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Fibrofog - Page 2

© Cynthia Webber (Jausten)

Most of us have learned just to accept these foggy times, and we tend to laugh at ourselves as strange thoughts come out of our mouths, or we think we have put things in one place and then find them in another. However, some of us take a lot of unintentional abuse from other people who are totally unaware of our confused state of mind and the reason behind it. Would a person with a speech defect be laughed at as they struggled to find the right words? Maybe by children who didn't know better, but not by other adults because it sometimes happens to us.

In order to deal with fibrofog, it does help to have more organization in our lives. This won't eliminate problems, but it does help us to keep things simple in our lives. Making lists, and then remembering to check the lists or remembering to carry them with us to the store is useful. Sometimes just sitting down and thinking of what we have to do and what needs to be taken with us can help us to sort through the fog. Going through drawers and closets regularly to get rid of unneeded clutter helps us to keep our lives simple. Besides, we just might find something that we lost a few months ago.

Sensory input like noise, lights, and interruptions can increase our fibrofog. Having a teenager blaring loud music throughout the house isn't helpful for us when we are already experiencing confusion. I can write and think with light piano music playing, but sometimes even that can distract me. Driving a car with music playing while in a severe fog isn't a wise decision. Recently I was driving in a town that I didn't know well, and I found myself losing my sense of direction. Granted, my sense of direction has never been good, but I found that I had to turn off the radio in order to concentrate on where I was going. I was also under a great deal of stress at the time, and was searching for a particular building. By the time I returned home, my brain felt like it had been left somewhere else.

Constant interruptions by the phone, family members, and friends can leave us feeling not only frustrated with what we are trying to do, but also it decreases our ability to concentrate. Before I developed fibromyalgia, I could do several things at the same time and have complete control of their outcome. But now, if I'm trying to write or work online and I'm interrupted by either my family, the phone, or online friends wanting to talk, I have to decide which is more important for me to do at that time. My ability to do several things at one time just doesn't exist anymore. My spelling deteriorates, and my thoughts make no sense to me. I do keep a good dictionary near me, but if I do decide to chat online with someone, I have found myself misspelling many words. It is not that my mind is going faster than my fingers can type, but rather that I'm in a fog.

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