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I feel a cold coming on, accompanied by brain fog! Anyone else notice cognitive impairment when sick

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Posted 11/15/2013 10:05 PM (GMT -5)
Anyone else experience brain fog or feeling disoriented when getting sick? I'm in the throngs of it.

I can feel that I'm at the beginning of a cold and I'm ultra spacey right now. I couldn't concentrate at the store and feel overall in a funk.

I bet its not all that abnormal for even the non-FM crowd to feel this way upon getting sick.. it just feels amplified with FM. Fog x 2.
Posted 11/15/2013 10:32 PM (GMT -5)
I just posted on the 'Dizzy' thread about something I'm dealing with, healthwise today. And I sure relate to feeling extra disoriented today. What a battle!

Yes! I can feel absolutely clueless when I'm not feeling well--it can be embarrassing, too. I have to work extra hard to focus on what I'm doing and double check just about everything.

You are right, I think--it feels amplified with FM--double whammy!! shakehead shakehead

I hope you're feeling lots better soon.  Maybe we can both fast forward, LOL! yeah

Posted 11/15/2013 10:39 PM (GMT -5)
I'm flaring right now, both fibro and arthritis with a side of sinus infection...my fog is definitely thicker. I find it usually is whenever I have a flare going on. Keeping things low key helps...not planning on any mind boggling projects. :)

Hugs, Robin
Posted 11/16/2013 12:25 AM (GMT -5)
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Posted 11/16/2013 4:24 AM (GMT -5)
Yes, my fog is much worse when I am not feeling well, or if I am overly tired. Hope you are feeling better.
Posted 11/16/2013 3:00 PM (GMT -5)
Just like Steppingstone...my fog is worse when I'm sick or very tired. I can't even remember my name.

Sherrine
Posted 11/16/2013 3:38 PM (GMT -5)
and me - worse when im tired...I read a story to my kids and get all the words wrong. Can never find my keys and type things the wrong way round...also i play online scrabble and when im like this im just staring at the screen not able to make a single word!
In fact watching tv is hard for me when like this, I can't concentrate on the screen on sounds etc everything seems hazy like there is a gentle white fog surrounding me
Posted 11/16/2013 9:28 PM (GMT -5)
I'm coming down with something too, and definitely feeling the fog today sad I am learning to rest more on days like this...but it's hard when there's other things I want to do instead of lie in bed.
Posted 11/16/2013 11:20 PM (GMT -5)
I basically become "jelly brained" when I'm sick or in a flare.
Posted 11/17/2013 8:24 PM (GMT -5)
Thanks for all the replies guys!

Interestingly enough, the cold never really appeared! I'm confused and slightly relieved and yet slightly concerned. I had that 'I'm getting sick' feeling Friday evening: felt slightly feverish/warm, sore-tickly throat, swollen feeling glands, spacey. And I did have some extra congestion the next day and today, but not enough to warrant saying I have a cold.

Now I'm wondering what that was.... and was it new flare symptoms, having swollen glands and feeling like I was getting sick? Or maybe it was allergy induced given I'd been cleaning and was exposed to boxes of stuff with old cat hair?

Weird.

But, regardless, I do think I have a history of feeling more spacey and foggy and cognitively deficient when I'm sick.
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