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I get it too. I read an article recently about the difference between brain fog and dementia. Brain fog is forgetting where something is. Dementia is forgetting how to use something. Example:keys
Dementia would be looking at the keys and not knowing how to use them. I agree about it being scary. Maybe try this: have a designated place for important things. I hope this helps. I need to do that myself!
I know the feeling. What exactly did you do before now? I made pippettes for a scientific glass company but was hoping to work in their lab. I started having pain in my neck and then knots that were painful as hell! But I had been hurting a lot before I started that job. I had 2 kids and I needed to do something. It caught up to me. As well as Osteoarthritis and autoimmune disease. I’d like to hear your story.
It seems hard for me to think clearly and remember things ever since cfs/fibro struck and disabled me completely
Thanks so much. I never really thought about it like that. It’s so hard to have conversations when you forget a name but you know the face. Then a few minutes later you know it. I’m a sports fan so it disappoints me that I can’t talk about something I definitely know cause I can’t think of a name or number at that moment and I know it clearly. You have a great day!
Is it dementia or brain fog when you forget simple things with fibromyalgia?
It's not crazy at all—many people with fibromyalgia worry about this! The memory problems and forgetfulness you're experiencing are most likely fibro fog, not dementia. Brain fog is actually very common with fibromyalgia, affecting up to 80 Show Full Answer
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