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01-24-2012, 01:20 PM | #1 | |||
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I had a brain freeze this morning. Really scary. I was completing an online form that asked for my home phone number and I totally could not remember what it was. I knew what my cell phone number was.....and my address and all the other info. But for the life of me I couldn't remember what my home number was.
Granted, I don't write it, type it or even think about it very often. Plus I never call it! And when I tried to look it up in my own cell phone directory it was listed as "Home" and I had to search for the number. The cell finally displayed it. As soon as I saw it I recognized and remembered it. But it was so scary not being able to remember my own phone number. Kind of made me mad.
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01-24-2012, 01:40 PM | #2 | |||
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Yeah, that is very scary...and makes you feel vulnerable, too, I bet. When that happens, I think of my poor MIL and all of the difficulties she has trying to function now with Alz...makes my heart melt even more.
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01-24-2012, 01:54 PM | #3 | |||
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I have to FORCE myself to remember that not all of the cognitive stuff is MS. Everybody occasionally walks into a room and can't remember why, or suddenly can't remember a name or number you've known forever.
I have the brain freeze sometimes, but especially under stress. Someone would come into the Post Office and say, "Can I send this can of Spam via insured mail to Botswana?" and suddenly I couldn't even think where or how to find the answer. The person might have well have been speaking Martian. What really upsets me is drawing a blank on an entire scenario...back to the Post Office again: someone would walk in and say, "We got the results back!" and I'd be totally blank, no idea what she was talking about. A biopsy? Pregnancy test? Application for a mortgage? And it wouldn't be some minor thing; it would be a major life event, and the person would have been SHOCKED to think I "forgot". I got pretty good at faking my way through the freezes and blanks, but sometimes I was trapped. Boooo.
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01-24-2012, 01:59 PM | #4 | |||
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Once at work the GM asked me a question during a meeting and I just sat there with that "deer in the headlights" look. I did not know what he was talking about. And it was something I dealt with everyday. He may as well have asked me to do a calculus problem. At that point in time the only other person at work who knew I had MS was my boss. I knew at that moment I needed to make plans for the future. A year later I was on SSDI and not working anymore.
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01-24-2012, 04:22 PM | #5 | |||
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I like old sci fi movies from the 50`s and 60`s, but at times the names of them and the actors in them escapes me.
As long as I can find my way home if I decide to go some where I am good!
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01-24-2012, 04:52 PM | #6 | |||
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There are three circumstances under which my brain just locks up:
1. When I'm caught by surprise. If someone suddenly walked up to me and said, "Quick! How much is 8 times 7?" or "What is your middle name?" I'd say, "uh...uh...uh..." 2. When there is a lot of peripheral noise/motion, such as after church with everybody milling around chatting, kids playing, etc. Someone will be asking me a question, and I know I'm supposed to respond, but I just lock up. 3. When I least expect it.
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01-24-2012, 05:03 PM | #7 | |||
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Oh, names are the worst for me. I'll be watching something and know I should know the name of the actor or actress....it's on the tip of my tongue.....but I can't think of it. Thank goodness for Google! I can't tell you how many times I've gone to the computer to find a name. Once I see it I remember it!
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01-24-2012, 05:22 PM | #8 | |||
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i know what you mean.
i have a lot of cognitive issues, especially with names. it's embarrassing. and last nite i was going between 2 channels with the remote. every time i was on 1 channel i couldn't remember what the other was i was just watching. duh... in other ways my thinking is still sharp and i bet yours is too. try not to stress about it. that just makes it worse.
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01-24-2012, 05:31 PM | #9 | |||
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Sometimes I wonder, is it age or MS? But @!#$ it, I look good for an old bat
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01-24-2012, 06:23 PM | #10 | |||
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[QUOTE=Blessings2You;844641]
I have the brain freeze sometimes, but especially under stress. Someone would come into the Post Office and say, "Can I send this can of Spam via insured mail to Botswana?" I may get brain freeze but I know I don't like Spam.
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