What are some of you worst/funniest/scariest/weirdest brain fog incidents?

I'm surprised there isn't a thread like this on here already.

What are some of your shining (I use that term loosely) brain fog moments or stories? Have you ever slurred, mispronounced, or forgotten words to the point where you had to laugh a little?

One of mine was the other day I went to use the bathroom at work. I went in, washed my hands and then used the facilities. I didn't realize that I got it backwards until I was actually at the toilet!

In the word department, I occasionally forget a word and when I'm at home, I'll sometimes refer to the thing I'm talking about at "that $#!t". My family gets the message. LOL

Looking at the light switches in my bathroom and not remembering how to use them.

Not remembering how to put the car in park and turn it off once I have reached my destination.

Not remembering how to spell words on my shopping list.

So glad those days are far behind me!

I never have been good with faces/names so caramba's experience is par for the course for me. I continue to have difficulty with faces out of context

Huddie, I'm not sure if it's always from Lyme. I know people who can't recall some things at times, or they leave the house forgetting keys, etc., and they don't have Lyme. However, Lyme/co-infections do have their place in all of this.

But I digress. In a meeting I needed to identify some co-workers and literally could not remember their names. It was awful and soooooo embarrassing. These are people I've known for years.

No, I said, "It's been a long day and my memory is failing me." Then I said, "I'll let everyone introduce themselves and tell a bit about their role."

Of course they are looking at me, like you are not old soooo.

For some reason my memory came back......ha. I haven't had anything like that happen in a long time. In fact, my memory is pretty darn good these days.

Post Edited (Krimpet 🍔) : 8/21/2016 8:55:05 AM (GMT-6)

My scariest happened last summer 2015. I referrer to this one as my Dementia herx.

My husband came home from work. I looked at him and said, "Was I married to someone before I married you?" He paused, looked at me weird, and said"No."

I still didn't believe him and was unsure . Lucky for me, it was summer, so after dinner he went outside to work in the garage. While my husband was outside, I tried to call my parents. I wanted to ask them if I was married to someone before I married my husband and whom it was.

My parents didn't answer their phone. Then I started to get worse. I couldn't remember if I was married to my husband. So, I tried to call my parents again. They didn't answer their phone. I started to cry hysterically.

I hid in my house away from my husband until I could figure this out. I tried to call my parents again, they still didn't answer. Then I became unsure if I would believe their answer to my question. I was going to try to call my parents one more time, but became unsure that if they did answer the phone that they"truly" were my parents.

I was still crying hysterically. I tried to look at wedding photos of my husband and me. I had a hard time recognizing myself in the photos. Then I became unsure if I lived in my house. All of my surroundings were unfamiliar. I was 75% unsure about my surroundings.

I had the overwhelming feeling of just walking away. I felt like I didn't know where I belonged, who I was or where I lived.

But for some reason, I didn't. I was terrified but stayed in the house.

After some time, my symptoms got a little bit better. My husband came into the house to clean up before bedtime. I told him what I went through. He looked very concerned. He asked, "How are you doing now?" I said, "I'm doing better but 30% unsure about my surroundings."

At this time, we had a dog. We would put a pet gate up every night,so that our dog was just limited to the living room. Our front door is also located in our living room.

That night, my husband placed the pet gate higher. He did this so that if I woke up very confused, he would hear me trying to get over the pet gate. We called this: "The Little Bear Trap." :) Ha ha ha!!

Luckily, I slept through the night without any issues. The following day, I woke up back to "normal".

This only happened once.

I have a lot of daily "Alzheimer's" moments. I constantly walk into the wrong room for what I am looking for. I forget to brush my teeth, I forget if I showered even though I did. I would forget to shave one leg. I forgot that I had a pot of eggs boiling on the stove, my husband had to remind me. (I only use the stove if my husband is around).
Last night I went to the grocery store with my husband, we got into the store and I whispered into his ear, "Do I have pants on?" He said, "Yes, trust me I wouldn't let you leave the house without pants." I still had to constantly look down to make sure I had pants on, and took my hand pretending to brush something off just so that I could feel the fabric.

I have a lot of these moments. My husband and I try to find the humor in it and can usually laugh about it.

I had to laugh at this since it's just plain silly. My mom passed gas loudly the other day and upon hearing it, I dead serious almost said "I'll get it". LOL

Honestly I don't get the joke. what is funny about having brain damage and alzheimers symptoms early in life? What is funny about not being able to function like a normal human being in everyday life? I know we all have different ways of coping and finding humor in tragedy but what's next? are we going to start laughing about heart block and paralysis? Are we going to have a seizure and make a joke "just my darn lyme again." Sorry to be such a downer but I fail to see the humor here.

logmoss82 said...
Honestly I don't get the joke. what is funny about having brain damage and alzheimers symptoms early in life? What is funny about not being able to function like a normal human being in everyday life? I know we all have different ways of coping and finding humor in tragedy but what's next? are we going to start laughing about heart block and paralysis? Are we going to have a seizure and make a joke "just my darn lyme again." Sorry to be such a downer but I fail to see the humor here.

Sorry if you took offense to this topic. It certainly wasn't my intent. To be honest, I very rarely find any humor in my brain fog. It depresses me and often reduces me to tears. I also don't know for sure if I have Lyme yet myself. I just made this thread to see what other people experience and for people to have somewhere to vent about their cognitive issues. Cognitive issues are terrifying and I though maybe this thread would help others not feel so afraid and alone knowing that many other people out there are going through similar situations.

What a great discussion - and a relatively therapeutic one!

This Lyme experience is so crazy, we all have to find our own unique ways of living through it. You cannot write fiction this good. No one would believe our days if they hadn't lived it.

This thread exposes one very critical purpose of a community like this--the ways in which we learn from each other's experiences and the opportunities it gives us to commiserate and find support in each other.

Logmoss, you're obviously having a really difficult time lately. We all extend a huge virtual hug to you. I have been too. In my pursuit of more knowledge about Lyme & co I have been read some information and watched some videos which were pretty disturbing. So as my treatment continues forward in a positive path, my psychological state sometimes has serious setbacks (and on my bad days I scream, "is there a %*^$@* difference???") I also herx significantly with psycho-neuro symptoms that would land me in a mental hospital if they weren't short-term herxing... ;)

Take a deep breath, buddy. Try to increase your detox. BE GOOD TO YOURSELF. Look for things to focus on in your day that will help move you toward your goals. Traveler's post is awesome - so give it a couple reads. And if you're feeling like lashing out (which is common for me), turn off the computer, watch a movie or listen to your favorite music - do something positive.

Hang in there -

-p

errrrg. I tried responding to this post, and my wonderful finger/brain coordination deleted it.

What I was saying is that my scariest brain moments are when I forget how to get to a familiar destination. Sometimes I'll be driving down the road and either forget where I'm going, or forget where I am. It took an extra 15 minutes to get to the store the other day because I missed TWO turns.

I get words confused, spellings wrong, have moments where I legit can't think what the next word in the sentence should be. I forget people's names and even how to use common, every day items. Most of the time I'll be in mid conversation with a friend and I'll either forget what we're talking about mid sentence or I can't remember the word. It's literally like playing Catch Phrase to figure out what I'm talking about. haha. "You know...that thing you do in the middle of the day when your eyes are closed! On the bed. YEA!!! Nap. That's what I was trying to say." lol.

All you can do is laugh some days. And on other days, all you can do is cry.

I left stove on when i was cooking ..burned the pan smoke in the house ...gf thought the place was on fire , not cool. I had a memory like a elephant ...
nurse notice when i could not say apotosis ...and ya its not funny to have involuntary movements of my hand ,or falling from moving to fast but did joke about zombie love with gf ,even made a song ...

caramba said...
one problem I have is if I walk away from the kitchen counter while taking my pills, I'll forget which ones I took and have caught myself taking the same one again.. (and spitting it out :)

so I try to take then on the spot, without distractions and writing their names down as I take them.

You can try using a pill organizer like this one: www.forgettingthepill.com/sc_images/products/436_large_image.jpg

You can pick one up at most drug stores.

A couple weeks ago I thought the year was 2015.