BigBrother
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Hi all. This is my first post here, although I joined up ago.
I'm having trouble with my memory, and would like to know what I could do to improve it, if there really is anything that works. I haven't tried anrything yet.
I'm male, 35. I drink occasionally, don't smoke except marijuana occasionally (2-3 joints a week at most). I used to smoke a lot more, but haven't been a heavy smoker for few couple of years now.
So my problem is that I often forget agreements I make with my wife. Plans we make, and so on. This causes friction between us of course. Of course I forget all kinds of things as well, that's just an example.
I forget conversations almost immediately. I may remember the results of that chat, but I couldn't repeat any of it - in contrast my wife can do that. This makes me terrible at telling stories, or events, as I get the details confused and often miss important parts.
I've always been forgetful, from early childhood, and also have poor concentration - I get very easily distracted and find it hard to focus and apply myself to difficult tasks. My wife tells me I've been getting worse, it's hard for me to judge.
I work in software engineering, as a freelancer from home, and my work is usually in projects that run for a number of weeks. I also have problems remember details about the work I'm doing, although I try to write such things down to get around that problem.
I'm not sure what other info I could give that would be relevant? I have 3 brothers, I'm the eldest and the next one I think has similar issues, although I haven't talked to him about it. My dad who's in his late 60s is also very forgetful.
So is this just the way I am? Or is it something I can work on to improve - or maybe take something for?
Thanks for your time reading this and for any help or advice you can give.
I'm having trouble with my memory, and would like to know what I could do to improve it, if there really is anything that works. I haven't tried anrything yet.
I'm male, 35. I drink occasionally, don't smoke except marijuana occasionally (2-3 joints a week at most). I used to smoke a lot more, but haven't been a heavy smoker for few couple of years now.
So my problem is that I often forget agreements I make with my wife. Plans we make, and so on. This causes friction between us of course. Of course I forget all kinds of things as well, that's just an example.
I forget conversations almost immediately. I may remember the results of that chat, but I couldn't repeat any of it - in contrast my wife can do that. This makes me terrible at telling stories, or events, as I get the details confused and often miss important parts.
I've always been forgetful, from early childhood, and also have poor concentration - I get very easily distracted and find it hard to focus and apply myself to difficult tasks. My wife tells me I've been getting worse, it's hard for me to judge.
I work in software engineering, as a freelancer from home, and my work is usually in projects that run for a number of weeks. I also have problems remember details about the work I'm doing, although I try to write such things down to get around that problem.
I'm not sure what other info I could give that would be relevant? I have 3 brothers, I'm the eldest and the next one I think has similar issues, although I haven't talked to him about it. My dad who's in his late 60s is also very forgetful.
So is this just the way I am? Or is it something I can work on to improve - or maybe take something for?
Thanks for your time reading this and for any help or advice you can give.