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I'm 47 And I Forgot The Name Of Someone I'd Worked With For Nine Years
"I thought something was wrong with me. It took three years to find out there was a reason."
I make jokes about it. It isn't funny.
It started around 44. Mid-sentence in a meeting I was running, and the word would just go. Not a hard word. A normal one. Eight people waiting, me smiling, reaching for something that wasn't there.
I read the same email three times last Tuesday and could not have told you what it said.
I write down things I never used to write down. "Call the dentist." "Buy milk." A whole system of notes and phone reminders built to cover for something I couldn't name.
Last month I walked into a conference room, stood there, and pretended I was looking for my charger.
I used to be the person everyone came to for the answer. Now I'm the one taking notes so nobody notices I've lost the thread.
What I actually thought was happening
Not "I'm tired." I thought something was wrong with me.
I looked up early-onset dementia at 2am more than once. Then closed the laptop and told nobody, including my husband, for two years.
My cycle was completely regular. Nothing on the calendar had changed. Nobody had ever told me perimenopause can start in your early forties, or that for a lot of women it arrives first as fog and flatness — years before anything with a name.
What I tried
- Magnesium. Three kinds. Yes, all three.
- Sleeping more. Sleeping earlier. Then a sleep tracker.
- Cutting caffeine. Then doubling it.
- A B12 that did nothing at all
- Ashwagandha
- The mushroom coffee everyone posts about — quit in week three, the taste
- Lion's mane on its own. Then cordyceps on its own. Four bottles before coffee, so I gave up by February.
- A month without wine
Some of it helped a little. None of it touched the fog.
How it finally clicked
Not a doctor. A podcast I was half-listening to while unloading the dishwasher. A researcher said one sentence and I stopped with a plate in my hand.
She said the brain is full of estrogen receptors, concentrated in the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex — memory and executive function. Word retrieval. Focus. Holding a thread.
Estrogen there helps regulate how efficiently brain cells use glucose, which is the brain's fuel. It influences acetylcholine, which memory depends on, and the neurotransmitters that govern mood and alertness.
Which explained what had looked to me like three separate problems. The fog, the flatness, the short fuse. One system becoming unstable.
And unstable, not declining. Perimenopausal estrogen fluctuates unpredictably. That's why it comes and goes. That's why one good week had me convinced I'd imagined the bad one.
Then she said the thing that made me put the plate down.
The brain adapts. Imaging research on the menopause transition has found measurable changes during perimenopause, with signs of stabilization afterward.
Three years of assuming this was permanently who I was now. And a stranger on a podcast fixed that in a sentence, while I was holding a plate.
Then I Found Zeva Daily Mushroom Gummies
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I stumbled upon Zeva Daily Mushroom Gummies while scrolling through social media.
They had great reviews and promised natural ingredients without harsh chemicals.
I was skeptical but also desperate for a solution.
After reading about the mushrooms they used, I felt a flicker of hope.
I decided to give it a shot.
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They offered a 30-day money-back guarantee.
I ordered it that night.
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Week 1
Nothing. I want to be honest about that, because I nearly stopped
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Week 3
Got through a full afternoon without the 2pm wall. Didn't notice until that evening.
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Week 6
Found the word. In the meeting. At the moment I needed it. I noticed for about half a second and then didn't think about it again for an hour, which is the part that got me.
The Little Moments That Made It Worth It
Like when my daughter said, 'Mom, you seem so much happier now.'
My husband said I'd "seemed more like myself lately." I said "hm," went to load the dishwasher, and cried a bit over the cutlery.
The best was when I could finally play with my kids without feeling exhausted.
I felt like myself again, and it was incredible.
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I had similar issues with brain fog, and these gummies have been a game changer for me. I feel much clearer and energetic!
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I was skeptical at first, but after a few weeks, I noticed a significant change in my focus and mood. Highly recommend!
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These gummies helped me regain my energy! I can finally keep up with my kids and feel great doing it.
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Frequently asked questions
Quick answers to the questions we hear most often.
No. No hormones. If you're considering HRT, that's a conversation for your doctor and this isn't a substitute for it.
Fruiting body, in a 10:1 extract. That's the part the research was done on.
Because buying them one at a time is how people end up with four bottles and quit by February. The format is the point.
Weeks 1–2, likely nothing. We'd rather say that than pretend. Most people mention the afternoons around week 3 and word-finding around week 6.
Thirty days. Not glad you did it, email us, refunded. Keep the jar.