Memory Loss

A few mths ago i was found in a seizure by daughter caitlyn when she came home from school from there life support and when i woke out of that hades i had no memory of so many things n ppl as well was totally deaf n still am...i get into high angst mode very very quickly as i was scared to death n literally cheated death...i was given another chance..slowly memory is coming back to me n i am getting stronger i think my doc said it best when he said my brain went on major overload blew a gasket or 2 because of losses in life n illnesses n i just could not keep it together anymore so i blew i kinda keep thinking of that cartoon lol where the head explodes and steam pours out im sure i was akin to that..my memory use to be totally spot on i could bip off anything but since all this it has gone down somewhat i am regaining alot more now though n feel truly blessed to be still here.. i lost alot of my ocd from that as well but actually dont mind i was extreme in ocd cleaning organizing timing stuff like that balancing things hmm ya it was very bad...i would think you hv asked a doc about this..if not do so n see what is said..i wish you better days n i do understand....huggles...lyn

I am like this too..

Forget everything, but not the things I really want to remember ;)

So I think it has a little bit to do with my anxiety and that I am not paying attention to details in my life.

Hi, I have had the same issue you're having ALOT! I have heard that some short term memory loss is a symptom of anxiety. Really you're just thinking about everything too much, most likely.


I posted on here once about this problem and I some really good answers that helped me feel alot better. I also have been doing soe CBT and trying to turn my negative, odd thinking around.



Anyways my post was about me feeling as if I was forgetting EVERYTHING while I was driving. Like I would forget exactly what happend 5 seconds before on the road. I thought I was loosing it or had a brain tumor or something insane.



Someone replied and said that in reality I was probably just over concentrating and overanalyzing(of course). It made alot of sense to me when I thought about it, because most people don't normally even think of that.



They don't sit there and think, oh what did the road look like 5 seconds ago, or a minute ago, or 30 minutes ago lol. It made me feel kind of good about myself to think I was thinking MORE than others and sort of thinking outside the box so to speak.



I know it's awful having those thoughts and feelings, but it's good to have a positive approach to them. It helped my break the whole process all together for the most part.



I also felt like time would speed way up or way down sometimes too(mainly while driving) and that's something else that kind of contributed to my memory loss cause I was freaking out about that. It all ended up just being anxiety.



It's good that you're going to your doctor and I hope everything turns out fine. It should give you some sort of relief to know that you're in good shape.



Good luck and I hope you start to feel better.

I'm about the same age as you. In reality I've always been sort of absent-minded but I think I've noticed it more in the last few years because as you get older the things you do are generally going to be more important. I notice my mistakes more. I'm also on Klonopin, but like I said I've always been this way. They say it can cause memory loss but I don't really think that's happening to me. So maybe you're like me and you're just noticing it more?

And it does sound like you have health anxiety. Sometimes I wonder if it's possible to have anxiety issues without having health anxiety. I know I have it from time to time.

I have never heard of health anxiety. What is that?! I've been learning so much stuff on here. I love it!