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woodbon
woodbon Non-active member Posts: 4,969
edited 26. Aug 2010, 10:14 in Living with Arthritis archive
Hi Sorry I've not been around for a while, but I've had my sister and her husband staying with us for a few days. Very nice and we enjoyed seeing them, but also tiring! :roll: :)

Just lately, I've been finding very hard to concentrate, even when reading and have a poor sort term memory. I'll read the same bit over several times in the paper and still feel lost. I find when I'm talking a word will slip my mind and I can't think of it for ages. It does come in the end, but the conversation has finished by then. I feel quite tired and I've taking tramadol slow release and amatryptilyne for pain and sleeping and wonder if they are partly to blame. I do normally have better nights now. I feel horrible when this happens and at 55, I wonder about early dementia! :shock: I think I have too much time on my hands! :wink: Its like a fog or mist over my mind. I'm seeing my GP tomorrow, but don't want to mention it!!! love Sue

I just wondered if anyone else has had anything like this.
Love Sue xx
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  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Non-active member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    All the time. It's called arthritis, and is aided and abettted by humira, methotrexate, naproxen, sulphasalazine, omeprazole, prednisalone, docusate, co-codamol and the ocasional tramadol. What was the question? DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • ailsarobby
    ailsarobby Non-active member Posts: 63
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    I know I came on this forum for something I just cant remember what !!!!!!! lol....I dont think your on your own Woodbon...I get really frustrated lately because of my memory...remembering peoples names is the worse....Im constantly going over things in my head...did i do that ?have i put bin out ?did i take my last meds?how old am I ?what day is it? and so on and so on....sure you will have plenty replies to this thread.... :lol::lol::lol:
  • dorcas
    dorcas Member Posts: 3,516
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Sue

    I have the same problem :? even my son remarked on my forgetfulness.... now what was his name again :roll: :wink:

    We are on heavy duty meds to manage living with the pain of arther as DD said.
    Like you I also take Tramadol and Amatriptyline which do make me 'fuzzy headed'...... so it may be the drugs your on and not an early dementia. :mrgreen:

    Why not mention it to your doc if it's worrying you :?:

    Iris x
  • marion1952
    marion1952 Non-active member Posts: 963
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Sue

    Yes, I can identify with that!

    Sometimes (a lot of the time actually) I just can't find/get the right word out.. my daughter is constantly finishing sentences for me.

    I'm conscious I'm not as 'sharp' at work as I was, say, 10 years ago.. not sure how much is age and how much is due to drugs - I can't do much about age, but I do try to keep the drugs to a minimum..

    It seemed to go worse when I was off work recently with my hip replacement ..

    I will watch this thread with interest in case anyone has got a 'miracle cure.'

    Best wishes

    Marion
  • page35
    page35 Non-active member Posts: 1,081
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Sue
    it is worrying you, you have mentioned it before i think?
    so if i was you i would ask the doc about it tomorrow.
    since having arthur i have noticed i am alot more forgetful and im only 34 so it isnt my age, but i do take alot of meds and it definitely gets worse when i am worried about something, which is quite often.
    it might put you mind at rest if you talk to your doc about it and then you wont worry anymore and have more space in there to remember stuff.
    best wishes
    sharon x
  • woodbon
    woodbon Non-active member Posts: 4,969
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi thank you for the replies, I just hate it when I can't remember the right word or the right name for someone, even worse is getting the name wrong! :shock: I even called my husband by someone elses name!!! :? Thats because I'd been reading something in the paper about him and I made a slip of the tonge!!!I have worried about it before but I don't honestly, remember writing about it!!! :oops: :oops: I think I will mention it to the doctor, see what she says. Love Sue
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Non-active member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    All the time. It's called arthritis and it's aided and abetted by humira, methotrexate, naproxen, sulphasalazine, omeprazole, prednisalone and . . . . hang on, haven't I already done this? DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • Rainbow77
    Rainbow77 Non-active member Posts: 275
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Sue

    It is very annoying and frustrating. I think the main reason is that our bodies have to deal with so much pain and the effects of the medication. We don't realise how much energy and space this takes and the first thing that shuts down is our mind, as there are so many other physical systems that need to keep working to keep us alive.

    Gosh, I think I have confused myself. But I would have a word with your GP as they might be able to help.

    Have a rest, it sounds like you need one.

    Fayann xx
  • skezier
    skezier Non-active member Posts: 11,333
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Sue,

    Move over flower cus I in the same boat! I did mention it to the doc and think maybe you should as I found it reassuring to have her tell me it was 'normal' when your body is being challenged by some kind of inflammation. (You get the inflammation as well I remember you saying?) She also said about the drugs I am on and one was tramadol... your on that too so for reassurance mention it at your next appointment with doc. You get on well with yours don't you and I wouldn't mind betting you get much the same answer as I got.

    Really nice to bump into you again and glad you enjoyed your sisters visit. Luv and a (((( )))) Cris xx
  • tonesp
    tonesp Non-active member Posts: 844
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    I've had the memory problem for years I doesn't seem to get any better but glad to say no worse. I have the problem of forgetting in two languages here in Spain :?
  • stlucia
    stlucia Non-active member Posts: 392
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Yes! And difficulty following the conversation in large groups of people - too tired!!
  • woodbon
    woodbon Non-active member Posts: 4,969
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Thank you for all the replies. I'm glad I'm not alone and if I can remember, I'll ask my GP tomorrow! :wink:
    Love Sue
  • ironic
    ironic Non-active member Posts: 2,361
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Sue, I'm in the same boat. Between you me and the gate post I poured milk into the watering can last Thursday. :shock:
    Flares, stress and pain make things even worse.
    Oh and finding words will not come to me, erm seems to fill a lot of gaps these days :?
    So you are not alone in this.

    Lv, Ix
  • elnafinn
    elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Sue

    Another one here! :roll: You are most definitely not alone with this memory thingy. I say all the time "whatsamecall it " when I cannot remember a name or word. :oops: I have been cheered by being told that if you cannot think of the word at the time but think of it later or even, much later you are not on the road to becoming forgetful where it may become a problem ...... I comfort myself with that thought. :)

    Luv
    Elna x
    The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

    If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.
  • skezier
    skezier Non-active member Posts: 11,333
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Sue,

    You remember or write it on your hand for gp's :lol: I tend to write a lot of things on my hand now a days :roll:

    Did a classic memory loss thing tonight... this will make you feel better....

    Unloaded the car and master Skipper Boy and Gimpy leg came to help..... It stared raining so I speeded up and shut the car down...... got he chickens dinner and waited for mr Slips to come help but he didn't...... Put the chickens in, yelling for him... he didn't come.... threatened him...he didn't come... walked to the back field calling... no sign.... decided I had best go look for him so went back to the car and... there he was sat on the drivers seat dong the Chinese president look and locked in :lol::lol::lol::lol: he was confused and i couldn't have been wetter even if I had gone in the sea :lol::lol: Luv and a ((( ))) the forgetful one :wink: xx
  • wendylou
    wendylou Non-active member Posts: 88
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    elnafinn wrote:
    Hi Sue

    Another one here! :roll: You are most definitely not alone with this memory thingy. I say all the time "whatsamecall it " when I cannot remember a name or word. :oops: I have been cheered by being told that if you cannot think of the word at the time but think of it later or even, much later you are not on the road to becoming forgetful where it may become a problem ...... I comfort myself with that thought. :)

    Luv
    Elna x
    :wink: Hi Elna thank god ime not the only one i thought it was my age 59 :roll: , but i have noticed its since i took the amptriptyline also i get the tremors as well and also when i am in pain i cant think straight or anything so no hun your not on your own but ask your doctor if if it puts your mind at ease, take care xx.Wendylou. :)
  • trisher
    trisher Non-active member Posts: 9,263
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Sue

    I know exactly how you feel. I have been like this for the last year. I may start a conversation then forget what i was talking about half way through.

    I was always very good at spelling, but now I have to keep thinking is that the way you spell it?

    I also take a tablet then I cannot remember if I did take it. Hubby now gives me all my meds just to be safe. I was never like this before only since I have taken the meds. Sue do you read the information leaflet that comes with your meds?

    We now keep them all in a folder and I find it is helpful.

    I keep wondering if I have got something going wrong upstairs. Then I think it might be the pain coupled up with the painkillers that is doing it also taking Amytyps.

    I know it is no use saying try not to think about it because you do. See your doctor and I really hope he/she can reassure you that you are ok and it is the meds.

    Sending you some ((((()))) We are all here for you Sue.

    Love Trish xxx
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Non-active member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    I think that if one can sit and wonder if one's mind is going, then that's a good indication that it isn't. I went thro a phase, like trisher, of not being able to remember if I'd done my pills, so now I dispense them into a pills holder, seven days, four compartments per day, so I can see at a glance whether I have done them or not. If I remember to look, that is! DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • julie47
    julie47 Non-active member Posts: 6,041
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    phew after reading all them thingymajigs erm forum messages

    i was releived to know i am not alone at memory loss.

    I too was at one time a good spella Speller but now i also have to think extra hard

    buy four now

    juliepf xx :lol::lol:
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Non-active member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Sumwun's on form today! DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • julie47
    julie47 Non-active member Posts: 6,041
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    oops Ive read this forum :oops:


    I forgot sorry

    julie pfxx
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Non-active member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    OK, I did a gem earlier, and I hope this makes you laugh. I did!

    On our top floor there is a laundry basket, for the exclusive use of The Husband. His shirts, socks and knickers are special. Not.

    On the first floor we have a laundry basket in our bedroom, for my use. Unfortunately, being an untidy woman, it is stacked with clean clothes and old clothes plus the clothes I have just removed, so the lid doesn't open. Luckily for me, however:

    on the ground floor we have our bathroom, complete with laundry basket, which we both use. So, earlier this afternoon I trooped into said bathroom for a wee, carrying a white Tshirt destined for the laundry basket. I flipped up the lid of the loo, and cheerfully flung (sorry, phlang) my Tshirt into said receptacle. Luckily, I realised my error and didn't carry on to wee in the laundry basket. Ho-hum. Stuff happens. DD

    PS Our house, tho in the middle of our street, aint that grand. It is tall and narrow, and the stairs to the top floor are flaming impossible. He has to bring his laundry down. Result!
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • speedalong
    speedalong Member Posts: 3,315
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Fab thread Sue and co ... now what was it about ...???

    Speedy
    I have had OA since mid twenties. It affects my hips and knees. I had a THR on the left aged 30 and now have a resurface-replacement on the right - done May 2010.
  • julie47
    julie47 Non-active member Posts: 6,041
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    dreamdaisy wrote:
    OK, I did a gem earlier, and I hope this makes you laugh. I did!

    On our top floor there is a laundry basket, for the exclusive use of The Husband. His shirts, socks and knickers are special. Not.

    On the first floor we have a laundry basket in our bedroom, for my use. Unfortunately, being an untidy woman, it is stacked with clean clothes and old clothes plus the clothes I have just removed, so the lid doesn't open. Luckily for me, however:

    on the ground floor we have our bathroom, complete with laundry basket, which we both use. So, earlier this afternoon I trooped into said bathroom for a wee, carrying a white Tshirt destined for the laundry basket. I flipped up the lid of the loo, and cheerfully flung (sorry, phlang) my Tshirt into said receptacle. Luckily, I realised my error and didn't carry on to wee in the laundry basket. Ho-hum. Stuff happens. DD

    PS Our house, tho in the middle of our street, aint that grand. It is tall and narrow, and the stairs to the top floor are flaming impossible. He has to bring his laundry down. Result!

    Having so many floors to a house I think I would get confused too.
    Glad you realised in time.

    pf x
  • dougal
    dougal Non-active member Posts: 27
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi Woodbon,
    I can so relate to your short term memory probs, I walk into rooms and forget why, I have to keep pen & paper handy to write things down, straight away or they are gone forever! My brain is always "whirring" trying to remember what it is I need to remember!
    Its' so hard to concentrate, things don't happen one at a time and I can't "multitask" anymore, its' all too too much!
    Thought I'd add my bit too so you don't feel the only one !
    tc, Dougal

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