Loss of Memory
I just started this program a week ago...and maybe I am being anxious and just have not gotten to this topic if there is one. But, I can not remember things. My memory for simple day to day stuff is not there. Example I was suppose to go to my daughters school and pick up some papers..I thought about it all day so I would not forget and even planned out the time frame in which I could go. But, then poof it was gone! I totally spaced it out about an hour or so before I planned on going. I did not remember until after school had closed! This is just one example it happens all day long everyday. My kids are frustrated, my boyfriend is frustrated...I am embarrassed and feel stupid! Anyone else having trouble here?
KIM THOMAS
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Paisleegreen
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Yes, since they put me on Remeron, my memory isn't as sharp or maybe because I don't take the Xanax. Remeron has melatonin in it. Later on I start to recall some things, that I use to be able to just draw upon my brain quickly. I don't know if its my age or lack of hormones these days or what. All I know is that when I weaned off of my meds I was fine until I had the panic attack and was treated with Remeron.
Although, I watched a tv show that discussed memory and how it works. They say to write down the non essential stuff that you don't want in your long term memory, such as a grocery list. Because the brain will drop off those things that aren't important to remember and it is better to make a list then stress your mind with unneeded info for long term.
Although, I watched a tv show that discussed memory and how it works. They say to write down the non essential stuff that you don't want in your long term memory, such as a grocery list. Because the brain will drop off those things that aren't important to remember and it is better to make a list then stress your mind with unneeded info for long term.
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I missed a wedding reception I really wanted to go to...the announcement was right in a prominent spot and I would always see it, but it just didn't register on the day it happened. I might have been at a water park and would have come home and gone to it.
But I was working out my new Anxiety issues a the time and weaning off of Beta Blockers that I believe I just had too much on my "mind". It was enough just to recover from having my first panic attack and following anxiety.
When I started on the new meds that I have to take at night, I would write down the mg and a draw a box next to it to check it off and write down the time. This was in case I forgot and wanted to be sure I didn't take a second dose.
I only did this because Remeron makes you sleepy and increases your appetite after taking it. Then I would take a temazepam after an hour of taking Remeron. Now I don't write the med down anymore, but place the pills in a spot on my headboard where I can see them. Because it is a habit now and I journaled my feelings or side effects along with the check off boxes so that I could tell my Dr next time.
My panic attacks put me in a tail spin and it took awhile for Remeron to kick in and I would feel all the jittery or scary sensations in my "gut" until finally they are subsiding.
I use to carry a Dayplanner everywhere I went. Then stopped as I didn't need it anymore, since my life sort of ended when I loss my son to suicide. That is when my memory was shot. I couldn't function, so stress and other traumatic events can affect your memory. Along with aging and hormones and just plain inattentiveness.
We have so much going on in our lives these days, compared to years ago when there were only 3 TV stations that worked on our televisions, only had AM radio in our cars, mail came to the mailbox, and so on...this might show you my age. LOL!
So we are blessed and cursed at the same time with all this extra information coming into our lives. I am concerned a little bit about this as my eldest sister is 68, and is starting to have serious memory problems. This sister is my parents pride and joy. Firstborn and was like a little mother taking care of us younger siblings. Then she married right out of high school, had her own kids, then adopted several more w/ problems and special needs.
She waited on her husband a lot more than my mother or I would do. She was always doing. But now she has to write down everything in her day planner, because she will forget not so much time and events but what we talked about regarding her own children. And she is only 68 and healthy.
She is on some type of medicine for Alzheimer's and she called the Dr to tell him that the med prescribed says it is for Alzheimer's, then then the Dr had to tell her that you are taking it for that.
Now I heard this from my other sister who remembers the eldest telling her that on the phone. It wasn't until I saw my eldest in person this summer that I understood she had a memory problem.
So I hope I am as sharp as my elderly Aunts and father who in their late 80's and 90's were still mentally there.
But I was working out my new Anxiety issues a the time and weaning off of Beta Blockers that I believe I just had too much on my "mind". It was enough just to recover from having my first panic attack and following anxiety.
When I started on the new meds that I have to take at night, I would write down the mg and a draw a box next to it to check it off and write down the time. This was in case I forgot and wanted to be sure I didn't take a second dose.
I only did this because Remeron makes you sleepy and increases your appetite after taking it. Then I would take a temazepam after an hour of taking Remeron. Now I don't write the med down anymore, but place the pills in a spot on my headboard where I can see them. Because it is a habit now and I journaled my feelings or side effects along with the check off boxes so that I could tell my Dr next time.
My panic attacks put me in a tail spin and it took awhile for Remeron to kick in and I would feel all the jittery or scary sensations in my "gut" until finally they are subsiding.
I use to carry a Dayplanner everywhere I went. Then stopped as I didn't need it anymore, since my life sort of ended when I loss my son to suicide. That is when my memory was shot. I couldn't function, so stress and other traumatic events can affect your memory. Along with aging and hormones and just plain inattentiveness.
We have so much going on in our lives these days, compared to years ago when there were only 3 TV stations that worked on our televisions, only had AM radio in our cars, mail came to the mailbox, and so on...this might show you my age. LOL!
So we are blessed and cursed at the same time with all this extra information coming into our lives. I am concerned a little bit about this as my eldest sister is 68, and is starting to have serious memory problems. This sister is my parents pride and joy. Firstborn and was like a little mother taking care of us younger siblings. Then she married right out of high school, had her own kids, then adopted several more w/ problems and special needs.
She waited on her husband a lot more than my mother or I would do. She was always doing. But now she has to write down everything in her day planner, because she will forget not so much time and events but what we talked about regarding her own children. And she is only 68 and healthy.
She is on some type of medicine for Alzheimer's and she called the Dr to tell him that the med prescribed says it is for Alzheimer's, then then the Dr had to tell her that you are taking it for that.
Now I heard this from my other sister who remembers the eldest telling her that on the phone. It wasn't until I saw my eldest in person this summer that I understood she had a memory problem.
So I hope I am as sharp as my elderly Aunts and father who in their late 80's and 90's were still mentally there.
I am extremely fearful of memory loss. It is one of my obsessive thoughts. I constantly think about forgetting things. I feel as though I am going to forget how to have fun. I feel I'm going to forget how to live and I'm just going to die. My friends keep bringing up times from the past and I can't remember them. I get scared and depressed because I feel something is wrong with me because I can't remember. I talked to my counselor about it and she simplified it and told me it was just anxiety. She was telling me that my brain went through so much these past few months with severe panic and what not that it simply is tired and couldn't retain information as easily. She told me to not worry and that eventually my brain will get caught up and be the way it use to be.
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Hi Ryan,
...eventually could mean quicker than you think. As I've worked on relaxing more and been here reading and posting some memory problems or concerns are being eliminated. I am able to recall things that I wasn't sure I could remember. Right now I'm noticing recalling a person's name which I know, and I can see the person, but it takes at least 30 seconds or more then the name comes to me.
I read about this years prior to me experiencing it this difficulty or problem. So that helped to calm my nerves to just say, it will come to me, in a minute or later when I resting bed!
This is why I really want to get started on my life history and scrapbooks, so that I don't forget.
Just try to relax...the best you can. Paislee
...eventually could mean quicker than you think. As I've worked on relaxing more and been here reading and posting some memory problems or concerns are being eliminated. I am able to recall things that I wasn't sure I could remember. Right now I'm noticing recalling a person's name which I know, and I can see the person, but it takes at least 30 seconds or more then the name comes to me.
I read about this years prior to me experiencing it this difficulty or problem. So that helped to calm my nerves to just say, it will come to me, in a minute or later when I resting bed!
This is why I really want to get started on my life history and scrapbooks, so that I don't forget.
Just try to relax...the best you can. Paislee
Paislee,
I agree with your post and believe maintaining a scrapbook and a journal (life history) is a great way to be able to recall memories. I have been studying memory techniques in a book called The Memory Book by Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas. They mention in the book early on that alot of people have trouble remembering things like a persons name, since they may not have heard it in the first place. Also, some things require our attention as we set them down to be remembered like things that get misplaced. I think from the two points alone, some of what we think is memory loss is actually lack of exposure or awareness when carrying on our daily lives.
Paridygmn
I agree with your post and believe maintaining a scrapbook and a journal (life history) is a great way to be able to recall memories. I have been studying memory techniques in a book called The Memory Book by Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas. They mention in the book early on that alot of people have trouble remembering things like a persons name, since they may not have heard it in the first place. Also, some things require our attention as we set them down to be remembered like things that get misplaced. I think from the two points alone, some of what we think is memory loss is actually lack of exposure or awareness when carrying on our daily lives.
Paridygmn
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A little scary...huh? 