51 and something happened in a meeting on Thursday that I keep replaying. My manager asked me a direct question, something I genuinely know the answer to, and I just... sat there. The word I needed was completely gone. Not on the tip of my tongue, not anywhere. I eventually said something vague and moved on but I could feel my face going red and I spent the rest of the afternoon convinced everyone noticed. This is not who I am at work. I've been in this job eleven years. I used to be the person who had everything in her head. I've started writing things down before calls now, like actual bullet points of what I want to say, which helps but also makes me feel like I'm compensating for something I shouldn't need to compensate for yet. I'm 51, not 81. Sleep is all over the place as well and I wonder how much of this is that rather than something hormonal, or whether they're the same thing. Genuinely don't know. I'm trying to get to bed at a consistent time this week, just to see if it changes anything, but three nights in and I've woken at 3am twice so. Also been noticing I crash badly around 3pm and end up eating whatever's in the vending machine. Trying to keep something with actual protein in my bag now. Feels like I'm managing symptoms of symptoms at this point. Does anyone else feel like they need to document these things before a GP appointment? Like I want to go in with actual examples, not just "I feel a bit foggy sometimes" because I know how that sounds. x