[bearchic34]

for me is that I have no short term memory anymore. I have to write lists & notes to remember appointments & meetings. It frusterates me to loose what I am saying in the middle of the conversation. Can't remember why I walked in a room, This is the part of depression that bothers me the most
I used to be so organized and it's just went down hill, it's worse and I forget more when I am under stress...so it's be particularly bad now.

Is this a symptom that anyone else deals with? And how do you combat it?

[turquoisesea]

I haven't dealt with that... I have dealt with inability to get things done, for me it's more of an inability to FOCUS... so that i can't get anything done.

Maybe writing stuff down in a single book... things that you need to do that before you would keep all in your head might help? I'm really not sure just an idea, regardless sending you hugs, I'm sorry this is happening to you

[justfloating]

I deal with the memory problems too. They're a MAJOR pain. I can't remember what I'm saying mid-conversation, I'll forget that I've had certain conversations with people, I'll go to the grocery store and forget why I went ... It's really frustrating. I think it's because when the depression kicks in, I withdraw so far into my own head that anything outside of myself is very hard to hang onto before I get distracted by my own thoughts.

I've found that writing stuff down helps. I also try to limit the amount of memory work I have to do when I'm low -- I warn other people I'm not doing well, and if there's something they need to remember I ask them to remind me later; I put off doing any studying if I can because none of it is very likely to stick, etc.

Try not to be too hard on yourself. Memory problems are an annoying symptom, but remind yourself every so often that they're also not your fault.