Ditzy? Anyone Else Having Issues?

[Tigger&Belle]

Are any of you having a ditzy day? Week? Year? Life?

I didn't sleep well last night AND am on medication which is making me a little more confused than normal (which is normally bad enough...) but I don't know what to do with myself today.

For example, I was warming up soup and spilled a little pouring it into the pan. I was going to get a paper towel to clean it up. I first grabbed the dishcloth and cleaned it up with that, then grabbed the paper towel and was surprised that the mess was gone.

Then while the soup was heating I put the clean dishes away from the dishwasher. I noticed a couple of bowls on the counter and I figured that I must have set them down out of the dishwasher so I put them away, too. My DH asked me where the bowls were that he'd gotten out for the soup. And yes, I'd known that he'd gotten out bowls for the soup.

Where is the head banging smilie?

And before anyone asks, NO, I have NOT been drinking, but maybe I should have a drink! Then at least I'd have an excuse. And I'm supposed to increase my medication but I think I'm going to wait a couple days....

 

[Christine]

That kind of stuff scares me. I've only ever noticed it while taken certain meds.

 

[L107ANGEL]

Just don't operate heavy machinery

 

[Missy1961]

I'm glad to see I'm not alone! Since my dad is in Florida, I'm home alone. So each night when I get home from work, I disarm the alarm system, relock the door, and re-arm the alarm. Last night, for some reason, I never re-set the alarm. I noticed the table lamp that is connected to the alarm was still on, but it just didn't register that I had never re-armed the alarm. And I'm not on any meds!

 

[Tigger&Belle]

The problem is that I'm normally bad, but add in being sleepy and the medication and you have one loopy lady.

That time of the month, too, but I can't imagine that having anything to do with it. Not to mention the fact that I spent the morning with a bunch of hyper kindergarteners. The weather might not help things--cloudy and cold--makes me want to curl up.

 

[luvmydogs]

HI T&B!!!

I had preeclampsia when I was pregnant and on the drug Aldomet, and before I was hospitalized and the Drs. could keep an eye on me, this medication literally nearly drove me over the edge. One of the side effects was "nightmares" (I didn't believe it when my Dr. told me), and every night when I'd go to sleep, I felt like Picasso on speed was painting my dreams. Vivid colors, violence, screaming in my head--it was like my brain was going 1,000,000 miles a minute. I was exhausted by the time I woke up. Then while I was awake, at times I'd be totally disoriented. My dh came home from work one day and found an entire load of folded laundry in the refrigerator, and I didn't even remember putting it there. Not long after that I was hospitalized until I gave birth, and since I was on bedrest (I was allowed to use the bathroom and wiggle my toes for exercise!), I didn't get the chance to do anymore stupid things. I wouldn't go on that med. again if ya paid me!

 

[mtblujeans]

I am like that everyday.....since I began "menopause" My family is starting to get used to it but most people just walk across the street when they see me coming!

 

[CEDmom]

It's those darn kids . I have days like that a lot. I can't tell you how many times I'll go upstairs/downstairs and then can't remember why . I definitely think drinking might help - at the very least I won't care that I can't remember . Here's to better days, I'm buying the 1st round .

 

[mtblujeans]

It's those darn kids . I have days like that a lot. I can't tell you how many times I'll go upstairs/downstairs and then can't remember why . I definitely think drinking might help - at the very least I won't care that I can't remember . Here's to better days, I'm buying the 1st round .

Hmmmmmm.....the brain is gone, the liver will last awhile yet......

 

[Tigger&Belle]

Clothes in the fridge! That's too much! At least they were folded...

I've been on the medication for a week and this is the first day I've noticed this, but the first few days I was worse, just different. When the medication would go into my bloodstread I would get ver emotional, but again it is the wonderful PMS week, so who knows how much is that. The medication (esp in the first few days) did seem to make it hard for me to deal with a lot of stimuli). On Monday we were driving somewhere and my DH asked me to look up how long it was supposed to take to get where we were going on our navigation system and I was going to look up something about our Odyssey in the manual. The thought of doing two things at one time was too much so I calmly put the book away and turned the navigation off. My DH knew enough to not say anything to me.

BTW, a little while later I was feeling better and programmed the navigation without a problem. So no, I'm not totally bonkers, just a bit....

 

[Tigger&Belle]

I can't tell you how many times I'll go upstairs/downstairs and then can't remember why .

I used to laugh at my mother for this and of course now it happens to me! How often have I had to go back where I was so I could then remember what I was going to do or get? Just like my mom...

 

[imsorry]

I do stuff like this all the time. I'll put something in the oven, start cleaning in another room and totally forget. I bring a paper and pen with me all the time when I go in my bosses office; otherwise I get back to my desk and can't remember what he just told me to do Ah, the joy of being almost 50!

 

[BeNJeNWaFFLe]

I can't tell you how many times I'll go upstairs/downstairs and then can't remember why .

I do this all the time. I walk into a room with a purpose but for the life of me I can't remember it once I'm in the room. So yeah. I have a lot of ditzy moments. Forget it when I have to use the ear patch for sea sickness. One of the side effect is you start to get a sort of clouded mind. Ok right, it just makes me really ditzy. Thank goodness I only use them while on vacation.

 

[Tigger&Belle]

OK, you want to know a new ditzy thing I just did--while reading this thread I just looked at the tags and was looking at one about the Mr Clean Magic Eraser and my thought was, "Oh, look, someone else has a Magic Eraser tag, too" (you know where this is going, don't you? ) and then I realized I was reading my own tag. OMG, Calgon, take me away. I don't think I'm making dinner tonight. Who knows what I would come up with.

 

[welovedisneyx4]

This past weekend was extremely busy and hectic. Our power went out Friday night (Sat. AM) from 1:00-8:00, we had church stuff early Saturday morning, basketball pics and game for DD mid day and then DD's 10th bday slumber party w/ 8 girls that night. On Sunday, we had church and took 3 of the slumber party girls w/ us to church and then took them home. Sunday afternoon we had a Valentine Party at church (postponed from the week before due to snow) and then we went out for DD's bday dinner w/ the family and came home for cake and presents. Needless to say, I was exausted!!

Anyway, I set the alarm Sunday night for Monday morning and got up when it went off. I was up for about 5 minutes when I thought something was strange. Then I saw I was an hour late! I had set it wrong!!! Luckily, the kids school was 2 hours late b/c of snow and DH was able to wait and take them in late and I just hurried and got to work as soon as possible. I ended up being about 20 minutes late. (At least no one at work was mad about it!) I have never done anything like that before, they all just laughed at me at work! I am still trying to catch up on my sleep!

 

[DVC Jen]

Stress does it to me. The other day I poured juice on my cereal and milk into my juice glass.

 

[bigmerle1966]

I have those days, they drive me nuts. I had a moment a little while ago, I was making a list of things that need to be done here this week. Not two seconds after I wrote this one thing I couldn't remember what it meant. I still can't remember.

 

[princess pooh]

I wish I were just having a ditzy day, but it's been more like a ditzy lifetime. I can't even tell you how many times I've left the remote control in the fridge or taken my cordless phone with me to work. I call my mom a billion times a day because I keep forgetting what I had to tell her. I hope I never go gray...at least now I have the blondness as an excuse!