Is it normal to forget what you were just thinking 30+ times a day?

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Hi,

Thanks for taking the time to comment/vote.

I have been complaining to my GPs for the last 4/5 years about minor health concerns such as muscle twitching, concentration issues, memory problems and things like my skin feeling irritated and finding that the muscles in my legs don't feel equal, when I'm walking I'm constantly readjusting myself so I don't walk like a drunk person, I always think that I have some disease which hasn't been diagnosed.

I was diagnosed with psychosis 3 years ago (it's schizophrenia but they won't diagnose it, I've had psychotic breaks which have lasted for long periods, more than 6 months), after I had paranoid delusions and started hearing things, and a year ago I was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome.

My current, main issue is that my memory is awful, I find it very hard to maintain/keep a thought about something important such as getting the food out of the oven, or remembering to say/do something.

When this all started it was severe and seemed to be caused by my drug use at the time, the moment that I would leave a room or change where I'm looking I would instantly forget why I was there and what I was doing, for example I would spill a drink, go downstairs, grab a packet of crips, then when I returned to the room the memory would return to me that I needed to grab a towel.

Now my memory is at the point where my alarm will go off letting me know my food is ready, I switch it off and go back to what I'm doing.

Everybody is telling me that it's a natural part of getting older, but I'm 22 years old and yet I feel as though I have the memory of an 80 year old, does this happen to everyone?

I get so angry thinking about that I have to wait for my brain to degrade to a point that they finally see there's a problem.

What do you think? How was your memory at 22?

Apologies for the long text.

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  • acosta
    4 years ago

    Managed to convince the doctor to send me for an MRI, after I called in to book myself in for a memory test, I said that I'm considering paying for private scan and would need a referral to move forward with it, so she agreed that an MRI would be a good idea.

    The memory problems started before I started taking any medications, they were most severe when they started, I don't remember exactly when they started though.

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  • d0esnormalmatter
    4 years ago

    Awww shit what was I gonna comment on this post?

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  • Ellenna
    4 years ago

    Memory lapses a normal part of "getting older" at 22? No way! Are you on medication which could cause this?

    I AM "getting older" at 73 and a couple of times a day I go into another room and forget why I've gone there: when I remember, I say out loud to myself where I'm going and why, otherwise I just have a laugh at myself and go back to whatever I was doing before.

    Have you talked to your doctor about it? I'm concerned you seem to have self-diagnosed with a mental condition: why?

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  • FromTheSouthWeirdMan
    4 years ago

    Its normal for me. I have god awful memory. I do all the things you mention and sometimes mid sentence I have trouble finishing my words and sentences. You mentioned former drug use was it opioids? Have you had a lot of concussions?

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  • litelander8
    4 years ago

    It’s not normal. Have you tried keeping a note pad on you and writing down what your about to do and maybe the time so you can refer back to it?

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    • acosta
      4 years ago

      It's a good idea and it would help show the doctors just how bad my memory is, though I'm not the type of person who would carry a notepad and commit to checking it, also keeping a track of the time or realising when I should check it would become a problem.

      Also, the issue is, my memory is that bad that I would get out the notepad and start writing it down only to forget what I was about to put.

      If I were to go the GP and persist that I'm having issues with my memory they will simply say that it's due to my mental health - which isn't the case as psychosis and asperger's doesn't cause problems with memory and concentration, schizophrenia does.

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