Brain Fog

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I have heard people mention brain fog, but I never thought I had a problem with that. But a week and a half ago, I had some guacamole which must have been cross-contaminated, because I had a full blown stomach reaction.

And that night, I was playing Life with my little ones, and at the end when we needed to count the cards and money to see who won, I couldn't keep my numbers straight! I recounted several times and finally gave up.

Is that what people mean when they talk about brain fog? I never noticed that happening before, but maybe it was and I just didn't notice the difference because it was common?

Sheryll

[CMCM]

I can feel a kind of mental lethergy, slow thought, inability to really concentrate, lack of desire to do much of anything. I get real inefficient in everything I'm doing and I don't accomplish much. No energy.

I later realized all the connections with feeling like this and eating gluten, and that this is what people must be referring to when they mention "brain fog." This is what it's like for me, in any case.

[ravenwoodglass]

I have heard people mention brain fog, but I never thought I had a problem with that. But a week and a half ago, I had some guacamole which must have been cross-contaminated, because I had a full blown stomach reaction.

And that night, I was playing Life with my little ones, and at the end when we needed to count the cards and money to see who won, I couldn't keep my numbers straight! I recounted several times and finally gave up.

Is that what people mean when they talk about brain fog? I never noticed that happening before, but maybe it was and I just didn't notice the difference because it was common?

Sheryll

Yep that's it. It's funny you mention numbers, a year or so after I was diagnosed I noticed I could add a list of numbers in my head for the first time in my life. I used to forget the total of the first 2 when I was trying to add the 3rd to it. I couldn't even add a group of more than 3 numbers on paper without adding them 2 at a time. Boy I wish they had know about this as when I was in grade school, I got labeled as lazy and couldn't even multiply till 8th grade. It's amazing sometimes how much an impact it can have.

[babygirl1234]

wow i dont get "brain fog" when i get gluten just stomach achs and a upset stomach and my celiac disease has been triggerd angin grrrrrrr i hate when my celiac disease is acting up because theres nothing you can do but stay on your gluten-free diet and im on sedacive for the stmoach pains but so far they arnt helping