Head feels "weird" or "funny"

Nancy B21

Has anyone heard of this? My mom will often say her "head feels funny". It doesn;t hurt and she says she can't describe it but that it feels "weird". I can't find anything on google, but just a couple of people reporting it too. Any insight would be welcome. She is physically totally healthy.

Thank you!

M1

Vertigo or inner ear problems come to mind....

mabelgirl

my mom frequently says her head is “running fast”. She says she is not dizzy or feeling sick. I’ve noticed she gets very quiet during those periods and seems to require more guidance. They don’t last long and I tend to think she is just trying hard to concentrate on what’s going on around her. She also has periods where she kinda blanks out but those also don’t last long. She is in good physically and now in assisted living. She still does a lot of her ADLs needs help with medication and food. Her doctors doesn’t seem to be concerned. Don’t know if this helps , just thought I would share.

Quilting brings calm

When mom was in the early stage, she described her head in these ways:

1. she felt like her brain was spinning and parts were flying off in different directions.
   
2. she felt like an electrical impulse was going from one side of her head to the other
3. she felt like a bowling alley was in her head - ball on one side, pins in the other.
   

She’s not used those phrases in a few years now. She just referred to herself as being confused.

harshedbuzz

It sounds familiar. My dad talked about this a great deal in the middle stages. His doctor interpreted the complaint as vertigo but I'm not so sure. Whatever he was experiencing was difficult to articulate— sometimes it was more like wind or a storm in his head while other times he felt parts were missing for a time before reinstalling while he slept.

HB

Nancy B21

https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/222689#Comment_222689

Thank you!! This helps!

Nancy B21

Thank you!!

Nancy B21

Thank you. All of this helps!! I wish my mom could describe it better. She is not dizzy or in pain so I do not think it is vertigo but definitely related to the ALZ. Thank you somuch!!

CaliforniaGirl-1

My LO would gently tap her head, and say "Its not working right." I think its a consciousness of not being able to remember and reason.

GailBD

This reminds me of my mother possibly 20 years ago. She is 92 now. Back then: It wasn't often; but sometimes she would say something and look at me with her eyes looking dizzy and crazy and her head would shake a little for about a minute. She didn't complain when she did this.

I didn't live with her, so I don't know how often this was occurring. Looking back, I thought she was looking crazy, trying to get on my nerves. She could be a wise-guy smart mouth sometimes. When she started looking crazy, I wouldn't say anything. I would just turn around and walk away.

Looking back; she must have been slowly moving into dementia. I did not recognize something was really wrong until the Covid-19 quarantine came in and she stopped paying all of her bills.

eaglemom

My DH will say "I feel foggy." I can usually tell because his eyes are quite as sparkly. He's also said to me "you wouldn't want to be in here (while pointing to his head) its a mess." Heartbreaking.

How each of our LO verbalizes how they feel is interesting to me. I figure as long as DH is telling me when he knows he's "foggy" we still have the communication that is so important.

eagle

Emily 123

Yes-my mom shook her head one day and said. 'It's like…". and then she made a few circles above her head with her hand and then gestured away from it like her thoughts were flying away.