Re: Memory loss

[Guest guest]

Di, On my way to the pantry I forget what I'm there for!!. I think it due

to my lack of not doing much to simulate my brain. I'm trying to do

crossword puzzles every morning (ones in the newspaper) with my tea. I think

our

brains get cob webs in them because we don't use them on any mental like I did

when I was working. That's my theory........Flora

[Guest guest]

I have short term memory problems too! I had a neuropsychology test and flunked

that with my memory.

Dr. Fink said it is part of PLS.

Rick

dianamj_canuck wrote:

Hi friends,

Do any of you other PLSers struggle with your short-term memeory? Mine

seems to be getting worse. Part of it could be medication....but the

rest...well....I an having terrible trouble holding on to my

thoughts...and am forgetting very basic things. Familiar to anyone?

Suggestions?

Hugs to all!

Di.....PLS....Canada

[Guest guest]

Crossword puzzles! What a brilliant idea! I am going to try that. I

think people are starting to think I am losing it! Ha ha.

Thanks Flora. Hugs!

Di....PLS....Canada

> Di, On my way to the pantry I forget what I'm there for!!. I

think it due

> to my lack of not doing much to simulate my brain. I'm trying to

do

> crossword puzzles every morning (ones in the newspaper) with my

tea. I think our

> brains get cob webs in them because we don't use them on any

mental like I did

> when I was working. That's my theory........Flora

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[Guest guest]

Thanks Rick,

It helps to know that it is part of my 'new normal' and that i don't

have Alzheimers. I passed THAT test...but flunked the STM test. I

have now given my Family Doctor one of those 'NORD " booklets as she

had never heard of PLS until I got it! Ha!

Take care.

Di....PLS.....Canada

> Hi friends,

> Do any of you other PLSers struggle with your short-term memeory?

Mine

> seems to be getting worse. Part of it could be medication....but

the

> rest...well....I an having terrible trouble holding on to my

> thoughts...and am forgetting very basic things. Familiar to

anyone?

> Suggestions?

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> Hugs to all!

>

> Di.....PLS....Canada

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[Guest guest]

Hi Di!

Yeah, I ...... well, ummm, maybe. What was the question again? It seems to

have slipped my mind.

Yes, I have begun noticing some short-term memory loss. I used to know

everyone with whom I worked and could greet them by name. Now, I sometimes

am not certain who I am talking to at certain times. It takes a few minutes

for me to remember. This is true for staff and patients. I have several of

each greet me by name and I have no clue who they are. The ones I see on a

daily basis are not difficult to remember, but I have found that I remember

something about them instead of their names, like: Yeah, he wore an orange

jacket yesterday, or She had darker hair the last time I saw her. Little

details, but no immediate name. It will take a few seconds before it comes

into my consciousness. If I see two of them together, I will know both names

immediately. From all that I can remember from Physiological Psychology, I

know there is a name for this particular problem, but honestly cannot

remember it. It is not Alzheimer's or Dementia, either, but an actual

impairment in memory. Sorta like the wires are crossed and short circuiting.

This is NOT an everyday thing and many days are normal for me. It seems that

the more I have to do, the worse it gets.

Does any of this sound familiar? It is relatively new for me. Of all the

things I have lost, I miss my mind the most. I once had a photographic

memory that I took for granted because I didn't know what it was and assumed

that everyone had one. When I lost it during a bout with encephalitis in

1972, I found out what I had lost and grieved over it for a long time.

Mike Gray

Memory loss

> Hi friends,

> Do any of you other PLSers struggle with your short-term memeory? Mine

> seems to be getting worse. Part of it could be medication....but the

> rest...well....I an having terrible trouble holding on to my

> thoughts...and am forgetting very basic things. Familiar to anyone?

> Suggestions?

>

> Hugs to all!

>

> Di.....PLS....Canada

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[Guest guest]

I think mine could use a real 'SPRING CLEANING' Flora! (:-)

Re: Memory loss

> Di, On my way to the pantry I forget what I'm there for!!. I think it

due

> to my lack of not doing much to simulate my brain. I'm trying to do

> crossword puzzles every morning (ones in the newspaper) with my tea. I

think our

> brains get cob webs in them because we don't use them on any mental like

I did

> when I was working. That's my theory........Flora

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Di,

Yes I have noticed short term memory loss and not being able to hold on to

thoughts.I figured I had developed AADD.I go somewhere alot in the house and

forget what I went for.My daughter has left the house and I have asked my has

she left yet and my wife tells me she left and I had said bye to her.Is this

another part of PLS we have to live with?

Your Friend;

dianamj_canuck wrote:

Hi friends,

Do any of you other PLSers struggle with your short-term memeory? Mine

seems to be getting worse. Part of it could be medication....but the

rest...well....I an having terrible trouble holding on to my

thoughts...and am forgetting very basic things. Familiar to anyone?

Suggestions?

Hugs to all!

Di.....PLS....Canada

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