Brain Fog??

[Scarlett]

The past couple of weeks I have been literally forgetting my words during conversation- but this isn't the weirdest thing. Rather than a pause whilst I try and find the word, my brain chooses another word which is similar but wrong. I have been doing a new diet at the same diet (5:3) which may have made me a bit wibbly, but it's still worrying when I don't seem to have the right words. Yesterday I said "I have an awful face" instead of "I have an awful name for faces"- words getting mixed round the wrong way. I'm 48- could it be hormonal?

[woofgang]

and I bet you didn't mean I have an awful name for faces either :) yes indeed it could be hormonal...have you got amy other symptoms of menopause? if you are doing very low calorie days it could also be that.

[Old_Geezer]

If it is I must've been hormonal for the last few years.
I put it down to gradually going gaga.

[Rosie29]

Are you a bit more stressed than usual at the moment ?

[Scarlett]

I'm a bit stressed but not hugely, it feels more like my brain just doesn't have enough juice to function well or clearly!

[LadyCG]

If you are dehydrated (easily done in this weather) and your blood sugars are low (quite possible when followind a dietary regime) then it is entirely possible that you will experience a lack in concentration. Changing hormones can also be a factor and I would hazard a guess that it is multi-factorial.

You're a little bit young for dementia, but just monitor the situation. If you got lost whilst driving home or suddenly thought about paying a visit to an aunt who died a few years ago, that's the time to worry :)

[pastafreak]

Brain fog isn't uncommon in perimenaupose

[pastafreak]

Arrgghhh...
Peri-menopause
How'd that happen?

[gollob]

Sometime I have a problem trying to remember my worms