RA Brain Fuzz

[TxKelly]

I've noticed with different meds (I have been on in the past) that my brain is not as sharp. When I've said this to my doctor she seem puzzled. I thought RA caused the fuzz - so the drug wasn't helping. Doc seems to think it's a side affect of the drug.

Chicken or the egg?

[helixhelix]

Chicken with egg on top.....?

[listellor]

join the club . i have worked with some of my collegues for 15 years and i can all of a sudeen have a brain freeze about their name . we all laugh it off , i did speak to my GP about it and didnt seems concerned if you are worried talk to someone about it

[TxKelly in reply to listellor]

I do the same thing! Drives me nuts. Names seem to be the thing I most forget.

[rab1874]

Another side effect off this wonderful disease not xxx

[Gigi71]

I have this since starting Gabapentin, despite being on RD meds for 34 years. Drives me mad, a word just goes out of my mind and especially names. X

[TxKelly in reply to Gigi71]

Frustrating!

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I tend to do those kind of things as well but I am in my sixties and lots of people of my age are like that.

However, I have a friend of my age who is worrying me as she seems to have got very bad. She can't even follow a film or a TV programme and can't manage to read a book because she says she can't remember one page to the next. She is still driving and I wonder if she is safe.

I encouraged her to visit her doctor about it last year and he said it is all a result of fibromyalgia and OA, but I have never heard of anyone having this as badly as she does. I feel that her doctor was just fobbing her off and he didn't do any tests on her either. I do hope that it isn't dementia.

[TxKelly]

My mom has had several strokes and isn't that bad. I'm worried for your friend now too. She may drive somewhere and not remember how to get home.

I just did something at work that I had totally forgotten I'd already done. It's scary - even forgetting little things like that.

[Sar9]

I take methotrexate... I’m 29... and for the couple days after... my mind does seem a little fuzzy... I forget things and it can take allot of concentration to pluck the info I need out my mind...

therefore I do feel it’s the meds rather than the RA...

either way, everyone is different 🙂

[TxKelly]

I actually thought I was losing my mind on methotrexate. It did not work well for me at all. My brain function went back to almost normal when I stopped taking it.

I'm Sorry you're so young and dealing with RA! Not fair