I am keeping a daily journal and im finding that if i dont write in it every day and i miss a day, i struggle really hard to remember what i did the day before! Its really starting to worry me. Should i be worried or is this normal for peri? I know that ive read about memory problems during peri, but...just yesterday?!

I know with me personally, the harder I try to remember the less apt I am to remember. I also find that my short term memory can "take a hike" only to be replaced by long term memories of events and people I would just as soon forget. There is no winning at point of my life.

What ? What were we talking about ? lol I am just like that, I don't really know if that is good or bad, i cant remember day to day either. Grrrrrrr I'm hoping its just peri .

I think I worry about my fading memory at least 4 times a week. If I didn't see it listed as a peri symptom, I"d be much more concerned. How does one know when it's 'just peri' and when it's something more serious? Are there tests you can do?

That is a really good question, when to worry if it's peri/meno or something MUCH worse!! Sometimes, I'll try to think about what I did, or had for breakfast (lol) and hit a wall. I do that whole "take a few deep breaths" and "usually" I can remember. Anybody else lost their car in parking lots? I have to consciously think, "ok this is where I'm parking" or I walk out and don't have a clue where I parked.
Anyone out there experience this?
Deb

I had to reply to this thread. I literally tell my friends and family that I have early onset alzheimers, and no disrespect to those that suffer as my grandfather did. I have gone out to drive somewhere and totally forgotten where I was going. One time, I almost had to pull over until I could figure it out!! When you forget something, seconds seem like minutes. I even forgot my zip code once when I had to give it to someone...literally had to look at the women around me and say "little help here...I'm having a moment". Glad to know I am not alone!

JoJo

Dear Sudio....and all the rest of us suffering from memory loss.
Ask me the name of my Kindergarten teacher.......I can tell you.

Ask me what I was wearing when I had my first real kiss........I can tell you that too.

Ask me where my keys are......I dunno

Ask me what I am doing this afternoon.....I dunno

Ask me what I did yesterday......hold on let me get my husband......SOMEONE HERE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT WE DID YESTERDAY

I have always been somewhat of a 'flake'.....and my memory has always been VERY selective. I remember bumping into a high school friend. We started exchanging stories about our years in high school. She could not remember ONE story that I told, and I could NOT remember ONE story that she told. You would have thought we had gone to two different H.S......................we had a drink, and started to gather new memories......that we could forget later

My thoughts on this ~ are this.......we have far too much technology....computers, laptops, TV, cars, numbers to remember for our debit cards, numbers to remember for our cell phones.....cellhpones that can reach you any day, and minute.....leaving you NO time to even 'gather your thoughts about laundry, bills, taking this child to tennis lessons, while the other child gets to his piano lesson......as you eat breakfast, you are thinking about what to make for dinner. As you make dinner, you are thinking about your childrens homework, or..... where did they say they were going again?
Meanwhile, hubby needs this or that, this person is relying on your for that and this......and before you know it.........someone asks you what you had for dinner......as you juggle all these thoughts in your head........is it ANY wonder.......you can't remember

Hugs
Dottie-Doo

Robin - my 80 year old Mum has been starting to have memory probs the last 5 years or so. One of the tests the doc did to see if it was Alzheimers/ dementure was to discuss 3 items in front of her: eg mug, pen, paperclip - then talk about something else completely, then ask her what were the 3 things they just talked about.

EXCELLANT!! I had read this as well....good point!!

She couldn't remember.

That seems to be very different from what i experience with peri. I can't find things, I go into a room and forget why, I forget to collect the kids from school, i don't know what time it is sometimes... but i would pass that test, no probs. So I guess I'm fine for now.

I posted this on another thread but it seems appropriate to put it here too. Yesterday, I was at the grocery store and was at the checkout next in line to be served. All my groceries were unloaded from my trolley cart onto the conveyor. The lady in front was just settling her bill. A lady behind me started to lay all her items on the conveyor belt behind mine. My mind was elsewhere and suddenly out of the blue i started unloading my groceries & putting them neatly back in the trolley. The lady behind looked at me strangely & said, "Are you all right? You're unloading your groceries?" Completely oblivious to what I was doing or what she had said, I automatically answered "Oh Yes, fine thanks!" and carried on... Then the penny dropped Totally embarrassed I thanked her and we all laughed about it including the checkout girl, who had thought that I had changed my mind abut buying anything. This was then followed by a further embarrassment when my card didn't validate properly when it came to pay Fortunately on the second attempt it went through fine. Well that was my peri moment of the week - forgetting completely what i was doing (LOL)

Hi Dottie - sorry I split my post in half - pressed send before i finished - i wasn't ignoring you!!

Hey Do you realise that between us we have graffitti'd this website - dots & squiggles everywhere!!!

Thank God there's a name for this disorder. Somehow I feel better, even though I have it!!

AAADD - know the symptoms
PLEASE READ

Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

This is how it manifests:

I decide to water my garden.

As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.

As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier.

I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, and notice that the can is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first.

But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my check book off the table, and see that there is only 1 check left.

My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Coke I'd been drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over.

The Coke is getting warm, and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need water.

I put the Coke on the counter and discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.

I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers.

I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table.

I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I'll be looking for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.

So, I set the remote back on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill.

Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day:

The car isn't washed
The bills aren't paid
There is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter
The flowers don't have enough water,
There is still only 1 check in my check book,
I can't find the remote,
I can't find my glasses,
and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all damn day, and I'm really tired.

Hugs
Dottie

OMG! that is the funniest thing ive ever read! Thanks for the great laugh Dottie!!!!

LOL Dottie!

I know exactly what you mean. You feel like you've been running round in circles but nothing actually gets done. Yep that is definitiely me too!