Brain fog and memory !!! .... What us cause , quite upsetting !!! ....

[Chris1961]

Brain fog and memory lapse !!! ... Feel like you having stroke !!! ... What is cause ???

[Clutter]

Chris1961,

Brain fog and memory lapses are common in patients with low thyroid hormone. In my case brain fog, memory and cognition improved when my FT3 levels improved.

[mrsm49]

Mine improved with b12 supplements (was already taking folic acid,  calcium,d3), although that's not to say my t3 hadn't gone up too like Clutter but I can't say as at that time t3 wasn't tested. I also added in to my diet, Brazil nuts,walnuts and berries so an overhaul of diet generally which must have helped too.

It's a really horrible feeling so I sympathise, I even left work as just couldn't function properly, I thought I was getting Alzheimer's! I'm sure you'll get better in time you just have a bit of detective work to do. Start with getting all yr bloods checked by gp and post the results here (Tsh,t4,t3,b12,folate,ferritin,vit d) I have to add my b12 was in range but low so considered normal by gp, I only tried supplementing after advice from this site as I was desperate to try anything, I was most surprised at the good result.

[MariLiz]

Low B12 was the cause for me, I was that bad I thought I was getting dementia! Get your GP to do a blood test for you, plus, ferritin, folate and Vit D. I have been on injections for two years now, recently the frequency was increased from three monthly to six weekly. This has helped me a lot.

[linlow]

Like MrsM I too thought I was suffering from Alzheimer's, that or going crazy.  I couldn't even get to the end of a sentence without losing my train of thought.  It was quite frightening.

In the early days, before I found a doctor who would take me seriously, I found 2 things that helped: resting up and giving my brain some time out; coconut oil with everything.

[Chris1961]

It's awful , I can't remember appts or someone's name it freaks me out ... Had X-ray this morning and couldn't remember it was 2010 when I last had one when they asked me ... It came to me straight after but really disturbed me 

[linlow in reply to Chris1961]

the time to panic is when you look in the mirror of a morning and have absolutely no clue who is looking back at you!!  Believe me that is a real frightener.  Or try going down a road you have been on hundreds of time but see nothing you recognise

I have given up trying to remember people's names, and tell them they'll have to remind me who they are/that we have met before next time I see them - I can't even remember my neighbour's names half the time.  I store all appointments on an electronic calendar (well mobile phone) and set an alarm anything up to a week before - depending on how far in advance they are - so that I have time to prepare.

I usually use 'sticky notes' on the computer for writing stuff down.  If I write it on paper, even a note book, I'll not have a clue where it is when I need it.  All I have to do then is remember to check the notes out and delete the ones that have been done (or there's a chance I'll do them again).  Though something that does often work quite well for me is to tell someone else I know well to remind me.  For some reason that seems to make a thing stick in my mind, or at least return to it in a timely fashion.

I have had an x-ray this year but I couldn't tell you if it was last month or the one before.  The only reason I know it wasn't this month is I know that I haven't been out for over a fortnight.  The one before that ???? not a clue.

I am better now than I was at my worst and I have learnt to laugh any faux pas off as a foible.  I really would go crazy otherwise

Something else you could try is curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric.  I haven't tried it personally but there are many positive reports from people who have.

[Chris1961 in reply to linlow]

Thanks .... So nice not being alone 

[linlow in reply to Chris1961]

You're not, and you're welcome

I look at it this way, if I wake up breathing every morning, life can't be that bad  

There's folk out there have got it far worse than I have so why should I moan just because I can't do what I used to.  At least I had the opportunity once upon a time - and there is always chance I will again whilst I am still doing that breathing thing.

[Chris1961]

Am waiting all my blood tests including ones mentioned all other tests are ok ... They keep saying it's depression .. Am so anxious ... Doctors trying help , got go back thyroid medication check in week was borderline 

[Chris1961]

I have to write everything down ..