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Brain turning into mush
Of late it seems like my brain has been not really trying to help me do things at all, and maybe just trying to mess with me more than normal lately.
The other evening on a very cloudy day at almost dusk I was driving along going north into town. I glanced up and saw a small red light in my windshield. So what is the first thing my brain comes up with. "Boy is the sun red tonight". It was a reflection of the power light for my GPS.
Last night I decided to have a quick sandwich as a snack. So I get out the bread, lunch meat, mayo, knife and plate. All set to make the sandwich but I take out 2 slices of lunch meat and one slice of bread from their packages. If that wasn't bad enough I then tried to stick the lunch meat into the toaster.
Yesterday when I was going through my mail I opened a letter with my letter opener, took the contents out of the envelope and promptly threw the letter opener into the trash instead of the envelope.
Today I needed to do a load of clothes washing. So I brought the laundry basket into the kitchen and started putting the clothes into the dish washer. While doing this I kept wondering why the washing machine didn't look right and what it was doing in the kitchen instead of the basement. I finally realized what I was doing when I couldn't find the laundry soap.
Dennis
The other evening on a very cloudy day at almost dusk I was driving along going north into town. I glanced up and saw a small red light in my windshield. So what is the first thing my brain comes up with. "Boy is the sun red tonight". It was a reflection of the power light for my GPS.
Last night I decided to have a quick sandwich as a snack. So I get out the bread, lunch meat, mayo, knife and plate. All set to make the sandwich but I take out 2 slices of lunch meat and one slice of bread from their packages. If that wasn't bad enough I then tried to stick the lunch meat into the toaster.
Yesterday when I was going through my mail I opened a letter with my letter opener, took the contents out of the envelope and promptly threw the letter opener into the trash instead of the envelope.
Today I needed to do a load of clothes washing. So I brought the laundry basket into the kitchen and started putting the clothes into the dish washer. While doing this I kept wondering why the washing machine didn't look right and what it was doing in the kitchen instead of the basement. I finally realized what I was doing when I couldn't find the laundry soap.
Dennis
Hi Dennis, fatigue certainly makes my cognitive issues worse and you have had a lot going on lately.
Hopefully some rest will come your way and help you out.
Corrie
Hopefully some rest will come your way and help you out.
Corrie
yeah, and the testing environment is different than real life. It's not a sterile environment that we all live in. I can see how it's worse with fatigue, mine is too.
I have had a NeuroPsych Evealuation done. It showed that while all of the different area of my brain are working, they are just doing it a lot slower than normal. It also showed that as I get more tired the slowing continues to get worse.
So these incidences are just manifestations of that process. Not all of the information I need to properly assess something are getting to the right areas in time.
For example with the thinking that the reflected power light was a red sun. the information that I was traveling north and that it was cloudy just didn't make it to where my thought processing of what the light was had not gotten there in time for me to realize it was a reflected light. With the limited information my mind just assumed it was the sun. Once the information did arrive my mind was then able to correct the thought process accordingly.
I think the exact wording in my test was that I normally have mild impairment, but when I get tired it becomes moderate. But given my fatigue of late I suspect this is slowing things down even more so and I'm probably getting into the severe range of impairment as this fatigue is a lot worse than what I was experiencing during the testing.
Dennis
So these incidences are just manifestations of that process. Not all of the information I need to properly assess something are getting to the right areas in time.
For example with the thinking that the reflected power light was a red sun. the information that I was traveling north and that it was cloudy just didn't make it to where my thought processing of what the light was had not gotten there in time for me to realize it was a reflected light. With the limited information my mind just assumed it was the sun. Once the information did arrive my mind was then able to correct the thought process accordingly.
I think the exact wording in my test was that I normally have mild impairment, but when I get tired it becomes moderate. But given my fatigue of late I suspect this is slowing things down even more so and I'm probably getting into the severe range of impairment as this fatigue is a lot worse than what I was experiencing during the testing.
Dennis
Have you ever had a neuropsychological evaluation? I've had two of them now and they put me on Namenda XR. It's typically given to patients with Alzheimers. I feel like it has helped me some. MS along with my PTSD doesn't help with my memory, cognitive, focus, attention, etc. Some of the things on the test, I'm listed as "severely impaired".
Lol, you are in good company Dennis. I've started to think my brain actually went on vacation without me. I can totally relate to the things you are doing.
My all time favourite is putting your dinner in the oven but not turning it on. It's either that or the ovens on but nothing is in there cooking. I think this could be said for my brain "the ovens on but nothing is cooking" lol. :-)
Take care,
Karry.
My all time favourite is putting your dinner in the oven but not turning it on. It's either that or the ovens on but nothing is in there cooking. I think this could be said for my brain "the ovens on but nothing is cooking" lol. :-)
Take care,
Karry.
Oh Dennis, I think you've had enough stress in the last 90 days to take the rest of the year and then some to recover from it! LOL
Just relax, do what you can, sleep when you can (I know you can, remember your trip back to Maine for a "nap" LOL) and perhaps treat them one at a time.
Tell your mushy brain you are making out a "do do" list for it and it better rest while it can!
Have a nice thanksgiving even if you just stare at the wall or go out…..its a great day if you are, as my sister in law says , "above the grass"
Just relax, do what you can, sleep when you can (I know you can, remember your trip back to Maine for a "nap" LOL) and perhaps treat them one at a time.
Tell your mushy brain you are making out a "do do" list for it and it better rest while it can!
Have a nice thanksgiving even if you just stare at the wall or go out…..its a great day if you are, as my sister in law says , "above the grass"
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