@shelleyas Hi and welcome to MayoClinicConnect, where we all share our health journey and what worked and what didn’t. Your story sounds so much like mine! Many of the same symptoms and losing my creative side. I, too, had brain fog, which eventually went away. I still get very fatigued. I have an AD in my brain which leaves lesions. I’m sort of in remission now.
I kept a journal every day of what I could and could not do, how I felt, and the degree of brain fog I had. It helped so I didn’t have to remember everything! I’m going to look for other members who also have MCTD and see if they can help.