Foggy Memories

[Pamplemousse]

Ok, is this just me, or does everyone here have foggy memories? I honestly can't remember crap, whether it was yesterday, or a week or month ago....5 minutes ago....

I don't remember hanging out with people, movie content, conversations, instructions. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Other people tell stories from elementary, middle and high school that I have zero recollection of. I might sometimes, but it's very...distant. It's like my brain is all "No! we don't have time to store this information! Move on to the next thing now! Right now!" I don't remember movies unless I've watched them multiple times because I really like them.

Most days I don't even remember what I had for breakfast...like I really strain myself to recall it. And lately it's been even worse since I've been scraping by on 10mg of meds a day....

Being super distracted isn't helping with remembering things. I've done a lot of stupid mistake crap at work including almost ruining the tractor multiple times.....*face-palm*

So what's the deal with this....is it a Pample thing....or an ADHD thing? lol

Thanks in advance for any input.

[tortilaman]

What I can say is that I never remember any movies or TV shows or anything. I could watch Oceans 11 or something probably a million times and I would see something new each and every time. Some things would come back to me, but I will still be enthralled by it, and have a greater appreciation for it every time.

I will have trouble remembering breakfast and stuff as well, my working memory is not good at all so I have a notepad with me at all times if possible.

Essentially I can definitely identify with you on this.

There are some things though that for some reason I remember perfectly, no idea what they are, there's no pattern to it that I can see, but there's some occasional things that I remember perfectly. Everything else is fuzzy or just gone.

[sarahsweets]

Being so scatter brained makes me forget things in the short term-the keys, wallet,appts etc. Ask me what happened on my 16th birthday and I can explain every detail down to the clothes I was wearing, makes no sense really.

[Twiggy]

My memory is getting worse. I used to still remember little things like breakfast the day before and others that you mentioned, but now I seem to forget.

The most frightening day was when I tried to remember what I had for breakfast at around dinner time and I couldn't remember at all. My mind went blank and I felt uneasy about not remembering.

Could it be early onset Alzheimer's/dementia?
I read that people with Adhd have a higher chance of getting Lewy-Body Dementia.

http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/736865

[sarek]

Since not everyone has access to medscape, can you perhaps provide us with another link to this article?

[markadd]

Originally Posted by Twiggy

My memory is getting worse. I used to still remember little things like breakfast the day before and others that you mentioned, but now I seem to forget.

The most frightening day was when I tried to remember what I had for breakfast at around dinner time and I couldn't remember at all. My mind went blank and I felt uneasy about not remembering.

Could it be early onset Alzheimer's/dementia?
I read that people with Adhd have a higher chance of getting Lewy-Body Dementia.

http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/736865

I read it before too... but should be written the other way around.

~People with Lewy-Body Dementia are at higher risk of having ADHD when they were younger.~

It makes a big difference numbers wise this way.

They can't be certain because most of the patients were to old to have received an official diagnoses for ADHD back then.

[markadd]

I have sadly excepted the fact that I can't depend on my working memory. Long and short term memory not so great either... I wont lie it does make me worry about my elder years as it seems to get worse with age. For me at least.

[Conman]

thank god im not alone!

my memory isnt worth a half penny these days. seriously. but it's weird. i can remember any line from a show or movie first time watching it, and the most obscure miniscule details of something, but i cant remember important things or actual parts of my life i should remember (or i may have chosen to block some memories).

stickynotes are my memory now

[Slapstick]

My long-term memory on both things that really interests me, and also the most random things has been good.

As I get older, I do find that some of the long-term memory, especially when it includes a timeline on a series of events, is beginning to get a bit foggy.

[NATIVE762]

My memory seems to be selective intrying to screw me over...I remember the most random irrelevent things but almost nothing i need to remember (kinda weird)

[hanikamiya]

Could it be that you spend little time talking about events and personal experiences?
Because memories actually are just a few impressionistic fragments and people usually learn to make a story out of them so that they can make sense ouf of their experiences.
Smelling fresh straw, I suddenly feel the pricking of straw under my naked legs, climbing on straw bales, imagining it's a horse I'm sitting on top of. My meta-memory tells me 'Oh that was during the summer in my aunt's village, with my cousin. We pretended we were horseback-riding a lot back then. Age somewhen between ten and thirteen, probably.' and with that placement I can add my cousin's face and name, and the buildings and fields of the village, and I can also call up other memories from that village, and so I can make myself believe I remember a lot about it. (I don't. I remember some sensations and my intent.)
But without that story, it's just some impressions with quite an intangible feel to them.
I have many such memories that I never really cared about making up a story for, which means I can't actively recall any of them. Only when I experience a sensation or an intent that triggers a memory I have some kind of access to it, and it's usually no details, just a 'yeah I've kind of seen this before' memory.

[Rebelyell]

That crs will get ya everytime,JK lol Hon you've been under alot of stress duress with school and career and Im sure thats why you cant remember.Stress and beong overwhelmed will do that.I went thru that when My dad died and the therapist told me thats part of the side efects of stress and grief.