Is it normal to be so forgetful?

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I'm 20 years old and I'm always forgetting everything. I'm not exaggerating--I used to keep a notebook of things I wanted to remember (stuff I needed to do, how my day went, when I got up and went to bed, etc), and at one time was carrying around 4 different reminder things. I've got a to-do list that's about 10 pages of things I need to remember to do. I'm starting to worry, because I'm forgetting things within two minutes of thinking of them--if I think of doing something while I'm in the shower, I'm more likely to have forgotten by the time I finish than not. I forget important things, like brushing my teeth and taking my meds. I went to the doctor the other day for a physical and mentioned it (along with headaches) and she just shrugged off the headaches and said they were from my medications and didn't even mention the memory problems. I used to be okay, but now...not so much. Should I be really concerned?

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  • thegypsysailor
    9 years ago

    There are many, many memory exercise sites and lessons on the web. If you really care, that's how you are going to solve this problem, period.

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  • AlleyCat4MissHairyLoveKitten
    9 years ago

    Are you aware that your forgetting? If so you don't have Alzheimer's disease...Yes medications do make us forget
    also mental illnesses will do the same thing..You want join a website that keeps your mind busy...Join a social group like a Partial Hospitalization program or Social Rehab

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