brain fog

[poddy]

hi all Im back again and not moaning today I just have a question . can anyone relate to what I call brain freeze when performing tasks [even operating a computer keypad] its like losing track of what you are doing briefly and feeling a little strange afterwards.This has happened a few times lately and has made me a little worried because my attention seems much shorter.      from a still undiagnosed  poddy

[LMonty]

oh yeah!

pain is the worst, but this cognitive problem is the scariest. its affecting everything i do and dont do because of it.

i get episodes that are much worse. i make errors at work, i forget things at a terrifying rate, and on the worst days have a hard time holding a conversation or understanding what i am reading. later if i go back and read what i have written its downright scary.

its gotten to point over the last few years that it doesn't go back to baseline, i feel like i have lost a lot of my mental prowess, even during times that arent bad.

scares me because i know i cant safely do my job like this much longer.

[SarahL2491]

ha,  i must be related to William too!!
I do the same

[cheesymum]

Melissa, I feel like I constantly search for words.  And, the harder I try to figure out what word I want, the less likely I am to find it and the more frustrated I get.  If I'm talking to hubby, I don't get as frustrated because he understands now but, yesterday, I was talking to a neighbor and got so embarrassed as he stood there looking at me waiting on me to figure out what I was going to say.  I usually just laugh self-consciously and say something stupid like "It's hell getting old" but it really does embarrass me.

I do the "foo tar" thing as well as saying "Hand scissors the me" instead of "Hand me the scissors".  The "foo tar" thing is called a "spoonerism" and is rather common apparently.  It was named after a man named William Archibald Spooner who was very prone to them as well as other verbal gaffes.  Wonder if he had MS?  ;)

[madmelissa]

Constantly the last couple of weeks. I lose track of what I'm doing or pause in the middle of saying something because I've completely lost my train of though. Also major issues with word finding and transposing words. For example, instead of "too far" I might say "foo tar". I'm not sure if its cause is as Lulu describes or due to actual cognitive issues. I'm not diagnosed yet.

Melissa

[MissLauraI]

Oh my yes! It can be as bad as feeling like I need to slap myself to pay attention to something as simple and quick as forgetting what I am saying in mid sentence. I can also do or say something and then forget i did it or said it just seconds later. It is a strange world. I am un-dx to date so not sure it is MS or not though. You have my sympathies!

[anon07072023]

I easily get distracted or lose attention for what I'm doing.
For example, I'll have all my medicine out on the table to take. I'll pick up one pill, and take it, and drink my entire drink. Then, I'll look down at the table and find that I haven't taken any of my other pills because I forgot what I was doing. It is kind of strange.