My short-term memory is awful. I repeat questions and have to be told they were already answered and what the answer was. I have to say out loud where I put things or I get panicky, thinking I've lost them. I can't remember what I had for lunch two hours later (not that it matters, as few of my lunches are remarkable, lol). I have the attention span of a goldfish and sometimes I even forget during a conversation what it's all about. I've asked two psychiatrists about this, fearing I was developing dementia which is not unheard-of at my age (60), but both told me it's a combination of my meds and repeated bipolar episodes which have damaged my brain. For some reason that makes me feel somewhat better, although neither factor is modifiable. I have to take meds, and I can't undo past episodes. It's a giant pain in the arse and embarrassing AF. I hate it.