| I don't know why I tend to not post much about this ICI [invisible chronic illness] that has been the driving force [puns all intended] since 1989, and in a bigger way in '93, but here's some info about a study regarding FMS [Fibromyalgia Syndrome] and cognitive ability. The results of a study from the Department of Behavioral Sciences; and Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL. PMID: 18636019
"OBJECTIVE: Abnormal processing of information in fibromyalgia may hold clues to brain abnormalities in this illness. The purpose of this study is to examine the speed of mental operations in people with the fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) under the pressure of time. The central question addresses whether FMS is associated with processing speed deficits across a spectrum of speeded tasks. [snip]
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CONCLUSION: Abnormalities in naming speed are an unappreciated feature of FMS. Selective deficits in naming speed in association with otherwise well preserved global processing speed set patients with FMS apart from controls with memory complaints. Clinicians would be wise to specifically request adding a rapid naming test such as the Stroop Test to the cognitive battery; to document cognitive dysfunction in FMS patients who otherwise appear to test normally, despite often intense complaints of memory and concentration difficulties that can affect job performance and increase disability" Some wee bit of affirmation and, dare I say, vindication, re: my decrease in IQ, memory, ability to read (I used to be a voracious reader to rival Gordy ) and a decent writer too. And, one of the scariest bits of all, especially with Mom's Alz onset, my memory not being as it used to be, is this a portent of things to come? or is it a symptom of FMS, and lack of stage 4 sleep, the restorative bit of sleep, and the pain 24x7, and /or the additional Rx...can the brain losses be reversed by some or in full? Dare to dream? TBD
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