(Testing since 5/2007, dx'd 12/2007)
Can't wait until my brain fog leaves me!!! I'm having a REALLY hard time.
For example, I'll look at a paper and decide that I need to create a spreadsheet to organize the information. With the paper sitting next to me, within 5 seconds or less, I forget: a) why I'm about to use the computer, or b) what program I'm supposed to open or c) what am I supposed to be doing once the program is open. Times like that, I feel like a complete idiot.
More and more, I can't remember what I'm doing from one minute to the next. My mom keeps talking about stress but these things don't happen to me when I'm stressed. In fact, when I'm stressed, it's easier to focus myself and search my thoughts. It's hard to get people close to you to understand that there's something going on in your head- and it's NOT stress.
Just this past week, a document on my desk listed a group of people involved with a project. I couldn't remember who one of the people were. I went so far as to say I didn't think we had someone in our group by that name. I sat and strained my brain for a minute. It didn't just come to me. I had to think HARD and long. After about a good minute of pressing and talking it out loud, I remembered who the person was. Absolutely frightening. I talked to the person quite a bit the day before.
These past few weeks, I had more episodes of wondering what I'm doing or waking up and getting oriented to where I am. The commute to work is about 1.25 hrs and usually starts around 6am. My commute gets me home around 7pm. My day is long so I may nap on the bus ride to work.
When I wake suddenly from the nap, I open my eyes and I can't figure out where I am. I strain my neck and my brain for clues where I am until I finally get it. Last week, I got scared. During one of those naps, I was so disoriented, I didn't know if I was sleeping on the way to work or coming home from work. I had to open my eyes, literally gauge the daylight before figuring out I was going to work. I knew who I was. I knew I was on the bus but I lost all sense of time. Unbelievable!
Does anyone else have similar disorientations?