Memory Problems

InaneCathode · 05-06-2008, 10:21 PM

I've always had memory problems but over the past years or so they seem to have been getting worse. I forget things people tell me, where i set things down, if i've done things or not, names, dates, events. It does come back after a while but it's been getting more annoying the more it happens.
Its not that i cant remember things kinda, for no reason. Its when i need to remember them if that makes any sense. Its like... that optical illusion with the black grid over the white background, you see gray dots at the intersections but when you try to look right at them they dissapear. Thats how it feels.
Its not just annoying, its somewhat damaging for me. I look like a total idiot almost all the time forgetting homework, not hearing what people say, not remembering what they say, spending half my day looking around for things i've had in my hand seconds before. The worst part is, no one believes me. I tell them "i cant remember anything" and its just shrugged off like someone saying "i've had a tough day"
Is there like, some sort of supplement or exercise or something i can do to make my memory better? I think i'm plenty smart, its just the remembering part thats messing things up for me.

capbit · 05-06-2008, 11:31 PM

Maybe repeat things a few times in your head after hearing them, and/or write things down. I think if you eat right, get enough sleep, and eliminate any stressors it should get better. An occasional game of chess or sodoku couldn't hurt either.

veneratio · 05-07-2008, 12:55 AM

Agree with the poster above, eating right and getting enough sleep plays a huge role in memorizing things. Fish oil is also said to help your memory.

SRufus · 05-09-2008, 11:06 AM

Actually, ive become fixated on memory lately, and how it works.........it's our only connection to the past.........mostly fragmented.

05-06-2008, 10:21 PM	#1
InaneCathode Offline Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 597	Memory Problems I've always had memory problems but over the past years or so they seem to have been getting worse. I forget things people tell me, where i set things down, if i've done things or not, names, dates, events. It does come back after a while but it's been getting more annoying the more it happens. Its not that i cant remember things kinda, for no reason. Its when i need to remember them if that makes any sense. Its like... that optical illusion with the black grid over the white background, you see gray dots at the intersections but when you try to look right at them they dissapear. Thats how it feels. Its not just annoying, its somewhat damaging for me. I look like a total idiot almost all the time forgetting homework, not hearing what people say, not remembering what they say, spending half my day looking around for things i've had in my hand seconds before. The worst part is, no one believes me. I tell them "i cant remember anything" and its just shrugged off like someone saying "i've had a tough day" Is there like, some sort of supplement or exercise or something i can do to make my memory better? I think i'm plenty smart, its just the remembering part thats messing things up for me. __________________ The voodoo who-do-what-you-don't-dare-do people Founder of Nature of the Beats-NOTB Providing alternate opinions since 1987

05-06-2008, 11:31 PM	#2
capbit Offline Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 631	Maybe repeat things a few times in your head after hearing them, and/or write things down. I think if you eat right, get enough sleep, and eliminate any stressors it should get better. An occasional game of chess or sodoku couldn't hurt either. Last edited by capbit; 05-07-2008 at 01:42 AM.

05-07-2008, 12:55 AM	#3
veneratio Offline Gold Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 765	Agree with the poster above, eating right and getting enough sleep plays a huge role in memorizing things. Fish oil is also said to help your memory.

05-09-2008, 11:06 AM	#4
SRufus Offline Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 145	Actually, ive become fixated on memory lately, and how it works.........it's our only connection to the past.........mostly fragmented.