I find myself much more forgetful now and I need to write down EVERYTHING I used to keep in my head or I will miss appointments, forget what I have done earlier in the day or week, or have a hard time concentrating on what I read.
Of course this can be related to unrelenting pain whenever I am sitting or standing, which means that my physically body is less active, perhaps affecting my mental acuity.
But hearing reports of reduced mental capacity associated with Prolia, as well as reports of people who found their "brain fog" had lifted when they were no longer on the drug, I did a quick online search.
Here is one review of this topic that may be of interest.
https://www.ehealthme.com/ds/prolia/cognitive-disorder/
The URL above speaks for itself. I urge readers of this blog to have a look.
And another in the journal Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience on how chronic pain (which I am experiencing because of my Prolia disaster) may affect cognitive function:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6085997/
Is this a product of age? After all, I'm 83 years old now.
But this has not been slow gradual change -- and it has been increasingly noticeable in the last year when I have been SO dependent upon my cognitive abilities, having lost much of my physical ability following my Prolia-related fractures.
This is especially frightening for me because it is my ability to negotiate my needs via phone or internet that have allowed me to live at home and do the research needed as I try to answer my questions and gain physical strength.