Please help. Memory problems.

[Bren2213]

I have a problem I can not find an answer to. I hope you can help me. Along time ago I had some major headaches, they finally found out I had a ?tumor on my pituitary stalk. They gave me steroids & decided to just keep an eye on it. So I had to get mri's done occasionally. Well they said it has stayed unchanged. But back in 2005 I had one done & they wrote they found a few punctate, scattered periventricular white matter hyperintensities are seen in FLAIR-weighted images that could represent ischemic foci related to small vessel disease. This was also present on the previous stufdy and has shown only slight progression. Small, nonenhancing cystic area in the infundibulum is stable: unchanged. No tother evidence of pituitary mass. There is void signal in the caroid and vertebrobasilar systems. I dont understand what the white masses are. Do they effect your memory? My memory has been getting terrible lately. I cant remember where I put things, What someone just told me. What I am suppose to be doing. Sometimes I get completely confused on where I am even going. It has been getting really bad lately. I dont want to be around people, I cant hardly keep a steady conversation because of it. When I talk to my doctor they act like it is just normal forgetfullness. but to me its not normal to have to call your husband at work because you cant remember what day it is or if you are suppose to go to work or not.I have never been like this before. Yeah I could forget things but I could think about it & could figure it out. Now it dont matter how hard I think about something it will not come to me. I just get more confused. I cant keep concentration. To me I noticed this started getting really bad after I had an episode a few years back where I started coughing real hard & couldnt stop. Once I did I tried to tell my husband something but it would only come out jiberish. No matter how hard I tried I couldnt say what I was trying to. It only lasted for maybe 5 minutes. but to me it has changed my life forever. I am scared to death. wondering if something is wrong. I cant remember when my children were born half the time. I dont want to forget thngs that are so important. Does this sound like something medical? Or I am I just blowing it all out of prpportion? Please help.... any suggestions would be greatly aprreciated.. I am afraid I am going to lost my job & I dont know what I will do than.

[Bren2213]

Thanks so much for responding back. I so appreciate it.

[dochiru]

see dear i know it must b very depressing too..write everything u wanna say like u wrote here n give it to ur doctor n husband..let your doctor know that this memmory thing is getting u in so much trouble,...n ofcourse its medical n u need to get to a good doctor..i really wanted to help u but nothing can b said here until seeing ur reports n seeing the medication which u might have take..mayb this manesia is a side effect of any medicine that u took before ...just relax n write everything n give it to ur doc so that he takes it seriously...regards