cerebral palsy and "brain fog"

Andrew_Hardman
Andrew_Hardman Online Community Member Posts: 9 Connected
hi all,

this may have been covered elsewhere but i have spastic diaplegia and have become increasingly aware of suffering from what i would term "brain fog" i.e. today i made a coffee left it in the kitchen and was 15 minutes into my work day (i work from home) before i realised i had left it in the kitchen. Has anyone else experienced this?

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  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,538 Championing
    Hi @Andrew_Hardman and welcome to the community :) It's great to see you starting a discussion of your own, and it's certainly an interesting topic.

    I have CP spastic diplegia as well and sometimes I do get some brain fog, but I put it down to being overtired.

    I've not spoken to a GP about it though- which is always advisable if you have particular concerns, or the brain fog is having a big impact on you day to day. There's nothing wrong with just talking things through.

    Fatigue could be a trigger for the brain fog perhaps, and fatigue is something I experience as part of my CP, but I know everyone is different!

    Did you make another cup of coffee in the end?
  • Richard_Scope
    Richard_Scope Posts: 3,742 Cerebral Palsy Network
    Hi @Andrew_Hardman

    I do this all of the time! Cups of tea, putting clothes in the washer and not turning the machine on etc, etc, 

    As my colleague @Alex_Scope has suggested, it could be down to fatigue, general tiredness, or just a case of being preoccupied and thinking too many steps ahead. Something that I'm guilty of at times.

    If this is concerning you and is happening more frequently though, have a chat with your G.P.

  • Andrew_Hardman
    Andrew_Hardman Online Community Member Posts: 9 Connected
    hi both,

    apologies for not responding sooner - i was on leace with no access to a computer and work got in the way of replying 
    Thanks for the above nice to know it might just be a cerebral palsy "thing" - it was in the middle of the heatwave so that never does me any favours with loss of muscle tone etc.... and alex in answer to your question i managed to save the coffee i had made originally as i have a thermos mug
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,464 Championing
    edited August 2022
    Are you feeling a little better now that it's cooled down a bit @Andrew_Hardman

    And there's no need to apologise at all. It's good to hear from you :)
  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,538 Championing
    I'm glad you saved your coffee @Andrew_Hardman where would we be without thermos mugs? :) 

    I hope you are feeling better now the temperature is a bit more reasonable! 

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