Does any one else feel as if you lose IQ points when you have a headache?

Whenever I get a headache, I can't concentrate on the work I'm doing or the problem I'm solving because the pain is really distracting. I don't feel like my IQ drops or anything but I can't think straight because there's just too much pain. This also happens when other parts of my body hurt. I get distracted and can't concentrate on the problem at hand.

Hi moonlit: I use IQ points just by being. Although I do have frequent headaches, I don't think I can pinpoint that as the cause of my stupidity. Take care.

Yep, headache, fibro-fog, bad arthritis day, any of those can drop my IQ about 20 - 30 points! I am normally a very logical thinker but on my bad days I can't work out which utensil to eat with or put simple sentences together. It is so incredibly frustrating.

Yes when I have a headache I cant concentrate on anything mostly i just want to be left alone until it is gone that is impossible with two small children though so often i just have to muddle through with the help of some painkillers. Migraines are worse though I tend to lose what vision I do have and then get serious pain then I have to have their dad home to care for them until it passes.

When any person is not feeling well i think it is at least expected that at some level they aren't functioning at thier fullest. Yes i feel "dumbed down" when i have a really bad headache or if im sick... lol

Moonlit- I suffer from migraines so when they hit, I can't type lol. So, I can't say if I loose IQ or not. I know that when they do hit, I'm generally out of it until the meds kick in. Namaste-Anora

I get that way whenever I have to force my daughter through her homework. With the ensuing headache & can feel my own IQ slipping away.

Nope. Don't get much headaches unless I am really stressed. And when I do get headaches, I just pop some pain killers for headaches and go straight to bed. Usually after a good sleep, it will be alright. Otherwise, it will be another round of pain killers and more sleep. I try not to do too much when I have a headache. I get really grouchy when I am not feeling well.

Yep... and I type funny but don't catch on until after it's better and I go back to read something and it's way out of whack. I hate that. Makes me look like a moron too. So if you guys see me typing really oddly, you know why. LOL

Yeah headaches bother me and reduce my iq headaches just .... Lol Have a gr8 time Njoy

Definitely. I had a virus once and after throwing up for a few hours I had a killer headache. My aunt insisted on taking me to the hospital even though all I needed was an antiemetic. By the time I gave in I was dehydrated and I couldn't tell them my social security number. I was slurring and everything. Several hours later a resident claimed I had said it was a different year! Of course I didn't believe her. She had repeatedly asked me what day it was and I rather irately kept saying it was xmas day and she kept saying "no, what day is it." Once my head cleared I figured out the twit had been trying to ask what DATE it was but she was too stupid to properly phrase the question. In this cae I guess other's IQs dropped for my headache as well because they gave me a CT and wanted to tap my spine. I said I'd think about it. One more thing, for some reason these people found it quite odd that I had never been to the hospital before. Do they not know that healthy people exist?