Frightening memory loss 😂

Hi bubbins 

sounds like brain fog, had this in peri myself 

and also when people talk and you cant get your brain to take it in

jay x

Hello Bubbins. You are having the worst time ever so sending you hugs. They say our brains turn to cotton wool when we are pregnant and then again in the menopause. Have you spoken to your GP? Occupational Health doctors have their place but often side more with the employer. Make an appointment, write everything down that's happened to you and how you're feeling. You could need a blood test to see if there's anything else going wrong. It could be there is and it can be resolved easily. Keep in touch.

All sounds like me on a regular day. Try not to worry. Get a printout of your blood results when they are back and post them on here so we can help you to understand them. B12 deficiency can definitely cause brainfog and can so easily be rectified. Chin up, this too shall pass for everything does.

I also had the same...I can say the brain fog or spaced out feeling has really been tons better...Also went thru not being able to concentrate and just couldnt remember events and would forget conversations I would have with my husband...He would look at me and say "we just talked about that yesterday dont you remember"?So I would have to say its hormones and wouldnt get all worked up...One thing I learned thru this journey is dont get yourself all upset about symptoms and think its a serious illness...Been there and all I did was get my anxiety out of control and then things seemed that much worse...Been a year or so for me in peri and took saliva test and found my estrogen is low so just started a natural and hope it helps me soon!!!!Hope you feel better soon!!!

Hiya Bubbins

You sound like you've had the mother of all days!

Personally, I've always had problems concentrating - genetic I believe.  Plus I can switch off if someone's talking cr*p - but that comes in handy sometimes!

I honestly can't tell you when my peri symptoms became that obvious to me as I gather they can start and hang around for a very long time before proper meno hits us. Aside from the insomnia and occasional flushes, I've always been a bit of an 'Anxiety Annie' (sorry if we have an 'Anxiety Annie' on here for real!), a bit of a 'But what if....'-type. 

Haven't experienced your 'spaced out' feelings, but do you do what I do VERY OFTEN:  I saw words that start with the same letter, but often have absolutely nothing to do with the subject in question??  

I think woman are commonly thought to be able to competently multi-task. I'm the first to admit that yes, I do many things at once, but I don't really do any of them very well!  I don't beat myself up about it as I know that's what I've always been like.

Listen, I thought I was the Queen of ringing Fax numbers!! And have for a very long time been in the habit of repeating whole phone numbers as I often transpose numbers.  I think where you're probably experiencing other symptoms, however subtle at the mo, all the things you've mentioned as issues are sort of par for the course I fear.

I agree with Matron: tell your sister how it is.  If she's younger, she'll probably appreciate what she may have to expect when her time comes.  Why not ask her, hypothetically, how she'd deal with one of her patient's who presented the same symptoms as yourself?

Take up your sister's offer of a break.  I think you sound a lil' fragile at the mo and need a bit of support from those you love.  With her medical background, she'll be able to help you put things in perspective:  you've been to see your GP and they are exploring all avenues via blood tests.  I think you'll feel much better once you have a little more info, but for the time being, why not think you're just another fully paid-up member of our Peri/meno Club??!!!  it's membership's growing by the week!

(If its any consolation, just to confirm how befuddled I am, I've had to re-read your original post as I kept seeing the ref to the 'Police' in other posts and had no idea what that was referring to!!  Speed reading was never my forte!!)

Cheer up gal, and kick back tonight.  x