Ahh! What's up with my short term memory!!??!

Mar 15, 2003
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Seriously, I usually have an awesome memory but lately my short term memory has been acting up.. Like yesterday I bought a train ticket from a vending machine and when I got into the train 5 min later I had no idea where I put it.. What's going on? I'm too young for anything serious, I think.. My diet HAS change dramatically.. I was on atkins but recently quit and change to a very high fiber (low processed carbs) diet... I'm not eating much protein (about a pound of chicken a day) so could this have something to do with it? I'm also taking a few medications/supplements (items used prior to memory lapse marked with a *):

-Ritalin* - to control my ADD.. Had add all my life but never had bad memory.. I think it's working extremely well for me.. used it for about 3 months and had memory issues for less than 2 weeks.. don't think it's connected

-Ginkgo biloba - taking it specifically to sharpen my memory

-St. John's wort - just started taking it to calm myself down a little

-potassium* - was taking it while on atkins and have reduced my intake

-chromium* - ditto with potassium.. now I hardly take it at all

-multivitamin*

- not really medicine but i drink about 3 oz. of wine a day to help the ol' heart out..

I drink about 2/3 of a gallon of water a day if not more.... I thought my bad memory was due to dehydration because I've had serious nose bleeds as well.. I went to an ENT and he said it was due to the humidity lately and dehydration (my regular doctor tested and assured me that I don't have a brain tumor).. I'm going to my shrink today so will talk to him about the memory issues.. I just really wonder if this is medical or nutritional in nature..

Forgot to mention - i'm 22 and have no history of mental issues in my family..
 

guyver01

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what would be really funny if you reposted this in an hour... and pretend you didnt post this at all :)

the ultimate parody thread :D

 

nater

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Jun 18, 2001
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you sound like you have some major issues outside of just your memory problem. Maybe you've smoked a little too much of the wacky weed?
 

dabuddha

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Originally posted by: guyver01
what would be really funny if you reposted this in an hour... and pretend you didnt post this at all :)

the ultimate parody thread :D

lol
 

clamum

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My short term memory is horrible too... Used to smoke a lot but not that much anymore, like once a week, maybe twice. I've always been a forgetful person though.
 

element

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What was the question again?

Oh yeah I almost forgot to ask, could you repeat the question?
 

element

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Seriously, you are on a computer forum, I'm a puter nerd, the best I could tell you is to stop overclocking your brain, if you are, and to check your memory timings, failling that, you probably need a frontal lobotomy and then put it back again, you know reseat the memory modules, in case dust got in there and it's a bad connection or something.

I almost forgot what i was getting at....

Oh yeah...seek medical advice on a medical board or a real live doc, and if they don't help try a 2nd opinion, and good luck with whatever problem you said you had, tho I can't remember what it was....was it shortness of breath? no no that wasn't it....short attention span? Something about short I can't quite remember...