Do you forget things more then you should? Do you have times when you just can’t concentrate on what you are doing or sometimes do you forget how to do the easiest things? If you are older (like me) you might think that age creeping up on you. But in reality it might be another side effect of Meniere’s disease, usually referred to as brain fog.
Why would Meniere’s disease cause any problems to your ability to think?
I am not a doctor so my observations are not scientific, just my observations. After a particularly bad attack my mind seems to be numb, I can’t really concentrate very well and my memory isn’t too good. Usually I will become a little more cognitive after a couple days post attack. As for the reason, I am not sure. It could be the uncontrollable spinning for a long time that shakes up my senses. For those who don’t have meniere’s it might not seem that bad to have your head spin, but it is!
Another factor could be the medicine that I take to recover from the attacks, most of them are sedatives. If you take pills on a regular basis to combat the meniere’s, your brain can’t help from being effected by it.
As for any other reasons for the brain fog, it could depend on the individual. I know that I am not the only one who has had brain fog because I have read other reports for meniere’s patients that have had the same experiences that I have had.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
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I get the brain fog, too. I first read about it on menieres.org or I probably wouldn't have associated it with MM. After all, it's easy to assume I'm getting forgetful simply because I'm getting older (I'm only 41!) or I've got a lot of stress and can't possibly keep it all straight. But then I will sometimes struggle to remember a word I've been using for years and it just feels different than before I was diagnosed with MM. I wonder if, like you, it's a side effect of the dimenhydrinate (taken daily as part of T-Bio) or diazepam (ever 2-3 days). I'm getting physically used to them but I still get the brain fog occassionally. It's hard to say what's really going on except that it is associated with MM.
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