Yesterday while filling out new patient forms at the dentist I completely forgot what year it is. I write the year constantly but it just escaped my mind. This, my friends, is one of the worst things about fibro for me. I forget words in the middle of talking, start to say something and my mind just goes blank. I’m a secretary and at times I’ll answer the phone and won’t be able to think of my usual greeting…then come off as rude.
"Lucky for me", my children wait for me to find the word or describe the word. Could you write down the words you need to say when you answer the phone, but where only you can see it & not others?
Hi I’m new to this group! The forgetfulness is now the worse part of fibromyalgia too. I was told to base my life around but it is really hard. When you write a grocery list and forget it at home. I also have a very stressful life and since I found out I had fibromyalgia have noticed when I have overwhelmed myself, I have emotional break downs. Does this happen to you.
I also find this symptom of fibro most exasperating. I too was an executive assistant for 5 executives, and fill in a/r auditor. Now I can forget the simplest things and run into big forgets (money in wrong account, forgetting the specifics when at the tires store, and on) at least once a month. They like to call it fibro fog, but gosh it's not like any "fog" I've ever seen, lol.
My husband and I were just talking about the changes he's seen since I've been diagnosed, and I have no answers for him nor he for me.
So far, alarms, lists, and more lists, and notes during conversations is the only way I'm keeping afloat, and from the above examples, not very well.
I find when I take my Wonder Woman dose of vitamins and minerals, it's seems to make my brain more alert, and less forgetful.
If anyone else has any more coping ideas, please chime in.
I’ve tried writing down stuff as a reminder…but there are so many days I’ll write something down and forget where I put my note. I make many notes on my phone…and hope I remember to carry my phone with me.
Hi, know what you, it seems to get worse everyday. I Hate it too. I get my kids and pets names confused all the time at least they understand.
I usu bring with me a notebook in my favorite color. In it I have my passwords for different websites, abbreviated of course. The phone #'s of my PCP, Pharm, dau, son, niece & 2 friends. In fact both my son & niece bought me notebooks & pens for Christmas.
In my purse right next to my checkbook I have a list of all the Meds I am on including over the counter, a list of what I am allergic to, & then what my diagnoses are.
Sometimes I forget that I already have a certain item, ummmmm hand sanitizer & then every time I go to the store, I say to myself "Oh yeah, I need this".
It is all a part of recognizing, adapting & coping.
Luna, I also keep phone numbers of my doctors and emergency contacts. They are kept in my wallet across from my Medication List. I have 8-10 prescriptions right now, along with some over the counter I take. It’s so much easier to hand my doctor a list than to try to remember what all I take.