5 Silly Things Fibro Fog has Made me do
Fibro Fog or Brain Fog is one of the most annoying parts of Fibromyalgia, it is a term used to explain the cognitive difficulties experienced due to Fibro and to anyone who has never experienced it, it is hard to describe. However I shall try; it is like being lost in a place you know like the back of your hand, it’s like a pack of cards that were neatly in order but someone has decided to play 52-card pickup with at the most inappropriate moment. It can hit you at any time, you could be having a perfectly normal conversation then you stumble on a word, and you haven’t just lost that word, but the whole conversation. It can leave you feeling a little like you are going insane and it definitely leaves me calling all sorts of things thingy, whatsit and doodah.
I’ve had to learn to laugh at some of the things I do because of my Fibro Fog, or I would cry and I thought I would share with you 5 of the silliest things I’ve done because of it.
- The Microwave
Last year I was trying to make myself something in the microwave, I needed to put it on for a 90 seconds, simple right? Not to my fibro fog addled brain, after whirling the dial around a number of times, I yell out to Ash – the microwave has broken, I can’t find 90 seconds it jumps from 50 to 100, what happened to the numbers in between. Yeah, I forgot there are 60 seconds in a minute and it wasn’t going from 50 to 100 but 50 seconds to 1:00 minute. - Things Get Hot
I seem to forget things get hot, it is one of my most common fibro related injuries, I am always putting my hand over steam or grabbing hot things with my hands. A few weeks ago I decided the best way to pick the kettle up was by the sides and not the handle, how my brain came up with that one I will never know. - Rice Monsters
Sometimes my brain changes words to completely different ones, which make no sense, a recent example is rice monsters. Neither Ash nor I can remember what I should have been talking about, but both of us remember rice monsters well. - I Put It Where?
I have a habit of putting things in really silly places, for instance after making a cup of tea, I’ve put the tea in the fridge and brought the milk into the lounge. While I have also put away all sorts of things, in completely random places, sky remote in the bathroom? Tick! - Blog Post Blanks
Before I started writing this post, I had 5 things lined up in my head to include, however, I have now forgotten number 5 and the more I struggle to try and remember what it should have been, the more it escapes me.
So that is 5 of the silly things that fibro fog makes me do, so if you see someone struggling, give them some time and let them think about what they were trying to say.
Have you ever suffered a brain fog moment?
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I suffer from something similar that my granddaughter and I call “Nana brain”. Nana brain explains why I go into a shop, fill up a shopping basket, get to the till and realise I left my wallet at home. Or I go downstairs to the kitchen, can’t remember why I’m in there, go back up to my craft room (on the top floor, up 2 flights of stairs!) and then remember that I wanted to make a cup of tea. Or when I put my lunch down on the floor for the cats and put cat food in the microwave (take my word, microwaved cat food smells even worse than cold cat food.)
This had me lauphing out loud. I could tell you five things just to do with the making of tea, although the word ‘making’ would be used loosely. I am really trying to coment on your answers but I can’t remeber them. I’ve also pressed space bar instead of CBN and M each time. Send help.
Oh no sending hugs (sorry I can’t do help). I’ve put the made cup of tea in the fridge before and taken the bottle of milk to drink.
My friend has just been diagnosed, and describes a lot of these things! I’ll point her in your direction!
I have Parkinsons which causes me to lose my thread and motivation all the time.
Sending you *gentle hugs* x
Rosemary essential oil is helpful with brain fog. Lavender helichrysum and roman chamomile is good in a bath for any pain. ?
Oh thank you I’ll have to give that a try!
I did a case study about fibromyalgia last year as it was a condition I had never came across, I am
Now an almost qualified OT and I am
Determined to do some more research on the condition as I truly believe that the worst symptoms ,…. people cannot see!
Keep talking about it and spreading the word x
I have to say thank you so much for believing in us and the symptoms (so many professionals even don’t) we need people who help like you!
A brilliant description of Brain Fog , so much I recognise . I do not have Fibromyalgia, but a mixture of viral liver disease and the meds I take for it do lead to episodes of fogginess. They can leave me completely bemused at times . I think the most frustrating thing for me is the inability to finish anything as I forget what I had started , so I end up with 20 things on the go and with none of them being finished . The most common problem is forgetting I am running water in the sink . I have taken the dog out trying to clear my head and come back to a flooded flat .
Oh gosh what a nightmare of things to be going through, brain fog is definitely something that is linked to so many conditions I think, it is scary how something you would think shouldn’t effect your mind does.
Ah, that sounds horrible. I’ve never experienced brain fog but I am quite forgetful.
Ha, I’m just in one permanent brain fog moment since having the kids!
I hear you I have fibromialgia among other health issues and I am terrible for forgetting so many things. I have even forgotten to attend an operation TWICE even though it gave a warning on my phone the night before and morning prior to. I seriously think my brain works against me 🙁
I do the same, I have to set a whole host reminders, from a couple of days before to minutes before to have any hope of making it.
I don’t have fibromyalgia but I do get brain fog it’s part of Anxiety disorder sometimes my brain just switches off . Also disorientation everything looks foggy . I put milk in the cupboard and salt in the freezer , lose things all the time ! I made myself a cup of tea to take to bed the other night only to find I had a cup of hot water ! I’d actually put the tea in my hot water bottle. Hope that gives you a giggle. X
Oh gosh tea in a hot water bottle, that poor cup of tea 😉 I hope you managed to make yourself one soon after.
I do not have fibromyaliga but at times feel like my brain is in a fog and taking things and putting them in random places sounds all to familiar. Thank you for this candid post I can imagine how it can be a struggle in daily life.
Thanks for being candid about your fibro fog. I hear of fibromyaliga but didnt know how it really effected people.
I have chronic fatigue, so frequently get brain fog. My close colleagues at work (I do a 4 day week) are used to me forgetting words and then forgetting what on earth I was talking about in the first place. However, it happened when I was talking to a new manager… I had to walk off in the end because I forgot what I was talking about mid-stream and couldn’t explain it to him. I think he thought I was mad!
It frequently happens when I’m writing blog posts and once happened when I was in the supermarket. I just had to stop and stand still with the trolley because I’d completely fogged up. Thankfully, it started to clear after a few minutes, otherwise I don’t know what I would have done.
I get so embarrassed when I’m talking to someone and that happens, it is OK with close family or friends but anyone else I just want to hide in a hole as like you said we must seem completely mad or incredibly stupid.
I must admit I didn’t realise due to my ignorance that pain & fibro could affect your thinking like this. Must be very difficult to put up with. Although, I do remember forgetting how many seconds are in a minute not long ago too. Hope that makes you feel a smidgen better.
At least it isn’t just me then 😉
Yeah I wouldn’t have thought it could do it, there isn’t a day that goes by when I’m not hit by it in some way.
I don’t have fibromyalgia but was in hospital for a while in a medically induced coma and when I came out for the first 6 months or so I was always forgetting simple things. One of the worst things I did was tie up my dog outside a local shop while I popped in to get milk, then walked off without her! Thankfully I realised after a minute and rushed back. Poor thing was just sat there looking bemused, bless her.
Anyway it was a tough time and my thoughts are with you x
Oh gosh, I can imagine it was very hard after that, I do hope you are OK now <3
I don’t have fibromyalgia, but I find with chronic depression and anxiety that your brain is often in a similar fog, how my socks ended up in the fridge I will never know!
It is so confusing how some of the things happen isn’t it :(.
Never knew about this and reading your post makes me think and gets me more curious about it. I need to research more about this. Now I admit too that I have sometimes brain fog moments.
I think everyone gets it to some degree that is for sure. It’s well worth looking into if you get it a lot though.
I have a friend who has fibro and she has told me the same thing happened since to her. I understand how you feel based on what she goes through every day.
I don’t understand everything about fibro, I do understand the foggy brain moments. As a mom, I get mom brain which has me forgetting a lot.
It is a hard thing to understand, but I have to say thank you for being there for your friend and standing by her <3
I suffer from Mummy/tired brain a lot. I forget what I am meant to do most times.