My memory

[stickleberry]

Im really forgetting things ,you can tell me something one minute and ask me again 2min after (with numbers ) and ive forgot .But tell me to remember a sentence and 5 min later its gone .It drives me mad .I forgot temporarily the other day how to work remote to tv i was in tears ,is this part of fibro or am i really going mad ?? Ness x

[Hidden]

Hi

No you are not going mad, I bet nearly everyone on suffers from memory loss. Partly it is to do with medication and partly fibro.

I forget things like my surname, my friends name, the day of the week, why I went in the kitchen, where are my keys (usually in my hand) just about everything! So don't worry.

Piggie hugs xxxx

[Extremelygrumpy]

Lists , lists of things to do and then notes to tell me where my list is, and words lol, everything is wotsit...

Sorry welcome to fibro fog

VG x

[tinkerfae]

i been doing this all night , where did i put my cup? what did i come in here for? i keep going to do something then forgetting or thinking that i was doing something wen i said i was going to rest?? it comes and goes with me, today seems to be a day of all symptoms rearing thier head!! hope u ok, its frustrating but we are all here and understand

big hugs xx Tink

[julieevh]

I am always forgetting things. I can remember being a baby in my pram, but remembering to make a phone call is beyond me.

My new laptop has this brilliant little program, where I can put postit notes on my desktop ... it is so useful.

Julie xx

[Kerry29]

hi,

my memory is terrible! has been for a long time tho since my accident in 1983 and maybe even before that lol. I am only 40 lol

love kerry x

[Jomple]

Hi mine too, I posted on here about it a week or so ago, i felt I was going mad as its the things you do all the time you just forget, like using the T.V remote!!! I asked my Doctor (following scalding my fingers by putting them into a cup of boiling water!! dont ask!!) and she said I wasnt going mad its fibro,

my concern is that i can do dangerous things like that, by not thinking, but its just one of the joys of Fibro

Take Care Joss xx

[madmoms2]

I find it truly frustrating as I'd love to go back to uni but I can't concentrate never mind remember anything. My kids find it hilarious though. A few weeks ago I was using the phone and for the life of me could not get it to work. My daughter looked up from what she was doing and shouted " mum! What ARE you doing? That's the tv remote your using". Well I was mortified. Needless to say I have not yet lived it down lol

[bumblebee57 in reply to madmoms2]

Sorry, had to laugh at that !! But its a typical fibro thing isnt it. Just dont go to answer the phone when you're ironing......

[tinkerfae]

lol @madmoms kids are great arnt they!!!!

[ellabella]

Thank God it's not just me! I too have tried to make a phone call with the tv remote! I had a moment the other day when I forgot how to use the mouse on lap top! I was just looking at it as if I had never seen it before and looking frantically at the keys not knowing which one worked the mouse. Then I noticed the touch pad : /

[mandyb]

i too suffer with memory loss, i now find i also cant say things propley they come out in a rush .

[bumblebee57]

Its SO frustrating isnt it. I do daft things too, like putting the milk in the cooker instead of the fridge, and stuff like that. I say silly things too or cant remember what something or somone is called. I say "y'know, the thing that goes in the doodah". I also write things backwards or in the wrong order, and it takes me SO long to read and write things because it comes out as utter rubbish, and I have to go over and over it,which I dont think is all because Im dyslexic. I used to be well known for remembering who sang wot and when and what record label it was on. I love my music and I cant remember that stuff now and I hate that.

[Hidden]

Well yes I do all those things and more, but its the dangerous things that worry me, like yesterday I was in a taxi with my daughter going to an appointment and opened the door before we stopped, how dangerous is that? and I actually nearly did it before, I just have it in my mind that its stopping at a certain place, I dont remember that the car has to stop before I open the door, my daughter nearly had a heart attack, what about walking down a stairs by yourself carefully, and not really seeing the last step, your mind is telling you the step your on is the last step, yet your eyes tell you thats not the case and you have to go carefully down the last step in case you fall. also the escalator, coming down scares the hell out of me this past few years, I actually sprained my left foot stretching over with my right foot to get onto the step properly, two weeks ago, with my visiting sister, I was never like this, honest, and Ive put my hand into boiling water loads of times, also not seeing a door when your passing through it, I've had this for a good few years thus scars on my arms apparent, but lately I try and be extra careful but I still scrape my arm and it annoys me. I think we could each write a book on our illness!

[madmoms2]

I am so with you all on all the above, the dangerous and funny. I guess the most frustrating thing is how we have to adopt our lives to accommodate the fibro. It's so good that we have this page to laugh and cry with and to share the good and bad. Thank you

[coleman30000]

i find talking to my self helps, yes people may think your crazy but some one can always remind you what you were about to do. i think the fog is one of the worst parts of fybro, im not half the person i was 6 years ago.

[Sthandra]

Hi all I see I am just another member of the lousy memory club, I whent for a follow up ona sist that I had on my chest its healed now anyhoo I was asked to climb on one of those couch things and I forgot how to get out of the chair and how to walk to the couch its a good job I need a hand to stand it gave me enough time for my memory to kik in I keep saying I have a memory like an American storm drain lol . Gentle hugs to all. Sithy

[wevskysgirl]

snap i have it too , on the downside we forget things ...on the upside we end up with some funny little stories from it , if only we could remember them lol .... i made my sister laugh the other day while i was on the phone chatting to her , i was trying to make a cuppa and a hotwater bottle at the same time (trying do do 2 things at the same time is like rocket science only harder haha) so as im waffling i found myself trying to fill the hotwater bottle with milk ?!?! i told my sis and she duly laughed her self silly (little sisters are so mean lol) so as shes recovering from that bout of laughter i had rinsed the hot water bottle and made the tea (god im good lol ) so i then go into the sitting room pop my cup of tea down and find that instead of my hotwater bottle i have a bottle of milk in my hand ...yep you guessed it my hotwater bottle was in the fridge !!!!!

needless to say my little sis had to ring me back as it took her 10 mins to stop laughing (the Meany haha)

hugs hun and dont let it get you down

[SootyB]

Do I come here often?

[jaxcross]

Hi, i only read a couple of your reply's, just enough to make me realize i wasn't in the early stages of dementia like i was beginning to think i was.

I forget words, i forget how to spell words, i forget events, my memories are fading and i forget things from only the other day.

I'm not on a lot of medication because i refuse to get dependent on it, so until just now i thought i was loosing my mind, but now i know its my Fibro..