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memory loss...
Sun, 04/22/2007 - 02:18so i know that everyone knows what im talking about if they can remember reading this :P
i have a great memory unfortunately it is VERY SHORT!!! i can't remember anything. i forget a conversation while i am still having it. when im at work (and my job is to deal with the public) and i am giving directions to destinations or trying to make reservations i forget where they are wanting to go or the proper protocol for making the reservations. i also forget the simplest of words which then make me look like a fool because it looks like i don't know my job which i do.
what on earth can i do to help this situation? its really quite frustrating.
this is my rant... thank you for listening... or reading... or whatever.... :P
Comments
Re: memory loss...
Submitted by bex on Sun, 2007-04-22 - 10:04
I understand your frustration. I have to use lists for every thing even my cleaning and when I speak to people to remind me the simplest things I wanted to tell them. I mean how ridicolos but a way of getting on with my life! I also use a lot of post it notes and it will be interesting to see how I get on when I go back to work as I'm off at the moment.
I've started to eat fish which has omega3 in it as I read somewhere this is good for your memory (like makrel, salmoln, sardines) and you can buy bread (in the uk) with it in. Am sure you could just take a supplement if you prefer but I get tired of popping pills.Thing these things are long term rather than shortterm.
As for stopping mid sentance and the frustration well equally at times makes me want to scream, although people will finish the sentance where they can! Which can make you want to laugh or cry depending on your mood. I walk from one room to the next wondering what it was I doing? Have phone restaurants to booked holidays and the other put my coat in the rubbish bin and walked up the road with the rubbish! Keeping smiling - i will for now as my brother and sister in law have just had a beautiful baby girl called Daisy! Take care
Re: Re: memory loss...
Submitted by eame on Sun, 2007-04-29 - 23:11
I can relate to this all too well and I am constantly in awe of just how bad my memory is. It has gotten progressively worse since I last saw my Neurologist and on my next appointment, I planned to pose the question as to whether the memory loss is a result of the medication I am on currently (Depakote) or the seizures themselves which only began as petit mal seizures four years ago. But I cannot remember anything. I will say something and 5 seconds later have no recollection. I find myself asking my fiancee' a question and then a minute later asking the same question. I lose my train of thought when I am speaking. And lately, I find myself forgetting the names of both items and people. I was talking to someone and couldn't remember what a highchair was. Just this morning I was talking about a restaurant and couldn't think of the word croissant. I can't remember how to do certain things or work processes and procedures. My greatest fear is doing something on the job which makes folks question my authority and expertise. To top it all off, I ran into a Therapist my fiancee' and I were seeing just a year or so ago and I had no clue who she was. She asked how I was and all the while I was basically staring at her not knowing who she was, her name, nothing. And bear in mind, this is someone that I discussed my most intimate thoughts with. I ran into her like two months ago. It only just came to me who she was like a week ago. And my long-term is just as bad as my short-term. I don't remember anything. I am always asking did we do this? Have we been here? It sucks ...
memory loss? tests??
Submitted by wichitarick1 on Wed, 2007-12-05 - 15:40
peace R.C. Hi I after a lot of frustration and talking to wall at the v.a. said to the "student" that is seeing me , Look man this is very ,very, real and I need to try and get something I,m talking about documented and wow he told me well why don,t we have the "phycologist" meet with you and give you some tests???? what a mess I walked myself in the door of this place a long time ago seeking help for depression and thought that I had been seen by a "phych"?? . Does anyone know what kind of tests these will be ? and how would I prove that my memory is different than it was a yr. or two ago? or that it is disabling . I,m turning into a weirdo lol, . Rick