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.
I have ever heard of this and this is such a good post to raise awareness.
Its amazing how you can find humor despite suffering from a chronic illness. I suffer from Diabetes and when my sugar levels spike, I evolve into a t-rex!
I think you have to find a way to laugh sometimes or at least I would cry.
Lol. I think this is normal. I, too experience this fibro fog sometimes. But thanks for sharing this. It was fun reading it.
It can be to a degree, Fibro Fog, however, is a bit different to the normal forgetfulness or silly things people do. It can be quite scary and can lead to all sorts of issues, as well as speech issues etc..
I don’t have fibromyalgia but I do get brain fog occasionally. The most common is going into a room and forgetting why I had to go there in the first place. Or going to the drugstore to get a refill when I don’t have either the prescription or the money. I also have a hard time remembering people’s names.
I am awful with names and faces, which is so embarrassing!
I do suffer the occasional moment of brain fog but I had no idea how bad it can be for some people x
It has scared me a number of times, you never quite know what is coming next.
I have the occasional moment where I go somewhere to do something and totally forget what it was, but I didn’t realise fibro affected people so much x
It is an awful condition I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. The way it has changed me and my life is just huge.
I knew that fibro affected so many different things. But a fibro fog is not something I had ever heard about. It’s got to be rough though if it’s affecting things like memory and caution. I hope things get better, including remembering number five on this list. 😉
It is quite scary how much it does effect your whole life and changes it so much.
This reminds me of those silly moments when I forget something that I supposed to do. I just learned to laugh at these moments.
You have to laugh don’t you 😉
I had some serious brain fog when my kids were newborns. I remember doing all kinds of crazy stuff, like leaving stuff out of the fridge, and putting non-perishables in the fridge. Offering a milk bottle to my older daughter instead of the baby. It’s tough!
It is hard isn’t it, and people just don’t understand if they haven’t been there hahax
I think you have just described my life! I’m forever putting things in the wrong places – the salt grinder in the fridge and I too have taken the milk for a walk instead of my tea!
LOL it’s awful isn’t it. I’ve put all sorts of things in strange places.
Although I don’t suffer from Fibro I have to say that having baby brain results in similar symptoms. Thankfully my friends and hubby can kind of work out the jumbled up words that come out of my mouth and we can have a laugh about it. I must say I do get worried when I forget things though and it’s the stupidest things within the space of a few minutes.
It is strange the sort of things that it makes you come out with from time to time isn’t it.
I don’t I don’t suffer from fibro, but boy can I relate to the fog – that is me daily. I have done the same thing with microwave cook time before. lol
I was so sure I had it right but nope I didn’t.
Brain fog can be so hard! I have it sometimes due to medication changes and things like that, and I have left stuff in weird places too many times to count.
It is hard isn’t it, and then you have to try and find the things which you have left in stupid places.
I am sorry that you experience this. I cannot even fathom how incredibly frustrating this must be. I have chronic pain as well. Half of my spine is held together with metal and prayer and osteoarthritis. I also have bipolar disorder and anxiety. My doctors have put me on a cocktail of medications that are known to slow down thinking and cause forgetfulness and good gracious, they do. I have notes for my notes and those notes have notes to remind me where I’ve put those notes. – I am not comparing my situation with what you go through. I have read about fibro fog and how awful it can be. Just know that I empathize…and I’m rambling…because I’m awkward. xoxoxo
Oh gosh sending you gentle hugs, what a nightmare for you to have to be going through all of that <3
I don’t suffer from Fibro (a lot of my friends do and it just sounds horrendous so my thoughts are with you!) however I have had a brain fog moment…today in fact… I was writing something for work (bear in mind I work with construction) and I had put the following in my draft ‘overhead brush’ (instead of bridge) and Hot Cross Bun Fence….. yup… (although apparently this is a real thing!).
I am going to have to look up a Hot Cross Bun Fence now lol!
Oh dear .. it sounds like my 40+ year old brain! Some days I’m so scatterbrained. The best thing I can do is laugh about it .. write myself a million notes .. and hope tomorrow is better!
I have notes everywhere I have to admit, in the hopes they help. But I’m awful for forgetting where the note is or thinking it has been sorted.
I would say that hangovers give me brain fog! Lol, I always have trouble getting the day started if I spend the night before with too many drinks.
It can be a bit like having the worst hangover but not having had anything to drink lol.
I don’t have fibromyalgia but I have congestive heart failure and I experience episodes like this frequently. I go to do something and my mind is completely blank. If I don’t write thinks down, they don’t happen. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve forgotten that I need to start dinner.
Sending you hugs, it is so hard isn’t it forgetting the little things.
I have suffered with ‘Mummy brain’ mostly walking into rooms and forgetting why I was in there!
I get brain fog everyone’s in a while. I think mine is more caused by eating too many carbs or sugar but it does make me do silly things.
I wasn’t that familiar with this condition. Thanks for educating me a bit more about it.
No problem at all 🙂 I’m glad to have helped show a little more about how debilitating it is.
Oh no! I don’t have fibromyalgia, but I do get brain fog ALL THE TIME. I just call it mommy brain.
I hadn’t heard of this brain fog until a woman I got to know was telling me about it. She suffers from fibromygalia. Which she had to educate me on as well. Nice you are getting the word out.
I suffer from brain fog, I have to write down what I’m going to say before making a phone call. I always stumble on words, even really simple ones. I put things in unusual places too, we can never find anything.
It is so rewarding to help others
Appearances can often be deceiving -putting the coffee in the fridge is becoming a habit with me?