#cognitive dysfunction

[plague-parade]

i feel like we dont talk enough about how distressing and disturbing memory loss issues are. forgetting what you were talking about halfway through a sentence, putting something down and instantly forgetting where you put it. having to reread one paragraph over and over again because by the time youve moved onto the next sentence you dont remember what the one before it said. always doubting if your memories of things are real, not being able to remember important life events.

its so incredibly scary, it feels like your mind is constantly playing tricks on you and you start to doubt whats real and what isnt.

“i forgot” is treated like a lazy excuse when it’s genuinely such a big issue for so many people.

#this has been building up in me for a bit #i was talking to my mom and she brought up a concert we went to and i have zero memory of ever going #huge chunks of my life are just. gone. #every time i sew i put the needle down and spend fifteen minutes trying to find it #memory loss #memory issues #cognitive issues #cognitive decline #cognitive dysfunction

[myalgicencephalomyelitiscfstom]

#brain fog #foggy brain #brainfog #cognitive problems #cognitive dysfunction

[al-n-cartoons]

Bad Day.

I made the joke while drawing this of “Nice character, would be a shame if he had chronic anemia” and so this drawing became a thing. Seen above is a fun blend of photosensitivity, cognitive dysfunction (brain fog), and chronic fatigue.

Confused Ben is confused.

#It's fun to put him in Situations #It is also ironic that I drew this on a high function day #Ben; sweetheart; did you forget to take your iron and Adderall today? #You know the room will be spinning nonestop now right? #[Sighs] #(I woke up too late this morning and couldn’t take my Adderall. Thankfully it was a good day.) #ben tennyson #ben 10 #Benja #photosensitive #Spoonie #Spoonie art #fatigue art #chronic fatigue #cognitive dysfunction #brain fog #brain go bla #attack of the sleepy #Disabled Ben Tennyson

[rachymarie]

Schizospec X autistic feels: please god why can't I be more succinct?

God: Because my friend you have the autistic schizospec urge to Talk

#because you were born that way baby #schzispec feels #rambling #word salad #disorganized thought #disorganized speech #mind chatter #autistic #autism #asd #maybe it's ok to ramble #neurodivergent #neurodovergent schizospec #mad life #nd things #schizospec things #spoonie #disability #cognitive disability #cognitive dysfunction #passionate #actually autistic #actually schizospec

[shallowseeker]

hey Shal! So nice to hear from you! I'm happy to read that my words were received kindly, I was afraid I was a bit "too much" as I always am eheh :) I can maybe understand what you mean with having trouble with word finding and I can totally see you put a lot of care and thought into your work. But, honest to god, I don't read the "labor", the hard work behind things being thought out one way and coming together differently on the page. What I read is that you have a very distinctive style and it's a super smooth one at that (is writing for cinema or screenwriting in general a thing for you? I'll say it again you got the eye). And the dialogues are soooo, like, real! I said that I can maybe understand what you mean because I personally feel like my brain goes way way waaay too fast. Sometimes it's hard cause I don't feel like I can express myself like I want to and then people actually don't understand me so I get upset at myself and end up being unable to express myself even more and the cycle begins again... At university things were the same, my papers were always too "convoluted", my ideas were "too much", I lacked structure etc. It was very painful and made me feel like writing was not for me like at all. Which is bullshit, writing is for everyone. Now I don't know why I'm saying all this stuff, see? My brain is a mess, but I guess what I want to say is that whatever it is that you're doing with your writing process, you're clearly doing it great! It's a gift to be able to open up one's own imagination and show it to other people. It might not be easy(when things are, really), but it is a talent for sure and you got it!

take care <3

I personally feel like my brain goes way way waaay too fast. Sometimes it's hard cause I don't feel like I can express myself like I want to and then people actually don't understand me so I get upset at myself and end up being unable to express myself even more and the cycle begins again... At university things were the same, my papers were always too "convoluted", my ideas were "too much", I lacked structure etc.

That's exactly how it feels! Too fast at the wrong times, too slow at the wrong times. Other times, just static.

Word-finding is the worst, and then ppl wind up nitpicking when you choose the wrong ones and it can be soul-crushing like, "Oh no wait. That's not what I meant," matched with the mean-spirited, "But it's what you said and no takebacksies!"

Ah...anyway.

If you like to write, maybe we can join up on a writing sesh sometime in the future! The only cure I've found so far for all the cognitive dysfunction is making a habit of it...and having good company.

#writing friends #asks #writing stuff #cognitive dysfunction #and no - no cinematic experience but i do design and pitching keynotes in front of audiences so i think that counts for something #luckily they're largely techy audiences so they are easily swayed by empty promises and buzz words #the current writing process is monkey see monkey do with better writers #which mostly entails me hanging on to the back of a sled and screaming while we go down that icy hill

[alighted-willow]

Hi, hi, hi, pause for a moment.

If you take Adderall and its effects are completely undependable, try taking it on an empty stomach. Don’t eat for the two hours before nor the hour after; empty stomach.

I take extended release Adderall for parasomnias caused by Long-Covid (which basically translates to “My brain doesn’t sleep when I do, I'm exhausted during the day, and I feel physical pain in my dreams). I'm also an ADHDer and autistic, so when the Long-Covid acts up everything else does too.

I kept asking professionals about how to get my meds to work regularly and with some degree of dependability. None of the people I asked really knew, which meant I had to figure it out via trial and error and my own research. To save any others the hassle, we're running through the list of highlights:

If you have digestive problems, your gut's probably pretty acidic; Adderall cannot absorb in an acidic system so drink a ton of water, don't eat anything processed (breads, cheeses, etcetera), and preferably take the meds on an empty stomach.

Don't eat fruit nor vegetables around when you take your meds. Nearly everything has vitamin C (citric acid) in it.

Don't eat dairy products other than milk around when you take your meds; a kind of acid (normally from the stomach) is added to culture the milk into butter, cheese, and all else.

If you have a menstrual cycle, your hormones will effect absorption. Not much you can do there. It might not adsorb at all during blood week, it absorb ten times more strongly during ovulation, you might want to keep track of that sort of thing.

Caffeine can exacerbate the effects of Adderall, meaning that if it doesn’t absorb on a day when you really meed it to… you can consume something caffeinated to try and bring it up as needed. Not suggested but sometimes helpful.

Others please add on.

#Adderall #stimulant #Adderall XR #Adderall Absorption #ADHD #Actually ADHD #Long-Covid #Long Covid #brain fog #cognitive dysfunction #parasomniac #parasomnia #actually parasomnic #parasomnic #neurodivergent #actually neurodivergent #narcolepsy #narcoleptic #I want this to show up on the dash of those for whom it can be helpful

[neonarboretumart]

Me: hahaaaa my cognitive dysfunction and ADHD-like tendencies don’t make me impulsive I’m too tired to be impulsive

Also me: *severely brainfogged* mm its buying funko mini figure for £20 time :) surely i hav not spent much this month and this is a sensible choice mmno I don’t need to look at what else I might like instead heehoo where will I put it? In my heart <3

#I’m so foggy #brain fog #brain dysfunction #mecfs #cognitive dysfunction #funko figures #fnaf mangle my beloved

[magiclovingdragon]

Its all funny when my brainfog is “oh look they’ve put an empty wrapper in the tea-towel drawer instead of in the bin” but when its “I needed to order a takeaway for my tea because the brainfog is so intense I couldn’t read the instructions on the food or remember how to work the oven or how to make a sandwich” I get screaming lectures

#ableism #brain fog #chronic illness #chronic fatigue #disability problems #spoonie life #spoonie problems #cognitive dysfunction

[cfs-crohns-colitis-warrior]

Here’s another set of text posts from the M.E Association IG account for M.E / CFS awareness week.

These ones are about cognitive dysfunction, which is often called brain fog. This is a symptom I often struggle with and a reason I would struggle to work from home.

I had to leave work a few years ago due to my ill health and I did try going back part time in 2021, but it really knocked me up and drained me of all energy so I only lasted a couple months at most. Thankfully this was where I had worked since I left college and the company and staff were all very understanding and supportive.

I now know I can’t manage a normal job, and in terms of a job I’d need a lot of flexibility which I just don’t think I’d be able to find anywhere, as I’d need low hours and to be able to work whenever it suited me. Then there’s the type of work I can do, which isn’t much at all. I don’t really have any specific qualifications for anything that would allow me to work from home and due to the brain fog I’d struggle a lot of the time to focus and get the work done, and I’d always worry it wouldn’t be done right.

Instead, I’m hoping to start my own business sometime soon selling things I make, as this is something I can do in my own time whenever it suits me, and it means I can do it on the sofa comfortably and it doesn’t require too much brain power from me at all.

#chronic illness warrior #chronic fatigue syndrome #myalgic encephalomyelitis #cfs/me #chronic illness #awareness #chronic illnesses #exhaustion #me/cfs #me/cfs awareness #me/cfs awareness week #cognitive dysfunction #brain fog

[jbfly46]

Obeying the laws of arbitrary power structures or authoritarians causes half of your brain to shut down. Being raised like this and using it for power causes it to become permanent. This is why people like Mitch McConnell and Joe Biden are showing signs of cognitive dysfunction. They may as well only be able to see the world through one eye.

#cognitive dysfunction #Joe Biden #Mitch McConnell

[rubidius-dext]

*that feeling when you exist*

and have to deal with

*doing things*

#just girly things #consequences #life #cognitive dysfunction

[myalgicencephalomyelitiscfstom]

#brain fog #Brainfog #fibro fog #cognitive dysfunction #chronic illness

[infrxred]

i put the fun in cognitive dysfunction

#:3 #cognitive dysfunction

[puffin902]

He's just so inept, isn't he? Plus, of course, there are plenty of other ways to handle this but he chose the cheapest, most likely to go wrong, one

#eric adams #cognitive dysfunction #ai generated

[rachymarie]

Schizospec culture is you watched some great tv shows/movies lately but you can't for the life of ya remember what they were

#schizospec #schizospec culture #schizospec things #cognitive effects #cognitive dysfunction #memory loss #memory symptoms #negative symptoms #schizophrenia spectrum

[hauntedandlovesick]

I'm not very picky so I don't really have "safe foods" but I have comfort foods that help with my dysfunction.

For example, pizza rolls. Very huge one for me. Sushi, salad preps, dumplings, chicken nuggets sometimes. Berries, other cut fruit or veggies.

Especially whenever I'm fending for myself, I like meals that are easy to make/come ready-to-eat, don't involve much mess, and preferably come in bite sized portions that are easy to much on.

It's very difficult for me to get up and actually make food, i put it off until I'm starving just because it seems like such a monumental task, or I eat ingredients of things because making the full meal is a lot for me. But whenever I have these foods I eat much better and it's easier to care for myself 💜

#just musing things #not really for anyone tho i will still tag it #so many things make sense now that I'm framing myself in neurodivergent lighting #especially autism #autism things #neurodivergent #adhd #cognitive dysfunction #task paralysis #self care