My Brain Isn't Working

[IBKleen]

Hey Guys!

With another birthday fast approaching I don't want to admit it, but I think I am losing it. It feels as if my brain isn't working.

Those who have known me for a time know that I am capable of writing and putting a sentence together. Well, that was then. Now I find myself looking for the right phrase, or the right word. That is something that always came natural to me.

This is not doing a lot for my self-esteem and I find myself stuttering and avoiding certain situations or conversations.

I was never one to take supplements or vitamins, even during withdrawal so I need some help here. Can someone recommend something--a natural supplement that stimulates the brain?

Any help would be appreciated.

[dominosarah]

Commando is the only way to go but i cant convince SOME other people of that!!!

[Beccabeccalynn]

Only you Sara with the underpants! I say go commando! Long live commando! Viva commando! Narla my picker is broken some of us  here are giving it a overhaul. Hey is there a dating for dummies?
Becca

[vicki595]

Sara~    ROFLMAO !!!!

IBK~  As long as you're laughing,it's all good!!

[dominosarah]

Just make sure you have clean underpants on when they do show up.      

[IBKleen]

You guys are the best. Now I am walking around, still without a clue, and laughing! They should be coming to take me away any day now..LOL

[laurel453]

and those omegas... fish oil caps i think they are good for everything :) follow vicki's suggestions

btw, Bonnie, your brain works, don't worry, you may feel it is slower but this is temporary....maybe that project smoking has affected too, it is indeed a lot of strain, girl...somewhere it has to show...

good luck now :)

[narla]

Sara I thought you had the police and firemen from the cafe,you're not sharing.
Becca,I'm sure you'll be able to diagnose IBKleen,are you having another date with the brother of your friends boyfriend,

Denise

[Beccabeccalynn]

How long have you been clean and if you don't mind me asking a age range? Of course I think that I will have just the answer if given a few details keeping in mind that I have absoultly no medical training. Wait thats not true I have an expired CPR card and a red cross donors card may or may not be expired ! However I feel confident in my ability to diagnose just about anything just don't ask me to be able to date on my own. Becca

[dominosarah]

How about i do the new paramedic and i will let you all know what you missed!!!  LOL

[vicki595]

Sara...I happen to know she would totally do Harrison Ford...save the paramedic for me...I need my temperature taken...LMFAO

I like to keep busy...

IBK~  Just a thought: Find a way to get your O2 saturation checked. It takes a minute.

[narla]

I don't do the new paramedic either,mmm maybe I should try.

[IBKleen]

Sarah...what do you think the brain is connected to? ROFL

[dominosarah]

Okay so everything i mentioned you do EXCEPT for the new paramedic??!!!

[IBKleen]

Thanks Denise. I do word games but I will try the brain training. Heck, I'll try anything!!!

[narla]

We wrote at the same time  LOL
Try the brain training games they are fun and you can measure your progress,
they keep a graph on how your improving.

Good Luck

Denise

[IBKleen]

I watch Jeopardy every night and have since pre Alex Trebeck. I watch Millionaire and Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader, which I found I am not. I do crossword puzzles like a nut and have a subscription to Penny Press. I am addicted to Logic Problems. I graduated from college with 3.86 GPA. Stupid I am not. Old-I think so.

I heard about the 5HTP and will definitely try that. Instead of all the others, maybe a good multi-vitamin?

Sleep? What is that? I haven't put 4 hours hours together since Mental-Pause 17 years ago.

Steve will put me in the home if this keeps up and my girlfriends are none to happy to put my make up on for me...can't wait for that. Pray for me ladies, pray for me....

[narla]

I keep my brain active by doing crosswords(love cryptic ones),I also do sudoku,and I get on the computer and do mindscapes which is a brain training game,working on math,literacy and spatial problems.it works for me.

Denise

[dominosarah]

Geez first you are riding cowboys and tonight hobnobbing with Harrison Ford!!  LOL

[IBKleen]

When I dropped my napkin under the table, I smiled to see Harrison Ford's........

Ill be back.

[vicki595]

Hi Honey Bunny!!

All the B vitamins,magnesium,and Vit C 4x the recommended dose. Crossword puzzles and READING !!  Also,how's the sleep situation?  Lack of sleep makes me stupid...

Don't be so hard on yourself!  Oh...and get some 5HTP. The pricier brand really is the best and I think the stuff works.

Harrison Ford is in town doing a movie. I know where he's having dinner tonight and was thinking about dropping over there...do you think you can now put a verb and a noun in the same sentence,give me a message,and I'll deliver for you?

Always glad to help......xoxo

[dominosarah]

Something stimulating huh.....How about the new paramedic we have in town??!!!  LOL

I do remember when my dad was sick and he was worried about his memory and such so he spoke to the doctor and the Nuerosurgeon told him to watch something like Jeopardy as it kept his brain fresh and working.  He said not to just watch movies and such(my dad loved all the war movies or westerns).  The doc told him to do crossword puzzles also.  Just a suggestions cuz i have no clue to the supplement thing!!

You arent losing it.  You always know what to say to me!!!