I'll take all other symptoms over this gd brain fog!
I'm about 2 years into peri, and the brain fog is the absolute worst! Its been hitting me especially bad the past week or so, which isn't helping at work, since I've got a number of projects I'm getting off the ground. I've been getting confused, mixing things up, or just flat out forgetting the most obvious details.
Its doubly maddening since I've always had a mind for details and expansive vocabulary, even before I started school, and now I find myself struggling for words in the middle of sentence. I stumbled over the word for Velveeta on Monday, for Pete's sake. Hella embarrassing during meetings when I can't remember technical terms related to my projects. (Things would be so much easier if they were an email or text. I'd have the time to gather my thoughts and my vocab brain going on momentary strikes wouldn't be as obvious.)
The weight gain? Manageable, and I've never been a skinny gal.
Waking up at 3 am for no stupid reason? Ok, whatever.
The hormonal acne outbreaks? I've been dealing with them since I was a teenager, so this is no different, and the zinc supplements have lessened their severity.
The itchy ear canals and the creepy crawly sensations on my legs? Weird, but tolerable.
Gimmie all those other symptoms and then some, but give me back my brain!