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Foggy head is this due to pred it seems to happen when I take the pred

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jinasc

I and many others call if 'Steroid Brain Fog', it is not a listed side effect, but so many of us find it it occurs and so does stuff just dropping out of your hands.......

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DorsetLadyPMRGCAuk volunteer

..... or Pred head! Think it affects different people at different times of day/ dosage. Yet another little gift, when you thought you had enough 😉

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Rose54

I tell friends I have a Drug Habit

As could not manage without them

Mine starts within 1to 2 hours after taking them and wears of fduring the day

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Hindags in reply to Rose54

I wonder sometimes if I used to bump into door frames with the same frequency but with an extra 25 pounds and pre Pred thicker skin, maybe I didn't feel it or notice it as much.

Dropping things in the kitchen is definitely a new habit. Careless or clumsy hard to tell.

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SheffieldJane

I also bump into door frames and I am not that large.

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PMRinsdca in reply to SheffieldJane

I am bumping into things a lot! My skin has gotten very thin from the Pred an I have bruises constantly!. I also bleed with the smallest of scratches. anyone else have this problem?

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PMRproAmbassador in reply to PMRinsdca

Lots of us!!!!

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piglette in reply to PMRinsdca

I was told I had steroid skin!! I am always covered in bruises and look like a street fighter.

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EdithWales in reply to piglette

Me too. I just cover them up with scar concealer and try to ignore them.

I do get pred head but I think the PMR fog was equally as bad. Thought I was getting early inset dementia for a year or so.

I have a lot of those shirts with the fold up sleeves and a little tag to hold them in place. If I have hooked them on door handles once I have done it 50 times. Got a few smashed glasses that jerked out of hand and hit porcelain tiles. 😲

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sazzyb

Phew, I'm not alone then. :-)

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PMRinsdca

I have also been worrying about my foggy brain and memory loss, thinking of early dementia. I did however manage to finish an associates degree in Visual Art during the past 3 yrs with PMR in my 50s. It was not easy! I honestly don't know how I did it. I am now so plagued by fatigue I can barely function.

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Rose1bud

Yes I have just got to pouch my arm and it bruises and bleeds hoping that when I reduce it will get better

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Zacsmimi in reply to Rose1bud

Mine did.

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