Being Forgetful
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 2:33 am
This is definitely a weird one. I'm gonna be a sophomore and its been 2 years since I've been diagnosed with depression. I've told my psychiatrist about this before and all he did was ask some questions and concluded that I didn't have ADD and we never spoke of it again.
I've been having weird memory problems for the past few months. I've heard that depression can cause memory problems but I've been on medication for 2 years and most if not all of my other symptoms have been dialed back or even eliminated.
It's kind of hard to explain. Like I'll think of one thing and will be like 'Oh I'll search that up' or 'Oh I should do that right now' and I guess I'll get distracted or some thing and a few seconds later ill have completely forgotten that thought. This happens all the time, but isn't all that frustrating.
What I have a problem with is how often I don't acknowledge things, like certain thinks won't click and I'll forget about them and flat out not acknowlefge that problem for months. Like how it took me forever to realize that I'm lactose intolerant because my mind just pushed those problems behind me and treated it as though its always happened. When I still saw my therapist I would always take a survey so she could get a grasp on how I've been feeling for the past 2 weeks. Problem is, I could barely remember how I felt a couple days ago. It's really hard to explain this because I can't exactly remeber anything specific (I don't even think I'm explaining this properly). I've been more prone to forgetting stuff of forgetting the date in which an assignment was due or to do homework for a certain class.
I can't tell if this is because I get easily distracted or am just flat out forgetful. Maybe it connected to why I pace/move so much or why I am having trouble listening to other in conversations when I used to be a much better listener.
This is such a weird thing because I can't completely wrap my head around it. Like I can remember very specific things well. For example i can remember a specific moment in which someone said something completely mundane back in elementary school but I can't remember something that happened earlier today. Its like my brain is much better at remembering specific but usually worthless bits of information. Does anyone have answers?
I've been having weird memory problems for the past few months. I've heard that depression can cause memory problems but I've been on medication for 2 years and most if not all of my other symptoms have been dialed back or even eliminated.
It's kind of hard to explain. Like I'll think of one thing and will be like 'Oh I'll search that up' or 'Oh I should do that right now' and I guess I'll get distracted or some thing and a few seconds later ill have completely forgotten that thought. This happens all the time, but isn't all that frustrating.
What I have a problem with is how often I don't acknowledge things, like certain thinks won't click and I'll forget about them and flat out not acknowlefge that problem for months. Like how it took me forever to realize that I'm lactose intolerant because my mind just pushed those problems behind me and treated it as though its always happened. When I still saw my therapist I would always take a survey so she could get a grasp on how I've been feeling for the past 2 weeks. Problem is, I could barely remember how I felt a couple days ago. It's really hard to explain this because I can't exactly remeber anything specific (I don't even think I'm explaining this properly). I've been more prone to forgetting stuff of forgetting the date in which an assignment was due or to do homework for a certain class.
I can't tell if this is because I get easily distracted or am just flat out forgetful. Maybe it connected to why I pace/move so much or why I am having trouble listening to other in conversations when I used to be a much better listener.
This is such a weird thing because I can't completely wrap my head around it. Like I can remember very specific things well. For example i can remember a specific moment in which someone said something completely mundane back in elementary school but I can't remember something that happened earlier today. Its like my brain is much better at remembering specific but usually worthless bits of information. Does anyone have answers?