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Does anyone else suffer from memory loss with fybro?
Yes I do sometimes I think I am getting Dementia it's so bad.
I think it is a common problem among us it is often referred to as " fibro fog"
So don't worry .
Yep, we all do I think.
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I'm not very good at explaining! LOL 
Sue x
complete momory loss, I can forget most things, I now keep a diary, notebook by the phoneetc
Lol I forget where I put my diary. X
im the same a lally i keep a diary to i forget alsorts of things so i carry the diary all the time so i know what im doing most days
Me too i have bought a project notebook with seperate sections which i carry around, got addresses in one section, web sites and passwords in another, things to do, calls i make and answers etc. I cant remember what i go in another room for half the time, usually because i see something else that takes my mind off it but then dont have a clue. I've also started to keep a mood diary, and a food one so i can show my doc so hopefully she can advise and maybe understand better.
But yes i believe it is called fibro fog!
All the time. Sometimes I even forget by the end of the sentence what I was meaning to talk about. It can be rather embarrassing 
Umm What was the question!!! God yes I do all the time I actually thought I had Alzehimers can't spell it! and my Dr did a test I was fine stumbled on a few questions but she assured me was just the fibro I was very worried actually, I am always forgetting whaI am saying mid sentence and yes can be embarrassing at times and yes Fibro fog is deff the term!
Hugs Ruby xx
my kids think Ive lost the plot I repeat myself or forget the thread of what Im saying
I cannot remember what my family tells me and the most dangerous i find is forgetting to turn things off ie cooker and iron, My iron was on all day and I had been taken out for 2 hours. I have had alcheimers test
oh forgot thank you for your replies lol
I have this all the time to, a number of years ago i put toast on and forgot, it caused a fire, but lucky for me it was a small one and the fire alarm went off,then i realized what i had done, also done same thing with a pot on the hob,i havent been able to cook for a number of years now my partner does all the cooking. I also forget what i'm saying in the middle of a sentence, and yes it is very embarassing. And all this is down to fibromyalgia........ your not on your own xxxxx
err i think i do i just cant remember
what was the question again?
sorry angela could not resist if we dont laugh about it we will cry kialaya is right i too have a notebook i call my brain it seems simple but it works.
ha ha yes i agree weve gotta laugh!!!!!!!
I also suffer from 'Fibro Fog' lols, hate it sometimes. I keep all my apts on my phone now and my passwords and stuff in a note book. It's awful isn't really. You have to laugh or you'll cry, that's what I say. I forget what I'm talking about, forget names for things and where i've been where I have to go ect. Luckily my beautiful husband/carer, helps me soooo much. I'd sure be lost without him. Keep strong Fibro peeps big hugs and much love to you all xxxxxx
I suffer badly from this also, my job doesnt help, i manage a cafe, the customer will ask for a filled roll, by the time i get to the roll box, i have to ask again, they look at me as if im stupid but i laugh it off. my daughter bought me a note pad to keep by the phone, to let them know who has called, because ive forgot that many messages, lol
yes i cant remember much theses days but yes i believe its all part of this fibro thing...fibro fog..........awful isnt it ...xx
Hi, i'm that bad I've just had to reset my password, i cant even tell you who the prime minister is, we were at a dinner party on sat night, with people i had never met, i said when we sat down at the table before we start i wont remember anybody's name, so please forgive me, all the guests were fine, the only problem is trying to attract peoples attention because you don't know there name, i have stopped my antidepressants today to see if this will help, i feel everybody is getting fed up, my husband said i kept repeating myself, if i had to do an Alzheimer's test it would score bad, don't know whether i have spelt it right, never mind you all know what it says x
don't worry coops i asked 3 friends who the prime minister is and none of them could tell me and they dont have fibre. xx
Hi Angela, be assured you are not alone with your memory loss. Sometimes I can remember things and other times I struggle to hold a conversation without having to ask the other person to prompt me because I have forgotton what we are talking about. I put it all down to the fibro fog!!.
Take care, Angela x
thank you all so much I have felt as though I should be locked up for my own safety lol
yes i do sometimes i just cannot think of something its awful i only 46 love to you diddle x
I also suffer from 'Fibro Fog' lols, hate it sometimes I am 46 and i write things down in a book to remind me what i have to go and where,then i forget to look the book.my friends now know o remind me over and over again,my family love the word Brain Fog /fibro fog so when i forget or say something silly they just laugh now .
i know its a bad day when my daughter phones and has to go in under five mins lol ... but on a serious note i have forgotten which is my house before today ,, i think that was the worst ever time
My worst day was being sacked for incompetance when I struggled with typing a phone number and copied it wrong purely memory did not remember number so typed what I thought geez I was sacked that was soooooo embarressing
Hi all. Its a bit of a joke with my kids now, that I keep asking the same questions over and over.My son says "The answer is still the same as every other time you asked"!! I say "Awww, shut up" and laugh,mainly at myself. And I agree, you have to laugh or youll lose the plot altogether. My worst experiences of "the fog" is when Im on the phone to people I dont know (and who dont know me and what Ive got) I struggle through the conversation trying to will myself not to forget words and info.I dont succeed most times and I feel like a real idiot, but hey, I cant help it.I also fall over my words or stutter them out.That is SO frustrating.I hate it when people say "we all forget things sometimes". I want to scream at them "But ive got Fibro and I do it ALL THE BLOODY TIME !!". I thought I was losing my marbles too. It was a relief, in a way, that so many of you have the same "affliction". (you know what I mean,!!) It takes me so long to write letters and blogs and stuff, coz I have to keep checking that Im not writing absolute rubbish. So no, youre not alone with that.Bye for now.x hugs
My name is Claire and I am 53, I have been diagnosed with F.M. in Feb., after a year long illness, that resulted after a virus, and I find one of the most annoying things are my smudgy memory and intellect, and I suffer from all the memory lapses you speak of here, isint it embarrasing, I always make an ass of myself at the post office, and always get muddled up with my money and words, I even had to give the cash register attendend my money once to take out what I owed her because I kept making mistakes, i always make a mistake when i'm dialing on my telephone and have to do it at least 3/4 times before I got it right. Now I find I'm finding it hard to type on my computer and it annoys me when I have to keep correcting my mistakes. My family are used to me mostly by now and are very patient with me muddling my sentences up, isint it awful? I was always proud of my speech and intellect, it seems stunted now, take care everyone and keep your hopes up xxx
I know that feeling, your not alone, try explaining to your kids how your illness makes you feel, find an article that explains symptoms and let them read it, I did this with my husband after months of embarrassing situations and why are you acting like this, at the time I thought I had Alzeimers, being diagnosed explained a lot, there is lots of info on Internet about fm. Try this and let me know how you get on, it could take a while but don't worry you will get there in the end. Hugs x
i only see my older daughter once a month as they live in manchester so its a shock to her to see if i have deteriorated she now calls me every twenty mins when i go to see her to make sure im on the right route ,, i have ended up in york in stead of manchester as i dozed off after morning meds ,, x
I know it's a personal question, I was diagnosed with fibro 4 years ago. My doctor puts all my symptoms down to having a hysterectomy in my 30s. I have also been diagnosed with a severe vitamin D deficiency, which has caused osteoporosis, they say that toxins build up in your liver with fibro, I was advised to take milk thistle and q10 complex together to help, alcohol makes things worse too, I'm not a drinker anyway but enjoy odd glass if red wine, I struggle with forms now too, they seem confusing to me, this is not like me as I am very well educated in college etc. I am struggling holding any information in my brain, it frustrates me. I want to learn to drive, so difficult as I can't concentrate in anything for more than 5 mins. Does anyone else feel this way with fibro. I know it's down to brain fog, but I get too confused and it worries me. I am an upbeat and try to feel happy person, I have my feel like crying days ( I do that in private). I also have been a qualified chef for 20 years, had to give it up, finding it too strenuous in my muscles. I am due to lose my 12 month ESA contributions payments due to government changes to ruin the sick and disabled (another story). We are surviving on my husbands money at present, I feel useless, I have tried changing my career got to level 2 in conselling, but can't go to level 3 as I can't get help to pay for the course. My mobility is not good, in so much pain when I move, but get on with it anyway, as you do. Feel like I have been ranting on, sorry for that , good to get it off my chest. Hope no one else is going through hard times, I am here to listen if anyone else wants to get things off there chest, look after yourselves it's a horrible illness, I know just wish More doctors realised that. Hugs to you all xx
Brain fats and oils
Humans evolved on the East Coast of Africa eating a diet rich in sea food. It is suggested that the high levels of oils, particularly DHA (Docosahexanoic acid), allowed the brain to develop fast, thus allowing humans to outstrip other mammals. So Homo Sapiens came to have bigger brains allowing intelligence to develop. There is lots of research showing that essential fatty acids are indeed "essential" for normal brain function; so oils that would be helpful in addition to coconut oil would be omega 3 (fish), omega 6 (evening primrose) and omega 9 (olive), together with lecithin (which is phosphatidylcholine – i.e. the main component of all cell membranes).
Oils to treat foggy brain and dementia
A suggested regime to start off would be:
Lecithin - one teaspoon (5 ml) twice daily (raw material for basic building blocks of membrane).
Coconut oil - one dessertspoonful (10 ml) twice daily (perfect fuel for brain cells).
Hemp oil which has the right proportion of omega 6 to 3 (4 to 1) (ensures membranes are of perfect consistency - not too stiff, not too elastic). Read this on doctors site, hope it's useful.
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