[yellowted]

they say golfish only have a 10 second memory, well so do i at the minute!! it makes me soo frustrated so goldfish must get frustrated too! I am so fed up loosing things which i have just put down, i have just spent 10 minutes searching for a bottle of water which was right beside me!! I have not been able to find my mobile phone since boxing day(i last remember having it in bed when i heard it die, i remember thinking i better charge it up, the charger was downstairs so i thought i would leave it till i went down the following day, but when i tried to find it it had gone, i have searched high and low, stripped the covers off, moved my bed to look under it and even looked in the pillow case!! but it is nowhere to be found, i searched downstairs too, even in the fridge (well you never know!! it is not in my hand bag or scooter or any pocket i have worn since before christmas!
All I can assume is it has grown legs and left home!!!
So If you see a small pink phone wandering around looking lost please let her know, i miss her!!!
Does any one else here have a 10 second memory and how do you cope with it??

[hayward]

I was going to respond a few seconds ago but I forgot what I was going to say!!

[kikki27]

Originally Posted by yellowted

they say golfish only have a 10 second memory, well so do i at the minute!! it makes me soo frustrated so goldfish must get frustrated too! I am so fed up loosing things which i have just put down, i have just spent 10 minutes searching for a bottle of water which was right beside me!! I have not been able to find my mobile phone since boxing day(i last remember having it in bed when i heard it die, i remember thinking i better charge it up, the charger was downstairs so i thought i would leave it till i went down the following day, but when i tried to find it it had gone, i have searched high and low, stripped the covers off, moved my bed to look under it and even looked in the pillow case!! but it is nowhere to be found, i searched downstairs too, even in the fridge (well you never know!! it is not in my hand bag or scooter or any pocket i have worn since before christmas!
All I can assume is it has grown legs and left home!!!
So If you see a small pink phone wandering around looking lost please let her know, i miss her!!!
Does any one else here have a 10 second memory and how do you cope with it??

Oh yes and it gets on my nerves I feel like Iam 80 years old with memory loss but Iam 28 uggh I forget things like what people just said about ten min and where I put my remote controls and my cell phone and books.This memory loss must be meds side effects.I hope you find your phone I know that it makes you mad that you cant find it.

[pegasus]

I thought it was 4 seconds actually!

[kikki27]

Originally Posted by pegasus

I thought it was 4 seconds actually!

4 seconds on what

[pachyderm]

To find your phone, look in the place where all your lost socks have gone.

Hello, yellowted.

http://helpguide.org/life/improving_memory.htm

[Skully]

LOL, with my ADHD I am ALWAYS saying I have the attention span of a goldfish!

[lizardlady]

LOL to everyone who's posted!

I say I have the attention span of a gnat. I wonder if that's shorter than 10 seconds?

More seriously yellowted, you might check out the fibro thread in the chronic pain forum. Fibro causes all kinds of memory issues. The posters in the forum share ideas for coping. Somethings I find helpful are -

Write things down. I keep a planner with all my appointments etc. in it. I'm also big on jotting notes to myself on post-it notes. Then I stick the notes in obvious places so I'll see them.

I try to stick to a routine... put things in the same place all the time, do things in the same order each day, that sort of thing.

It helps to have a sense of humor about the whole thing. It helps me to accept the fact that while I am not an airhead there are times I'm airheaded acting. It helps to be able to laugh at myself when I screw up.

[hayward]

The other day I couldn't find my phone either. So I kept calling it. I could hear it, but I couldn't find it, so I kept calling it. Made me crazy..

Then, I found the phone in my back pocket. Of my pants. That I was wearing.

True story!

[lizardlady]

Originally Posted by hayward

The other day I couldn't find my phone either. So I kept calling it. I could hear it, but I couldn't find it, so I kept calling it. Made me crazy..

Then, I found the phone in my back pocket. Of my pants. That I was wearing.

True story!

LOL!!!!

[salukigirl]

My favorite is when I'm running around like a mad man late for work going "where the hell is my cell phone?!" and I'm holding it in my hand haha

[hayward]

I have actually been on my cell phone, talking to someone, and looking for my phone at the same time. Once, I said to my daughter- "Wait, I NEED to find my phone first," and she said "Mom, what is wrong with you?"

[Christina86]

Have you thought about looking into "mindfulness"? For people who always misplace stuff or forget things, being "in the moment" can be helpful to keeping a focus on what you need or are doing/looking for.

Also, a goldfish has a much longer memory span than what was originally believed. One such example of this is via MythBusters, the TV show.

http://mythbustersresults.com/episode11

[kikki27]

Originally Posted by Skully

LOL, with my ADHD I am ALWAYS saying I have the attention span of a goldfish!

Yeah I hate adhd does yours make it hard to here sometimes when somebody is talking too you.

[pegasus]

Everyone does it! I spent three quarters of an hour looking for my glasses when the were on my face all the time!

[sugahorse1]

Lol @ Pegs!!

I always say of myself that I have the attention span of a goldfish. It has recently gotten worse - I'd say around the time I started on Lamictin. I need to do things at work as I get asked to do them - if I don't, I'll forget about them later on.
It's really interfering in my life. Even conversations with my boyfriend - I forget those from time to time.
But I've come to accept that that is me.
@ Christina - I watched that episode of Mythbusters.
My Siamese Fighter knows that when I pick up the packet with his food, that it's feed time; and he swims to the top of his bowl. So he has a real memory

[kikki27]

Originally Posted by salukigirl

My favorite is when I'm running around like a mad man late for work going "where the hell is my cell phone?!" and I'm holding it in my hand haha

Lol I always do that

[yellowted]

Originally Posted by lizardlady

LOL to everyone who's posted!

I say I have the attention span of a gnat. I wonder if that's shorter than 10 seconds?

More seriously yellowted, you might check out the fibro thread in the chronic pain forum. Fibro causes all kinds of memory issues. The posters in the forum share ideas for coping. Somethings I find helpful are -

Write things down. I keep a planner with all my appointments etc. in it. I'm also big on jotting notes to myself on post-it notes. Then I stick the notes in obvious places so I'll see them.

I try to stick to a routine... put things in the same place all the time, do things in the same order each day, that sort of thing.

It helps to have a sense of humor about the whole thing. It helps me to accept the fact that while I am not an airhead there are times I'm airheaded acting. It helps to be able to laugh at myself when I screw up.

thanks for this, i used to keep a diary, but forgot to look in it or write in it!! notes in obvious places helps, i have had one on my landing window for years telling me to turn off the bedroom light!!
i found my phone eventually it had slipped down the side of my bed which i can not reach!
I too try to make homour of my airhead ways. it only gets to me when i am particularly rough

[yellowted]

Originally Posted by hayward

The other day I couldn't find my phone either. So I kept calling it. I could hear it, but I couldn't find it, so I kept calling it. Made me crazy..

Then, I found the phone in my back pocket. Of my pants. That I was wearing.

True story!

lol been there done that!!!

[yellowted]

see memory like a goldfish! i forgot i had posted this until i saw it on the main forums page tonight!!! thankyou all for your responses, it is good to know its not just me, i too have lost glasses and found them hours later on top of my head!!! i found the phone eventually down the side of the bed i can't reach!! thankyou all again xx

[kikki27]

Originally Posted by hayward

The other day I couldn't find my phone either. So I kept calling it. I could hear it, but I couldn't find it, so I kept calling it. Made me crazy..

Then, I found the phone in my back pocket. Of my pants. That I was wearing.

True story!

Yeah it so easy to lose things and it gets on my nerves.

[yellowted]

i am still loosing things... and finding things i lost weeks ago!!

phone has gone a wandering again!!! aaagh!!!!

[kikki27]

Originally Posted by Skully

LOL, with my ADHD I am ALWAYS saying I have the attention span of a goldfish!

I know right adhd is something else cant stand it.

[Dark_Dreams]

I have 3 or 4 sets of car keys laying around. I tend to lose my keys and can't really go anywhere without them. Used to go totally insane and stress myself out and make myself sick looking for them. Now I have a few sets so if i lose one I can do what I need to do then come back to look for them later. Has made life soooooo much less stressful