AIBU to think I'm going mad?

[georgie262]

Does anyone else think they are going mad lately?
Before I had children I used to be able to carry multiple pieces of complex Information in my head and cross reference them with each other without any problems whatsoever.
Today, I gave my son's before/after school club the wrong days 3TIMES!!! I couldn't work out what days I needed to book I had to write it all down in order to work it out. I'm still not sure I've put him down for the right days. I feel stupid.
I forget everything at work and can't concentrate on a complex project. I'm sure people hate working with me - am I unique in this hopelessness - what can I do to salvage my brain? Can I do some brain training?

YANBU. Pregnancy & raising toddlers played havoc with my brain. Def dip in intelligence, and years of never getting to finish a conversation destroyed my attention span.
It will come back I promise 💐

Absolutely. My brain does not work anymore (3 young children).

My memory used to be really good, now I struggle to remember my own name.

Today my car went for an MOT. I handed over my car AND housekey . My husband is working away. My eldest was at school on the other side of town with her key.
Toddler and I stood outside the house because I couldn't just kill the day at the park or library as I had a parcel to wait in for. I have so many qualifications, people would rely on my planning and analysis ..... but now? Now I can't even work out I need a key to get in my house!

Oh YANBU at all and I had to write that about three times. I feel you!

I'm so glad to hear it comes back. I'd given up hope of ever holding a decent conversation again. I told a girl in work today that I was concerned my son might be dyslexic I told her this twice 2!hours apart she thought it was hilarious but even when she said 'you've just said this this morning' I still couldn't remember!! I mean WTF?!?

YANBU. I played 15 minutes of sonic the hedgehog on my laptop last night. Except I didn't, DH happily pointed out it was the demo game and the mouse wasn't even plugged in when I tried to use that.

I didn't use to be like this.

Oh Cheery - that's brilliant - we'd defo get along! 😂

@Cheerybigbottom
that's hilarious

I made up a story about it working a minute ago...then started crying with the hilarity after DH left the room. 90 minutes of actual playing later I couldn't get past act 3 🤤

There is an actual medical reason for it..... it was so common that they actually started studying new mothers. During pregnancy and early childhood the mother's thyroid gland can often under produce thyroxine giving the mother hypothyroidism. One of the main effects of this is memory loss and problems with working memory (also hair falling out, struggling to stay warm and putting on or retaining weight). If you think that you are seriously struggling with your memory, ask for a TSH test, it will look at your levels of TSH which go up as your thyroid levels go down. Anything higher than a 1 is worth monitoring every 3 months to see if it is moving higher, and anything higher than 1.5 should be treated with supplemental thyroxine pills until the thyroid gland recovers. Many women have normal levels lower than 1 (eg I only feel ok at around 0.5 or less) but most doctors wont start to treat you until you are at 1 ish unless you nag the out of them about your symptoms.

I'm genuinely 10000% thicker now I have a baby. Honest. I've lost my mind.

Thanks people - it's quite comforting to know that I'm not in this fug coma alone and that I may possibly one day emerge like a Phoenix ready to slay with my brain once again 😎