Pred head or spacing out

[Darcy2000]

How to word this title …not sure

Doing Math , financial stuff ..feeling quite with it that way

5 years Prednisone currently 10 mg …also Methyltrexate 25 mgs.

Memory issues or forgetfulness probably typical for 77 years old but concerned about these weird lapses

Not sure how to describe these lapses e.g not forgetting names or appointments or things like that but walking out without my purse from a restaurant and putting phone in purse and then looking for phone 1 minute later …this happens a lot… my friends say it happens to them but not to this degree

Its like not focusing or attending to what I am doing …at that moment

Hoping it is brain fog attributed to long term prednisone use .

Feeling very well but this issue is unnerving .

Not TIA ‘ s …healthy in every other way ….my friends say I am more on the ball than most of them and they mean it

Any thoughts on this ?

Thanks

[SnazzyD]

I certainly had Pred head but it improved with lowering dose. Poor adrenal function then didn’t help but it improved with increasing function. I also find that any powerful drugs make my head go while I’m on them. Covid has been the worst for foggy brain and also prior to my GCA diagnosis was particularly bad.

However, no matter what my experience is of my brain, you are worried about yours and have noticed a difference and that’s all that matters. It is a difficult thing to pin down but I would try to get medical opinion.

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If you are concerned, the place to go is your GP who can do assessments of what you can, and can't, do/remember.