Thinking of what you ask? Everything...and it's really starting to get on my last nerve.
I have always been very proficient at speaking and writing. I seem to have a knack for knowing exactly what to say, and when, and say it differently than everyone else. It's not something I asked to be good at, but people tell me all the time that I have "a special gift" when it comes to those two things. Words have always flowed effortlessly from my mouth, or my mind, and I guess I just always expected it to be so. I mean, it's like driving right? Once you learn how to do it well, you theoretically should continue to do it well unless you chose not to.
Lately, I have noticed a significant change when it comes to speaking and writing. I always proofread everything I write, whether it be chapters to a story, poetry, or even these submissions. Usually I correct spelling, and grammar occasionally, but recently I've been correcting everything.
When I reread my things, some sentences I write just don't make sense. Things that I should not be making mistakes with. For instance, changing tenses. You know, like past (I went) and present (I'm going). I can understand how newbies would make this mistake, in a paragraph or chapter. However, I seem to even be screwing this up even when it comes to sentences.
Other times, I can't even tell you what I did to make a sentence sound or feel wrong. It's just, totally unlike me, and I am very distressed about it. It has to be pretty evident if I'm beginning to notice it.
I'm terrified that this is a worsening of the "brain fog" symptom that comes with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and/or Fibromyalgia. I don't really mind if I walk into the kitchen and forget why I went there, or forget what I'm talking about mid-sentence occasionally...but forgetting something like this is just, devastating. I've spent my entire life in school learning this. What if it is "brain fog" and it just continually gets worse as time goes on? Will I even be coherent in 5 years? Writing is everything to me. Otherwise how will I be able to talk to you guys and comment? How will I be able to continue working on my novel?
I guess it could also be the new medicine I'm on. They just increased my dose again a couple of days ago...so maybe I just need to adjust and get used to it? I didn't notice this "thinking problem" until after I started Lyrica, so maybe the drug is affecting my brain somehow? I just don't know what to do. I don't know if I can live with a side effect like this!
Do any of you experience this symptom? Could it just be the Lyrica?
I have always been very proficient at speaking and writing. I seem to have a knack for knowing exactly what to say, and when, and say it differently than everyone else. It's not something I asked to be good at, but people tell me all the time that I have "a special gift" when it comes to those two things. Words have always flowed effortlessly from my mouth, or my mind, and I guess I just always expected it to be so. I mean, it's like driving right? Once you learn how to do it well, you theoretically should continue to do it well unless you chose not to.
Lately, I have noticed a significant change when it comes to speaking and writing. I always proofread everything I write, whether it be chapters to a story, poetry, or even these submissions. Usually I correct spelling, and grammar occasionally, but recently I've been correcting everything.
When I reread my things, some sentences I write just don't make sense. Things that I should not be making mistakes with. For instance, changing tenses. You know, like past (I went) and present (I'm going). I can understand how newbies would make this mistake, in a paragraph or chapter. However, I seem to even be screwing this up even when it comes to sentences.
Other times, I can't even tell you what I did to make a sentence sound or feel wrong. It's just, totally unlike me, and I am very distressed about it. It has to be pretty evident if I'm beginning to notice it.
I'm terrified that this is a worsening of the "brain fog" symptom that comes with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and/or Fibromyalgia. I don't really mind if I walk into the kitchen and forget why I went there, or forget what I'm talking about mid-sentence occasionally...but forgetting something like this is just, devastating. I've spent my entire life in school learning this. What if it is "brain fog" and it just continually gets worse as time goes on? Will I even be coherent in 5 years? Writing is everything to me. Otherwise how will I be able to talk to you guys and comment? How will I be able to continue working on my novel?
I guess it could also be the new medicine I'm on. They just increased my dose again a couple of days ago...so maybe I just need to adjust and get used to it? I didn't notice this "thinking problem" until after I started Lyrica, so maybe the drug is affecting my brain somehow? I just don't know what to do. I don't know if I can live with a side effect like this!
Do any of you experience this symptom? Could it just be the Lyrica?
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