tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-690850457652849477.post5119048571197970025..comments2024-03-19T09:10:47.280-07:00Comments on Reasonably Well: I Hate Foggy Julia Oleinikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04857783768340014545noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-690850457652849477.post-51404003920168617072012-11-16T16:31:20.658-08:002012-11-16T16:31:20.658-08:00I had such an incident just last week. I live acro...I had such an incident just last week. I live across the street from a small shopping center...it has a butcher, a drugstore, a small<br />grocer's and various other stores, and I was heading to the drugstore. I had passed the second store and was muttering to myself "what store am I going into?" repeatedly, because I could not remember where I was going. By now, I know when this happens, I start panicking. Last week wasn't so bad I got out of my panic quickly but there are times when I'm far from home and really worried because I'm literally lost in transit.<br />annienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-690850457652849477.post-19990882470175877602012-11-16T09:58:03.589-08:002012-11-16T09:58:03.589-08:00I can completely relate to these brain fog inciden...I can completely relate to these brain fog incidents. Sometimes the fog seems to be isolated events or can last for a few days at time for me. One of the biggest problems that I have had is that I can't remember what I am talking about in mid-sentence and I know that is not old-age! It can be a bit embarrassing. You are right having family and a few friends who are understand these mental hiccups is a gift.AutoimmuneGalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11917880603070744451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-690850457652849477.post-70618021181849674632012-11-16T08:11:21.608-08:002012-11-16T08:11:21.608-08:00When these things happen, I just tell myself to be...When these things happen, I just tell myself to be thankful there's an explanation for it that's NOT early dementia. I have been having these moments since I was a teenager and to have a plausible explanation for them is actually a relief.<br /><br />I think your description of it as a disconnect is not only metaphorically accurate and right on target as to how it FEELS when you have one of these moments, but is probably medically apt as well. A temporary gap or misfire in neurons up there in the gray matter. <br /><br />Luckily, they don't seem to last too long. Now, what was I going to do next? <br /> Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02013830406271839467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-690850457652849477.post-7933864699894845702012-11-16T05:29:25.986-08:002012-11-16T05:29:25.986-08:00I so know how you feel. A kind of panic ( how the ...I so know how you feel. A kind of panic ( how the heck could I be so stupid!)followed by depression when you realize how this must appear to others.When the brain farts happen with no one around to witness them they are bad enough but to have an audience? doubles the embarrassment. My mother has had sjogrens,RA and primary biliary cirrhosis for some time and my sisters and I used to kind of joke about my moms " vague moments" before. Since my own diagnosis I feel very badly for having been so cruel.I truly understand myself now.cargillwitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06948839908080737239noreply@blogger.com