Guest guest Posted March 6, 2002 Report Share Posted March 6, 2002 --- Darcy Stockstill catstamp@...> wrote: > > > vicki justice wrote: > > > > I used to have a Mensa level IQ and now I > can't > > remember what I ate for dinner last night. > It is very > > frustrating and embarassing. Any one have > any ideas? > > Normally, if you don't remember well, they tell > you to do things like > crossword puzzles or deliberately setting out > to remember what you had > to eat yesterday to help strengthen it. I > don't think that will help > with the fibro fog. I have stuff I can't > remember today, that I > remembered yesterday and will remember > tomorrow, so the stuff is in > there; I just can't access it today. I'm not > sure there is much you can > do to help that. I guess make notes for the > really important stuff. > > But that won't help with stuff like yesterday. > I was eating lunch with > some old work buddies. The one guy was telling > a story and said > something about Iowa or Idaho. Well, by the > time he finished his > sentence, and I started to refer to the state, > I not only didn't have a > clue which one he used, but I couldn't remember > all of the ones that > started with I to choose from! When I picked > the wrong one, he was like > Iowa? So I said Iowa, Hawaii whatever. They > just laughed, and I held > my tongue because I didn't want things on a > serious note, but I just > said to myself " it's ok, this is part of fibro, > they don't know it's > your fibro, not you. " Today I can remember all > of the I states. > Darcy > I think sometimes we are blaming memories on fibro fog when everyone else without fibro has the same problem. What do we call those people, stupid fog? Yeah, I like that. When you are in constant pain, you don't always hear what someone said. It takes all your strength to function/act normally with that excrutiating pain. It doesn't necessarily mean we forgot. We just couldn't hear above the pain. When you go through those interminal nights of pain, how the hell can you remember what happened yesterday? You're just lucky you survived the night. Okay, I'll shut up now, I wonder why people say to me, 'Joanne, why don't you just tell it like it is?' Me __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2002 Report Share Posted March 6, 2002 --- Darcy Stockstill catstamp@...> wrote: > > > vicki justice wrote: > > > > I used to have a Mensa level IQ and now I > can't > > remember what I ate for dinner last night. > It is very > > frustrating and embarassing. Any one have > any ideas? > > Normally, if you don't remember well, they tell > you to do things like > crossword puzzles or deliberately setting out > to remember what you had > to eat yesterday to help strengthen it. I > don't think that will help > with the fibro fog. I have stuff I can't > remember today, that I > remembered yesterday and will remember > tomorrow, so the stuff is in > there; I just can't access it today. I'm not > sure there is much you can > do to help that. I guess make notes for the > really important stuff. > > But that won't help with stuff like yesterday. > I was eating lunch with > some old work buddies. The one guy was telling > a story and said > something about Iowa or Idaho. Well, by the > time he finished his > sentence, and I started to refer to the state, > I not only didn't have a > clue which one he used, but I couldn't remember > all of the ones that > started with I to choose from! When I picked > the wrong one, he was like > Iowa? So I said Iowa, Hawaii whatever. They > just laughed, and I held > my tongue because I didn't want things on a > serious note, but I just > said to myself " it's ok, this is part of fibro, > they don't know it's > your fibro, not you. " Today I can remember all > of the I states. > Darcy > I think sometimes we are blaming memories on fibro fog when everyone else without fibro has the same problem. What do we call those people, stupid fog? Yeah, I like that. When you are in constant pain, you don't always hear what someone said. It takes all your strength to function/act normally with that excrutiating pain. It doesn't necessarily mean we forgot. We just couldn't hear above the pain. When you go through those interminal nights of pain, how the hell can you remember what happened yesterday? You're just lucky you survived the night. Okay, I'll shut up now, I wonder why people say to me, 'Joanne, why don't you just tell it like it is?' Me __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2002 Report Share Posted March 7, 2002 I think sometimes we are blaming memories on fibro fog when everyone else without fibro has the same problem. What do we call those people, stupid fog? Actually I call it a senior moment when someone without fibro forgets like my husband. :-)) Take care, Irene Books may well be the only true magic Alice Hoffman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2002 Report Share Posted March 7, 2002 Joanne Mc Nabb wrote: > I think sometimes we are blaming memories on > fibro fog when everyone else without fibro has > the same problem. What do we call those people, > stupid fog? Yeah, I like that. When you are in > constant pain, you don't always hear what someone > said. It takes all your strength to function/act > normally with that excrutiating pain. It doesn't > necessarily mean we forgot. We just couldn't > hear above the pain. When you go through those > interminal nights of pain, how the hell can you > remember what happened yesterday? You're just > lucky you survived the night. You have a point in that not all memory loss is fibro fog, but on the other hand, my memory never was like that before. I use to be able to relay whole conversations between 3 or 4 people when I got home that night to dh. I never forgot what state was mentioned 15 seconds later, nor would I forget what all the states that started with I were. In my case, my fatigue is much worse than my pain, so it's not my pain keeping me from remembering stuff. It's not my fatigue keeping me from remember what I'm talking to in the middle of saying it. We all react a little different to fibro, so no one can say something is true across the boards for all of us. Darcy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2002 Report Share Posted March 7, 2002 Joanne Mc Nabb wrote: > I think sometimes we are blaming memories on > fibro fog when everyone else without fibro has > the same problem. What do we call those people, > stupid fog? Yeah, I like that. When you are in > constant pain, you don't always hear what someone > said. It takes all your strength to function/act > normally with that excrutiating pain. It doesn't > necessarily mean we forgot. We just couldn't > hear above the pain. When you go through those > interminal nights of pain, how the hell can you > remember what happened yesterday? You're just > lucky you survived the night. You have a point in that not all memory loss is fibro fog, but on the other hand, my memory never was like that before. I use to be able to relay whole conversations between 3 or 4 people when I got home that night to dh. I never forgot what state was mentioned 15 seconds later, nor would I forget what all the states that started with I were. In my case, my fatigue is much worse than my pain, so it's not my pain keeping me from remembering stuff. It's not my fatigue keeping me from remember what I'm talking to in the middle of saying it. We all react a little different to fibro, so no one can say something is true across the boards for all of us. Darcy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2002 Report Share Posted March 7, 2002 yitzie4u@... wrote: > I > can set something down one minute, turn around and can not find it for the > life of me.. this is becomming more and more of a problem with me lately and > I have no idea why it is getting worse. At least this one I can't blame on fibro fog for me. It's an inherited trait because my dad was just like me. Set something down right next to you and can't find it two minutes later. I once looked for a magazine for 20 minutes and I had only been in two rooms! It's very irritating in any case. Could you have been under a little more stress lately or started taking a new drug that might be contributing to it? Not much help, but you're not alone out there. Hope you got your case study done. Darcy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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