Haivng cared for my mom with dementia for several years, I now how frustrating and scary it s for the one experiencing it, no matter the reason.
Sometimes she'd look at us as if we're the ones losing our minds, and other times she had enough clarity to know she was the one losing her mind actually saying "My mind is in a constant fog, I'm always confused and I don't know why." At those times, we can see she was scared.
For lack of sleep, sometimes she'd go 35-40 hours without sleep because her brain was on overdrive trying to figure things out. Those were rough times as thelack of sleep compounded problems. Anyone going that long without sleep, wouldn't be able to function much, let alone someone already cognotively impared.
Yeah, it's the *awareness* of being fogged that's worse than the fog itself. I never knew there were all these other, NOT rare, symptoms with menopause, then it wouldn't be *as* scary. And if ANYONE at urgent care had said, "Okay, if you're already having 'menopause brain' then this UTI might make it worse, but it will only be temporary" that would have saved about 3 mini breakdowns last week. Instead I had to find out from a friend's husband who was listening in as I cried about forgetting my address.
Also, for 'real' fun this time...all the men on this board have more estrogen than I do right now. Congratulations!
Also, **** the Blues for scoring while typing this.
Haivng cared for my mom with dementia for several years, I now how frustrating and scary it s for the one experiencing it, no matter the reason.
Sometimes she'd look at us as if we're the ones losing our minds, and other times she had enough clarity to know she was the one losing her mind actually saying "My mind is in a constant fog, I'm always confused and I don't know why." At those times, we can see she was scared.
For lack of sleep, sometimes she'd go 35-40 hours without sleep because her brain was on overdrive trying to figure things out. Those were rough that witimes as thelack of sleep compounded problems. Anyone going that long without sleep, wouldn't be able to function much, let alone someone already cognotively impared.
Yeah, we saw that with our mom as well, as she slipped away. It was an awful thing to watch.
Haivng cared for my mom with dementia for several years, I now how frustrating and scary it s for the one experiencing it, no matter the reason.
Sometimes she'd look at us as if we're the ones losing our minds, and other times she had enough clarity to know she was the one losing her mind actually saying "My mind is in a constant fog, I'm always confused and I don't know why." At those times, we can see she was scared.
For lack of sleep, sometimes she'd go 35-40 hours without sleep because her brain was on overdrive trying to figure things out. Those were rough times as thelack of sleep compounded problems. Anyone going that long without sleep, wouldn't be able to function much, let alone someone already cognotively impared.
I don't think so, he kinda turned into it and it wasn't the bulldozer that last night was. I'd call it just hockey. Especially since the tripping call of Parayko was a little weak IMO.
No, Spence already took a penalty, so was Sens were 1st on PK.
They said "first power play for the Sens"...and my brain did not parse correctly.
I miss my brain.
MY BRAIN HURTS!!!
Jokes aside, I fumbled through confirming my address last week and burst into tears afterward. It is really frustrating and scary to have your brain just completely stop working.
Menopause related? When brain fog start and how long does it noremally last?
Yes.
"Regular" perimenopause brain fog, plus first ever UTI (which is also a symptom of periM and which has cognitive symptoms on its own that NO ONE EVER MENTIONED TO ME!!), plus extreme sleep deprivation...because of regular perimenopause insomnia plus body fighting infection stress. Last week was REALLY bad.
In hindsight, I can recognize cognitive symptoms starting ~5 years ago...coincidentally I moved to WA around the same time so I blamed everything on the different climate and winter darkness. The bad cold I had in June forcibly shoved me into let stage perimenopause and it's just been getting worse and worse over the last 8 weeks. And this stage can last anywhere from 1 to 5 years.
Took a CBD gummy, another first, last night (was cold turkey supplement sober last week while on antibiotics) and got a sleep score higher than 40 and a rating higher than "Poor" for the first time in months. I feel certain that my increased brain issues of late were/are directly related to lack of sleep. I've agree, yes, there are definitely unique, measurable, and observable symptoms of periM, but that "simple" lack of sleep makes everything 100 times worse. I'm hoping if I can get the sleep under control I'll have a better baseline to measure just how good/bad I am.
The internet says nearly all the symptoms are not the *loss* of hormones but the radical fluctuations. Because the hormones ain't coming back so if my body can't get used to the new normal after the rollercoaster stops just take me out the wood shed and put me out of my misery. Please!
And, just for fun because I'm single-handedly on a mission to dispel stereotypes now, something like 25% of women never have a hot flash during periM. That is *not* the "gold standard" symptom that the stereotypes would have you think it is. I have never had one, even though my hypothalamus *is* a little out of whack since all this began, just not full-on hot flashes.
We sent Cathy upstate to live on a farm, where she can run free and chase rabbits.
No, Spence already took a penalty, so was Sens were 1st on PK.
They said "first power play for the Sens"...and my brain did not parse correctly.
I miss my brain.
MY BRAIN HURTS!!!
Jokes aside, I fumbled through confirming my address last week and burst into tears afterward. It is really frustrating and scary to have your brain just completely stop working.
I remember years ago when I was a sales rep, and wore a tie every day, one day out of the blue I couldn’t remember how to tie it. I had been tying a tie everyday for a decade, then one day, it was just gone. I had to get the instructions out to do it. Then the next day, no problem. It was silly, but it kind of freaked me out.
Catching up with a friend of mine and he was telling me about some temporary amnesia thing that hit him, it wasn't "regular" amnesia it was things like forgetting how to tie a tie and things like that (I'd have to look up the actual name) and it's apparently a not uncommon thing. He was also freaked out, lasted a day or so I think.
It's one thing when the memory is on the tip of your tongue but just completely forgetting, and then getting stressed because you're forgetting, is another level.
