Brain won't work! I've never been this way!

Tina:

Sounds like you're experiencing lupus fog. It's a common problem for those of us who have lupus. Sometimes, I spend a very long time trying to remember where I've put something. I misplaced $5,000 worth of savings bonds. It took me almost 4 months before I remembered where I had placed them. I sometimes can't remember the name of an object or a person. I often slur my words or say the wrong words and my family just laughs at me.

I have moments when I'm certain you told me something and the person didn't. Or I told someone something and don't remember telling them that. The worse I'm flaring, usually the worse my lupus fog is.

My best suggestion to you is to write everything down that's important. Like appointments, birthdays, anniversary dates, special occasions etc. You're not losing your mind and once your flare starts to settle out your memory should become better.

Wishing you the best and I hope things improve soon.

Hugs,
Barbara

I'm experiencing the same thing. My brain function used to be so sharp, I could focus on things for hours and figure just about anything out. Lately I've been almost out of it. I can't focus at work or home. I seem to forget just about everything and very few things can hold my attention for more than a few minutes.

Being newly diagnosed with lupus I've associated it with lupus fog which I've read about. I'm hoping it goes away once I'm regulated on meds. It's difficult to function like this.

Take care of yourself and let us know what you find out.

I have to do some thing got an appointment with my old gp on monday that moved, hope to get some answers, for now I am carrying a note book planner, thanks everyone

tinglyinnc, it's a horrible feeling! Some days I wonder if I will come home and my house is burnt to the ground!! Lol

So true Joy, I'm in the early stages of this so it's been a difficult ride, I'm learning to be thankful for the symptoms I don't have, and learning how to deal with the ones I do

I actually scared myself driving to work. My commute is about 30 minutes which isn't bad for the Dallas area. It was hard for me to stay in my lane of traffic and I noticed I was going slower than normal...it was like my brain was frozen in time. Sometime I wonder if I am having a mild siezure or something. I made it to work ok but then I could barely stay awake and focused. Thank goodness the coffee kicked in. for the last week or so I have been fighting horrible fatigue and almost want to go on short term disability :( I have only had this job since May and it's a great company but I'm beginning to wonder if the person I once was is gone and never to return and I should just bow out gracefully in the near future. I can't deal with feeling like I can't perform or the paranoia tha someone is going to notice my disability and not understand it thinking I'm lazy or not doing a good job...My flare started mid August and is going strong :( Today I want to quit my job and am counting down the seconds until I can go home...this sucks!!!