General Chat

Oooop! Think I've already answered this thread! Lin xx

Okay you lot of forgetties, read a recent study done on 5 year olds and 65 years olds, study first showed that 5 years olds could remember a group of info better than 65 ers. Result as we age our memory fails. Then study was expanded to include several different age groups, those results showed that as you age you don't forget you just need to be told more times to retain. They concluded that as you age you have so much useless information the brain takes longer to find a place to store the new stuff. Claimed if we came equipped with a control/alt/delete button and got rid of the useless info we wouldn't have these memory probs. So from now on that's my excuse - just tell me a few more times. LOL

On a serious note forgetfullness starting around fifty in women can be due to lack of oestrogen and can sometimes be helped by HRT. This is not the same as presenile dementia.

My mum (in her early 70's) is now having real problems with memory. She says that when she wakes up in the mornings, it's as if her memory has been wiped in the night and she has to start trying to remember life's little details all over again. But my mum has never had a GOOD memory (I was one of those kids who NEVER had a clean PE kit on the right days!!) and my 24-year old daughter, though extremely academically clever, has the worst memory! She loses a set of keys a month (literally!) simply because she can never remember where she has put them. It makes me think that good or bad memory is to some extent a personality trait that can be inherited. Bev x

Sometimes get halfway through sentence and cannot think of next word! J x

I've just found a cigarette burning while l lit another one, does that count. But the good thing is l forget that l've even forgotten things nowadays. I don't remember new faces or names, the safe places where l have put things and tomorrow is a whole new day. Anne

I was always known for my good memory - if anyone wanted to know about someone else, or other details, it was always me they asked. Since I have been with other half - nearly 10 years now - my memory and my health have deteriorated. His memory is appalling and the problem seems to be rubbing off on me! Now I am really having problems, and put it down to stress and my CFS. If you are concerned Jenny I would talk to your doctor. (P.S. Have you remembered to answer my email yet> lol) LIz

My husband claims that it's not his memory that's deteriorating with age but his forgettory that's getting more and more efficient!

Yes, I do think it is part of the menopause - my sister has found the same thing - and trying to remember the right words to use - stuttering, god its annoying.

That sounds just like me.

I am a sufferer too. Put most of the lack of attention and retention down to being simply just not interested.

WHAT??? 'What's-er-name?'

Well if Thyroid problems cause your memory to go, then I have no chance. I had brain hemorrages as a child and that affected my short-term memory, now I have got Thyroid problems too. I give in, I know nowt and can remember even less. Granny

If that is the case Christine, I will be happy to forget.

No Mommy I never forget anything, now what was I saying Oh yes the price of eggs went up again did you know, pardon what were you saying? Actually joking apart I'm the same as you most annoying think there's too much stress around did get worried about it and thought of going to the drs but you know what? I forgot (not joking) Norah