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Originally Posted by BipolaRNurse
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.  |
Oh god yes! I DEFINITELY repeat questions too. Sometimes I actually remember that I asked the question, but I don’t remember the answer, so I have to ask again.
At work, I tell people to send me emails because I know I’ll forget whatever they say to me. lol. I’m sure it drives my co-workers nuts, but better than me forgetting what I’m supposed to do.
I have the attention span of a goldfish too, although sometimes I like to call myself a squirrel because I’m hyperactive and pacing all the time. I just don’t run out into the middle of the street and try to dodge cars like squirrels do. But I am the kind of person who sometimes forgets to look both ways. lol. (Was a nightmare when I lived in downtown Boston for 6 years.)
Glad you don’t have dementia, though. I’m always afraid of that because my grandma died from it and it was terrible seeing her decline so rapidly. It eventually got to that point where she was laying in bed, couldn’t move, wouldn’t eat, and wouldn’t talk.
