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Old Sep 06, 2017, 01:13 PM
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My friend tells me that I said things and I have no memory of the conversation whatsoever.

I also forget what day it is and what I did on particular days.

Does anyone have any advice on what I can do to improve my memory? There are many other problems I have with this like not remembering characters as I read a book and getting confused about it but these are the main ones that affect my life.
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Old Sep 06, 2017, 01:17 PM
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My friend tells me that I said things and I have no memory of the conversation whatsoever.

I also forget what day it is and what I did on particular days.

Does anyone have any advice on what I can do to improve my memory? There are many other problems I have with this like not remembering characters as I read a book and getting confused about it but these are the main ones that affect my life.
with me this was a medication problem. maybe contact your treatment providers
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Old Sep 07, 2017, 12:06 AM
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This happens to me a lot as well, with friends and at work. . I try to brush it off as bad memory. Everyone knows I am really really bad at remembering things!
I wish I knew how to be better at it but I don't yet.
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Old Sep 07, 2017, 07:01 AM
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Best I got is write it down asap if it's important. Me and some of the others in this here body/mind with me, we got a notebook and it's somethin like a calendar for us. That thing stays in the same place right by the couch so I can easy check it and see what day, month, year it is and if I have anything goin on today or this week or whatever. Like today somebody wrote in there how so and so is droppin by for a few this afternoon so I know I got company comin by in a couple hours. Tomorrow somebody wrote how one of us is supposed to call this one woman we know just to say hi. If I'm around this afternoon when company calls, I'll check that off the list and write a smiley head or somethin by it sayin how it was a good time, assuming it will be and if I'm there tomorrow for that call, I'll write how I called and put a few notes about how that conversation went, like if she painted her living room or whatever, I'll make note of that so that info won't get lost in the shuffle.

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Old Sep 07, 2017, 09:36 AM
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I agree, replay right as you have great recollection moments of the friends convo in ur mind.
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Old Sep 07, 2017, 09:51 AM
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My friend tells me that I said things and I have no memory of the conversation whatsoever.

I also forget what day it is and what I did on particular days.

Does anyone have any advice on what I can do to improve my memory? There are many other problems I have with this like not remembering characters as I read a book and getting confused about it but these are the main ones that affect my life.
The most important way to help with memory problems is to ask your friends and loved ones to communicate with you every day, understanding that you are having memory problems. This will help you stay grounded. It will also help you keep up with lost memories.
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Old Sep 08, 2017, 03:33 PM
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I used to remember conversation when my thoughts were compartmentalized. But when they were dumped in the middle of the floor, remembering became a crap shoot
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