I heard from my pain management doctor, our brains process pain first as a safety measure. Many people with chronic illness experience a lack of cognitive function. Also, as some of you have mentioned, we are practically walking pharmacies. Does it cause dementia, no. But it does compromise our brain.

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Hi Charles, bet we'll get a bunch of different answers from the doctors.

I think that we have many factors, you all mentioned them in the previous answers, that would contribute to "brain fog". Stress, multi-medications, pain can all be culprits. Does all this cause dementia? That is a very good question. We should all ask our doctors.

Hello all, I need to eat my words. I just read this great article that explores the link between RA and dementia. It's a quick read:

https://www.rheumatologyadvisor.com/home/rheuma...

You may have to copy and paste to your search engine.

Good question. Many complain of brain fog.