Please tell me this is fog...

I do this occasionally, too. Especially when I go in the basement for something or look in the freezer ("now, what did I want, again??") I'm guessing it's pretty normal for us fibromites. :)

I know what you are talking about...it's almost like someone hit the pause button on my brain, like a crazy disconnect between thought and action. Lack of sleep from insomnia, a bad flare, or more than normal stress usually triggers it for me. It is differant from fog for me. I feel like I'm in some sort of trance.

hugs, Robin

i've been having word problems recently when typing or writing. i know what word i mean to use but i don't use it and then i usually don't notice it until much later. for example, this morning i was typing about how i had just cleaned my glasses and then immediately got them dirty but i actually typed, "i just cleaned my clears..." clears=glasses? and my journal is filled with crossed out words lately. is this also a fog thing?

I am new here, and this is my first post, but I wanted to say, I do this all the time. I am 39 and have had problems for years, but only worked up the nerve (and $) to go see a doctor last year. She confirmed what I and my family already thought, but it was nice to get a diagnosis so that I know I'm not insane! Anyway, I do this weekly! Pants= Leg things often.... my children know what I mean by what I'm pointing to and not what I'm saying. My oldest interprets for me! :)

Yes, I can relate too, all too well. If I had a brain I'd be dangerous ;)

Quiltermama, welcome! It might be good to start a new thread of your own with a catchy title, so people realize you're new. Have you checked out Fibro 101, our first thread? Lots of good reading in there.

Debbie

Welcome wheresmybrain- As you can see from the response it's very common to have memory issues. Try not to let it worry you too much. We can read pages on some pretty funny stories on what we have forgot or done some silly thing because of fibro fog. My problem is that I will watch a movie and a few months later I can't remember I watched it. I buy sticky notes in bulk from Costco. Lol

At one time, I was excellent at multi-tasking...now I pick up my phone and try to remember who I was going to call.

I found it helpful to set a flexible schedule for my day. Things are worked around set appointments. Making a short list of what I need to accomplish, so some priorities can be set helps.

Fog is worse when flaring... so things rhat require lots of concentration might need to be postponed.

Hugs, Robin

so I am not the only one who plays charades constantly? Good to know!!
hahhahha, thank good ness my famiy now gets what I mean by my movements...and they fill in the blanks :)
Just wish some days would "clear without a chance of fog"...

The fog drives me nuts. I've always been one of those people who catch on to things quickly, school was easy for me. I'd learn new jobs and leave others in the dust. I started a new full time job just as I was developing my symptoms. The first full time job I'd held in 15 years and suddenly I felt stupid.

Before I'd run my own business and always prided myself on doing a good job. My last part time job I was one of my supervisors favorites because she never had to worry about me. Suddenly I was the slow and stupid one and i had no idea why. I was reasonably sure it wasn't because I'd quit working full time to raise my children. I couldn't figure out why I couldn't remember things or needed confirmations so often.

Now I've gotten my pain symptoms under enough control that I feel nearly normal, but the fog is still here. I'll get up from my desk to get something off of the printer and sit down again and just stare at my monitor because I can't remember what to do next. It is so frustrating because I KNOW that in the past all of this would have been so easy for me. My co-workers don't know me from "before" so there are several who think I'm a total ditz. I'm not sure what I can do about it other than to try to be as organized as possible.

Joy