
In the years since I've occasionally tried to help people with high school level mathematics problems and gotten completely mired. One of the first things I lost cognitively in the decline was the ability to recognise whether or not I was doing technical things correctly while I was doing them, and when I discovered a fundamental mathematical error in a model I'd built a few months previously I realised that I had to get out of the game. In theory I could have kept working from home but most of what I used to be good at was now confusing me, especially anything multidimensional or non-linear like mentioned. I have a degree in maths and was working as a mathematical modeller when my health collapsed. b/c it affects my personality, ability to work/make money, my relationships/how ppl perceive me. If I could fix ONE thing - it would be brain fog. I have a very hard time organizing paperwork, which is ironic b/c the mountain of paperwork produced by doctors & insurance companies is fairly amazing.

"Framing" my ideas is hard for me, and has definitely impacted my career. Math is very hard for me, even though I consistently scored the same in math & other subjects on standardized testing.

