I have so many questions....but i forget them

[meg321]

You know, I will have a question in mind but once I get here I start reading and forget what I was going to ask.  I have been doing this for weeks.  And my hubby said I should write them down, he is a bit behind or he was joking..

I have message boards and note pads everywhere close by and the computer...by the time I go to write it down , I forget it.
Its so frustrating.

I could have been suffering from some symptom or have a cold, anything, a broken leg.  The next the next time I turn around, its as if it was not that important, it just is gone from my mind.  Last time I had to see my Dr. because I had to go over something with him, I left his office without even bringing it up.  It drives me nuts..

will be back with that question I have..

hugs, meg

[daisy.girl]

me tooooo.  whats worse...I will  post/answer something, then forget about it. I will come back later and begin to look at the posts, and find one that looks really interesting to me, click to read it, and only then realize that I had already read and answered that one.

WOW!!! Now that is really bad isn't it??????

[meg321]

Yes, part of the problem is that you forget by the time you turn to write it down, that fast !!and I have writing  pads laying all around me..at least I am not alone.

and Jossiee,  I cannot believe that works for you..I have tried melontin and tea...maybe i will try it again...when  I was in the rehab, getting off the methodone that I was given for pain, they didnt want me to use melotonin or OTC sleep aids and I donn't remember why but they were not good for me.  So they gave me the trazodone that I still use...and this was in a drug rehab... Its not a narcotic.  I had not slept my whole first week.

Ess, i like Meggers !!

thanks,
meg

[cainer]

yeh  its so frustrating- and its like  after you think about something-    you dont have a clue

i might remember later but usually not-  i am in  ;left field; alot.   its really scarey.
tick

[jossiee]

I read about the sleeping problem and what I do is, take 15mg of melatonin (herbal drug) and I drink a cup of hot Chamomille tea (2 bags per cup). This is working for me, I suffered from Insomnia for 20 years, having MS and not being able to sleep is not the best. I tried lunesta and it was amazing but did not want to take more drugs so I change to what I told you before and it is helping. I have being with this for a year and a half and is working  

[rendean]

Count me in this club as well. Should we just name ourselves the "Here Afters?. I do like that phrase Quix.

Ren

[meg321]

New Rule, check my list while waiting at/in check out

[Louby70]

I am in the Limboland area, but I have on many occasions forgot what I either need to say or do.. Its like the switch has gone onto standby in my brain.

I have gone to my corner shop on a few occasions to buy a certain thing, once I get there I have completely forgot what I need to get & so I do not look stupid to the shop assistant I shall buy anything.

Many times when I am in a conversation, I will all of a sudden forget what I was talking about & have to ask what was I saying, which at times I do feel quite silly. Mind you it's a good way of finding out if your friend or partner were really listening to you lol..


My family are getting quite use to it now, they have even bought me a notepad to write things down so I don't forget certain things, but as I go to write it down, quess what I forget what I need to write down.

xxxx

[sunnyinthesnow]

"It's the problem with the Hereafter.  I keep going to the ktichen and not remembering what I'm here after."

oh, i hope this is on a teeshirt....

i used to think the cognitive problems were my fault in some way, a result of age, etc. but since the relapse, they've gotten worse and i'm coming to terms with the fact that there's probably a disease at play. the people who tell me, "we all have those problems," DO NOT have an issue putting almost all of their sentences together.

for what it's worth, the title of this thread made me smile. : )

[Ginosmommy]

I will say I have been having this issue also, sometimes I get on here and totally forget to ask a question at all because I am too busy reading others posts. Sometimes it's good to go back to see what I missed though because someone might have just asked something similar (that has happened many times before also!)

My key to shopping is being very well organized, I am a little OCD so this memory thing is really killing me along with the fatigue - there is never enough time in the day!

I get all my recipes out and decide what I am making in the week, make my list off of that. When I get to the store I have my list and a pen, so when I place something in my cart I cross it off the list.

Don't get me wrong, I still forget stuff on my list because I write really small (it's the only way my writing isn't all scribbly because of my hand is shaking!) and when I cross stuff off it looks like I already got it.

I have had a couple of questions I have been wanting to ask and your post reminded me to write them down finally so that I might actually ask - one of these days.

MeLissa

[MostlyShell]

Definitely not "just part of life". That's what "normal" people tell us. They also like to say things like, "it's easy, just make a list", "you know you're getting older, we all go through that", "make one list, not many", etc. etc.
It seems we all struggle to organize things somehow, someway. But, like lulu said, we have to remember to look at the list.
Erggggg. Part of it and something that those around us have to get used to. And something we/I have to accept. I've been on and off alzhemer's meds for some time now, never really see a difference but I still fight it, we have to. It does help though, if other's around us understand (for me it took a great deal of time and probably worsening of memory/cognitive symptoms). Now they constantly remind me, hubby actually stands above me or beside me and waits while I write a list of things to do.....lol! used to upset me but now I laugh...cause i still manage to only get half of them done...

My husband's grandmother had this saying that always sticks with me "What do you do?"
Simple yet, true. If there's nothing you can do about it, start over the next day and hope to do better.

Shell

[zenhound]

I'm undiagnosed/in limbo, but I definitely do that.  I went to the store to buy things for people coming over to the house for a weenie roast and forgot buns.  It was on my list and everything.  I had no explanation for how I had forgotten, it was just completely gone from my mind.  As soon as someone said buns I was like, oh.  I forgot them.  

Part of me wonders if this isn't just part of life, though.  Maybe I'm still in denial but I feel like people just forget things sometimes.  It just seems like it's happening to me a lot more than it ever did before.  This is the kind of "symptom" I don't feel like I can tell a doctor about because... well, it might not even be a thing, you know?  Argh.  

[meg321]

Thanks Girls,

Well, I didnt think i was alone in this, but everyone else just sound so together.  This cognative stuff just seems so much worse....sometimes I can handle it and sometimes I can't.

Quix, i just did that yesterday, went for cream and bought a bunch of things...no cream !  And it was on my list, and i looked at it several times.   I just guess I thought I had it ...just because I saw it on the list ??  

Its very frustrating...

Right now, my ongoing battle is sleep, I take two trazodone but they haven't worked for awhile.  I will use OTC sleep aids with them just to sleep and sometimes none of that works, I don't want anything stronger yet.  But my Dr. does not understand how bad it is when I don't sleep.

I did have one ambien left from months ago and I finally took it when I was out of town..right to sleep, woke up, felt great.  Its too bad they are so addictive, i can just take one once in awhile and I am fine.  If only Dr's would work with you.

That was one question off the top of my head...it was only a few min ago that i was dealing with it.

hugs, kisses, thanks......

meg

[Quixotic1]

Same here, but my biggie is going to the store for a specific item, buying several and returning without the one thing I really needed.

As for here, there are so many people whom I want to answer, but it's late at night and I'm too tired to type.  But, the next day, all I remember is that I wanted to do something.....

It's the problem with the Hereafter.  I keep going to the ktichen and not remembering what I'm here after.

Quix

[essdipity]

Hey, Meggers. Don't worry about this at all! Lots of us have this problem, yet it really isn't so horrible.

I look at it this way---If it's really important to me, I'll remember it eventually and post about it. If not, well gone with the wind, but who cares?

Hang in there,

ess

[Lulu54]

Meg,
That sounds so like me - especially when it comes to signing on here.  I get so distracted and want to read everything but there isn't enough time.  I do make lists to remind me what needs done, but then I have to remember to look at my lists, if I remember where I put them.

yep, just know you are not alone in this one!

be well, L