Today in Psychology we started a chapter on Memory. Our teacher played a few games with us to test our short and long term memory ability. She had us recall the names of the 7 dwarfs and recall noun/adjective pairs from 20 sentences.
It was a really great class, and a fun lecture to learn.
What really scares me is my own memory.
I have
baaaadddd problems with remembering things.
ask my parents how many times i have left something at home, forgotten to ask a teacher something, forgotten to call them when
i've arrived at a place.
It's gotten to a point where i get mad at myself for forgetting things i know i should remember.
Even writing stuff on my hand doesn't guarantee that i will bring in a folder for orchestra, or 7 dollars for lunch on the shelf.
And wow do i HATE that i have a excuse.
One of the
maaannnnyyy symptoms that comes with
Fibromyalgia is memory loss. A battle i am not happy to fight.
In January of 2007 I got a severe concussion while playing indoor soccer. Ever since then I experienced back, shoulder and neck pain. I blamed it on the stress of finals as my freshman year of High School ended. But even after finals were over, and during our family trip to Disney, I still experienced muscle soreness. My mom took me to my doctor but she didn't think it was anything. I went to another doctor, and she diagnosed me with
Fibromyalgia. I've been living with
fibro for about 3 years now, I'm 17 and a senior in high school, and the chronic pain has not defeated me.
The memory loss is caused by chronic pain. Research shows that pain is connected to the brain's encoding of new information.
The lack of sleep that
fibromyaglia effects the
brains ability to remember things.
Long term memory isn't a problem,
- difficulty remembering details
- difficulty remembering new information
- difficulty finding the right words to express yourself
those are things
i've got to worry about.
“
Fibromyalgia causes a tremendous amount of suffering and there are really no good treatments for
fibromyalgia right now,” says Dr. Mary Lynch, the director of research at the Pain Management Clinic at
Dalhousie.
weird things i've noticed about living with Fibro:when the weather changes, so does the pain.
not eating wheat helps with the stomach and head aches.
when I get a cold the pain increases.
for me, the pain is less in the morning
some facts Roughly one-
quarter of people with
fibromyalgia are work-disabled
FDA approved the first drug for
fibromyalgia in 2007 and more treatments are being developed!!
Symptoms - Muscular aching, throbbing, shooting, stabbing, or intense burning.
- Extreme Fatigue Difficulty concentrating and retaining new information may seriously interfere with everyday mental tasks. referred to as "fibro fog"
- Trouble falling asleep and more importantly staying asleep,
- frequent abdominal pain
- chronic headaches
- jaw pain
- depression and anxiety
Ok.... sorry for the pity pot. I'm not looking for pity. I am just writing for awareness. I know many people out there suffer from this and I would love to support them.
