Memory and attention problems

[Reflections]

Reading this is rather comforting. I've always viewed myself as an intellectual, but with the brain fog and forgetfulness it's frustrating and feels very defeating. I'm not what I use to be. I can't recall what I know I should be able to. What I recently read and studied is hard to grasp the details. Knowing some people have gotten past this, helps me to feel hopeful. There's so much I wanted to do but I need a clear mind.

 

[lizbeth27]

Reading this is rather comforting. I've always viewed myself as an intellectual, but with the brain...

Yep, I feel like this too. Okay, I've never been Einstein, and never really got the opportunity to really thrive throughout the whole of my school years, but I was always quite perceptive and had a creative mind, and untapped potential, I think. I have all these problems now and I just don't know what to do. I have always been a bit scatterbrained, but I feel pretty much incapable of doing anything nowadays...

OP: I know this post is old, but the current diagnoses you have could definitely explain these problems. They all take up a lot of brain space. ADHD might be a possibility, of course... I don't know what treatment options would be available in your area. Fingers crossed it was a fairly recent development and you've managed to make some steps towards improving this somehow -- but it's so hard, I know.