mind a bit more focused. Of course it doesn't guarantee that you won't have wacky moments like putting the salt shaker in the medicine cabinet....... o_O
Posted 2/7/2012 2:13 PM (GMT 0)
I used to read 3 books a week (no tv allowed growing up) and they are gathering dust-feel like I lost a best friend

I do try to do crosswords...supposed to help brain in many ways...try any kind of puzzle, it will help train your brain to concentrate a little more...

driving can be worrisome-I just try really hard to keep both hands on wheel and focus on cars around me since I carpool

welcome to the forum

Maggie
Posted 2/7/2012 6:47 PM (GMT 0)
Oh boy, have you hit a nerve for me!

I can't remember anything practically from yesterday!! Now from ten years ago, well I'm better at twenty years ago. Some of it is older age, as I am sixty now, but I do not drive any more because of lack of concentration.

I watch a movie on tv and one week later, I don't remember the movie that I have just seen!! My mind really wanders. I always have a back up with me , which is usually my husband, especially at my doctor's appointments.

I recently went through a bought with cancer and had some heavy duty chemotherapy and radiation therapy both inside and outside my body. It left me very debilitated and I was gone from this forum during that time. During that time, my memory got even worse. But, I am proud to say, I am cancer free as of today and ready to once again, be with my Healing Well friends.

Ok i went off on a tangent. To conclude, I say, don't worry about your memory issues, it is natural for the fibromyalgia and you will hear many comment on it.

God's blessings,

Lindaloo
Posted 2/7/2012 6:56 PM (GMT 0)
I think it's that our body is so preoccupied with trying to deal with the pain.
So much need is focused there that it isn't focused on other matters.
It is probably like a safety valve for the body. The brain is being taxed by the pain, so to offset how it's being inundated, it removes the pressure of recall/memory a little bit. That's my theory anyway
Posted 2/8/2012 12:47 AM (GMT 0)
I suffer from poor memory and I had to give up my driving. I would forget how to go places or I had troube finding my car after parking it. Then it would upset me about my mind and then my anxiety would take over I am like the others that due some challenging mind games or reading to help save some brain cells.
It really did help me.
Posted 2/8/2012 1:42 AM (GMT 0)
Before I retired, I worked a split shift. When I was done in the a.m., I'd be at home and have no recall of the morning. But I figured if a stupidvisor wasn't yelling at me, the cops weren't at my door, and no dents in the co vehicle, I must have done it all right. Scary stuff! But yes, I'd say it's common.
Posted 2/8/2012 3:16 AM (GMT 0)
Wow. I guess I'm not surprised. FM has a way of interfering with our lives, in so many ways, it's just rediculous :(

But then I wonder if it's any worse, for somebody like myself who has had ADD siince he was a small child.... and have "only had" FM since I was 22 (the last 25 years).

Hmmm,

Fish

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