I was just wondering if there are others here who tend to have a not-so-good short term memory (which you might expect of ADD/working memory issues here) - but have GREAT recall from long term memory? In other words you can recall details of things from YEARS ago to the point where people think its almost freakish?

Yes, I have a really bad short term memory, I can't remember things ive just said, why Ive walked into the kitchen and where I put the phone. But my long term memory is excellent, I can recall whole conversations from years ago, I can even remember things I was thinking about during those conversations, where I was at the time and what I was wearing etc.

I was just wondering if there are others here who tend to have a not-so-good short term memory (which you might expect of ADD/working memory issues here) - but have GREAT recall from long term memory? In other words you can recall details of things from YEARS ago to the point where people think its almost freakish?

I used but to me it feels like I've lost alot of my long term also. I noticed this last year when I was very ill with mono and liver troubles due to the mono. I was told my memory troubles had something to due with the toxins in my body.

Not sure if one has to due with the other now.

Yes, even through i have never been diagnosed with ADD.

Yep, I'm known for my long term memory.
Names, dates, incidents, as if they happened yesterday.
I am on medication that affects my short term, which makes my already troubled short term memory worse.
I lose the phone, my keys, other keys (fleet manager), my way(!), etc.
But somehow I manage to keep things going at work, if any of you have seen me post about my job.
As for the long term, I've always had it.
IF it's something I want to remember....that's the key.
I have some people at work, that ask me things regarding something that matters to them (like a supply order, something that happened to them, etc).
I can't remember those things, because I don't care to.
I'm not being a jerk, I just don't care to commit that to my memory.
Your problems are your problems at work, don't get me involved, this isn't a soap opera buddy!
But if it involves something related to my job, my personal life, my wife, my Dingo, my cars, etc, I can recall it in vivid detail.
It's an ADD thing I think.
I don't know of too many people at work that can do it.
*This can also cause friction in a relationship/marriage with a non-ADD person.
My wife can't remember things that happened a week ago, but she can tell me where I left my keys, pants, etc.
She can also watch a movie over and over, because she doesn't recall the facts sometimes.
I can only watch a movie once, a few times if I really love it, but usually once because I remember it.

my short trem merroy alot worc oveer the years longtrams allways been good not found away thoiugh this so far not went ofve trying

dormy

I have good long term memory IF, I have a firm understanding of what exactley I'm trying to remember.

Its easy to remember things if I have a bunch of things that remind me of it.

I am this way as well. Some timews it seems as if my brain remembers only what it wants to and forgets the rest. Like gstein - if it affects me and mine yes I will remember , however if my brian doesn't think it is important I will not remember a thing.

I can remember my patents and which medications I gave them,dosage ect. . .after only one time I will normally remember months (and hundreds of patents and thousands of moedications later.)

I too can re-call movies in detail years later, if I actually manage to sit down long enough to actually watch one.

I have real problems with my cell phone wandering off, my keys I have to keep on a "D" clip and either attached to my belt loop or a leather loop on my purse or I will be running around looking for those.

Some times I think I would do so much better if I could just un-lock things by ujsing codes because I hate trying to keep up with keys.

It's not really that my short term memory is bad it's that most things don't even register and become memories. My long term is pretty good though. Some times I remember really weird things that most people don't remember.

I have always had terrible short term memory and really good long term memory.

I seem to have a very visual memory and when I recall situations or places that I have been I can paint a very vivid picture in my mind with lots of details that most people might think are freakish....like the exact spot I was sitting, what the weather was like, or the colour of certain things, or things people said.

And if it is not pictures that I see, the memories come from long strings of seemingly unrelated things that remind me of other things...the joys of the add wandering mind!

ahh, what a great way to put it Amythyst!!!!!!!

I do that too amythyst.
Of course I go back to the 80's, since I enjoyed them so much.
That was my teen years.
I have a lot of memories from back then.
But little memories of last week. :D

Ha!!!!
My short term memory is non existent, in conversations, losing everyday items....
Problem is my long term is no better, maybe all the brain cell I killed as an undiagnosed self medicated Add'er (mind you some things are better off not remembered)lol