Brain fog and Crohn's Disease

[crystal5520002000]

Last night I cooked dinner as usual but I forgot to turn the stove off My husband said something when he came home and then he told me I do it all the time which I was not aware of then today I was driving and day dreaming I'm not sure what is going on

 

[Mayflower537]

I've done the driving and daydreaming thing before. It's scary when you don't remember how you got to where you are going...

 

[Dustin]

Crystal, have you ever suffered from depression before? It sounds like how I start when depression hits me. I forget things, I do things without realizing it, lately things started tasting different, I feel numb to the world... I am actually calling my doctor this morning about the possibility of doing some short term drugs to get it under control.

 

[Trev]

hi Crystal i have similar problems and blame the meds. i put the jug on the stove and wonder why it wont boil, forgot to light it. im very forgetfull and its frustraiting.
we live in a house bus and our washing machine is in our kitchen, ive had to stop myself more than once from puting food in the washing machine instead of the fridge. its as though the brain cant multitask anymore. i dont suffer from depression. my memory was great until i took Pentaza.
hope things improve for you.
cheers trev

 

[crystal5520002000]

Thanks Trev and those are some of the thing I go through, and it is very irritating not being able to remember things like i once did especially when it comes to things I do everyday like cooking and cleaning, and my husband has to set reminders on my phone now for taking my meds and calling the docs just about anything that I don't do all day everyday I need reminded to do so. Some days I feel like Im going crazy

 

[Trev]

well i did it again this morning, i have toast for brekie every day, butterd toast today only to find i hadnt toasted it. wish there was a button marked
""press to turn on brain.""

 

[Keona]

the driving thing sounds like "highway hypnotism" which everyone does. The stove thing sounds a little scary though
Stay safe
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[Jerman]

Hi Crystal, it may be a number of different things. Some of us get what we call a crohn's fog just like not being able to think straight, forgetting constantly, lack of focus, processing cognitively much slower than usual.

It may be a side effect of meds. When I was on Buspar, I had such awful body aches I literally crawled up the stairs. Bentyl affects my vision to the point that I cannot read at night anymore, after about 7pm i cannot see the print.

It definitely could be depression, you are probably best off going to the doc. Good luck to you and wishes for good health.

 

[crystal5520002000]

It seems that these function problems are getting worse, the latest thing that I have done is Saturday morning i woke up and ironed my husbands clothes, Monday morning he goes to iron his clothes I left the iron on it fell over and burned all the way through the pad on the board, Its a miracle it didn't start fire and burn the house down. These things are scaring me

 

[Rob]

Hmmm not good crystal

what meds are you on - all meds

I'd be talking to my dr about this today if I was you
forgetting things can be a nuisance but forgetting things like ovens n irons can be dngerous

 

[crystal5520002000]

Im currently not on any medication waiting to be put on lialda, I am going to the doctor on the 9th and I definitely will be talking to her about this because your right it is dangerous, and I worry about it now

 

[Rob]

Do you get headaches? Bad neck pains or anything?

 

[crystal5520002000]

I get headaches all the time just recently had a cat scan done to check for anything abnormal
and nothing there. Something needs to be done I could have cost my family everything we own just by not functioning right. Im lost and don't know what to do

 

[Rob]

Yea bad headaches, memory problems, daydreaming...... Etc
I'd be asking for blood tests, scans etc

could be a large number of problems
could be something minor too (hope this is the case)
in no dr etc but could be sonethin as silly as, low sugar or low iron or dehydration or salt deficency etc etc
hopefully with blood tests etc they can find whts up

good luck

 

[SamG]

I've been suffering from significant brain fog symptoms with Crohn's for some time now and what has helped me the most in alleviating them has been to reduce dietary fat.