Covid brain fog is no joke.

[AbcdeDooDah]

Two times since last Wednesday I left the house without locking the front door. That is not too out of the norm for me if I'm running to town, but these were hours-long excursions. Not too worrisome, but still.

One of the trips, I drove about 35 minutes and pulled into a drive thru. I realized my seatbelt was not on. I had no recollection of unclicking when I pulled into the drive thru or any memory of putting it on when I left my house.

Then I told my son I had a Zoom meeting for one of my classes. 2 days after I gasped and said, "oh no, missed my Zoom." He told me he heard the Zoom, I was in my room, and I even answered a question. I do remember that but I just can't accept that I did the class when it was scheduled. Zero recollection of it. I do have notes I wrote, that I remember writing, but they don't connect in my mind with the scheduled class. 😮

I'm super aware  of the fact that the brain fog happened so I'm being very deliberate and careful in my actions It has been better the last few days but wow, it's bizarre. 

Anyone else experience brain fog?

[TCB]

They were talking about it and other post Covid effects on a TWIV episode this week.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-virology/id300973784?i=1000540338772

[busymama7]

Yep. It awful. I was incapable of reading aloud for 6 months. As a homeschooling mama with young kids still it was horrible. I can now but I still make mistakes and have to REALLY concentrate.  It is better though than it was initially. I am almost a year out from my infection. 

[ktgrok]

My sister finds the brain fog the absolute worst part of her covid ordeal. And given that she has balance issues/ataxia, tremors that keep her from writing or typing or texting, headaches, vomiting,  and speech issues including aphasia and stuttering, that's saying something. She says she feels like some clueless ditz who has no idea what is going on much of the time. 

 

[Pawz4me]

Yes, brain fog is no joke, and I've always felt it's not taken as seriously as it should be. I suspect anyone with AI diseases would tell you that, but I suspect most who haven't experienced it tend to believe it's just a minor forgetfulness/nuisance sort of thing, when in reality it's so much more dangerous than that. I had some scary/dangerous issues before I was diagnosed with Hashi's and again before my RA diagnosis. I still struggle with brain fog when I'm in an RA flare.

[Spryte]

1 hour ago, Pawz4me said:

Yes, brain fog is no joke, and I've always felt it's not taken as seriously as it should be. I suspect anyone with AI diseases would tell you that, but I suspect most who haven't experienced it tend to believe it's just a minor forgetfulness/nuisance sort of thing, when in reality it's so much more dangerous than that. I had some scary/dangerous issues before I was diagnosed with Hashi's and again before my RA diagnosis. I still struggle with brain fog when I'm in an RA flare.

Agreeing. 

Brain fog is a nightmare, and it can impact every part of a person’s life. Work, school, social. I had to change careers, leaving my hard earned, lifelong dream field, and even then had to stop working when it hit one point. There’s no way I could have completed school while dealing with it, and even staying current in my chosen field became too much. Parenting was hard, hard, hard, and I required lots of support when middle kid was very young. Maintaining friendships was harder than ever. It was incredibly isolating.

People who have not lived with it underestimate the sheer determination and will that those who have it badly are using just to get through a day. The words “brain fog” fail to convey the magnitude of living with it.

I am so sorry for those of you who have developed it as a post-Covid symptom, and I hope there are treatments and answers that help soon.

[Ali in OR]

My coworker is a year out from her initial illness and says she still has memory problems. Like your Zoom class, she takes part in conversations and activities and has no memory of it later.

[happi duck]

I recently found out that a loved one who had covid in April 2020 still has trouble eating because things taste disgusting.  She doesn't talk about it so I didn't know.

[AbcdeDooDah]

3 hours ago, Spryte said:

Agreeing. 

Brain fog is a nightmare, and it can impact every part of a person’s life. Work, school, social. I had to change careers, leaving my hard earned, lifelong dream field, and even then had to stop working when it hit one point. There’s no way I could have completed school while dealing with it, and even staying current in my chosen field became too much. Parenting was hard, hard, hard, and I required lots of support when middle kid was very young. Maintaining friendships was harder than ever. It was incredibly isolating.

People who have not lived with it underestimate the sheer determination and will that those who have it badly are using just to get through a day. The words “brain fog” fail to convey the magnitude of living with it.

I am so sorry for those of you who have developed it as a post-Covid symptom, and I hope there are treatments and answers that help soon.

I'm in school right now and have to write a term paper. We just had peer reviews of a portion and all 3 reviewers said they didn't understand my introduction paragraph. I looked again and yeah, it's a mess. 😬

[Jean in Newcastle]

My brain fog (from fibro, not Covid) is much better but I used to have a very difficult time maintaining a conversation.  People told me that I spoke very slowly and would often lose my sentence halfway through. .

[WildflowerMom]

1 hour ago, Jean in Newcastle said:

My brain fog (from fibro, not Covid) is much better but I used to have a very difficult time maintaining a conversation.  People told me that I spoke very slowly and would often lose my sentence halfway through. .

Exactly my experience.   It's why I have social anxiety, I think.  Brain fog can be debilitating, tbh.