Bad Memory

JMArr

Anybody know of any supplements u can take for bad memory...mines terrible.
I'm talking more long term memory than shopping lists etc...

I was told that concentrated fish-oil supplements like EyeQ etc can help boost memory but I've tried one and havent noticed any difference...

kaimera

how bad a 'bad memory' are we talking?

sure it's not selective memory loss?

seamus

I have a stupidly selective memory loss. If something doesn't have any useful/long-term siginificance, I just can't remember it.

Stuff like people having parties, having asked me to do things for them, people's exams, events that I'm not involved with - *poof*, completely gone.
It's quite frustrating because I'd like to remember these things for other people's sakes, but put simply, if it doesn't affect me, I don't remember it.

But are you talking about a general, "I can't remember where I left my clothes before I went to bed" memory loss?
What's your drug intake like? How much sleep do you get? How much coffee/alcohol/legal drugs do you take? How much exercise do you get?

sutty

JMArr wrote:

I was told that concentrated fish-oil supplements like EyeQ etc can help boost memory but I've tried one and havent noticed any difference...

I've heard that one too. ( I forget suff all the time.. names mostly and what seamus said) But I think your only meant to see an improvement over a few weeks not a few days.

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Tuna is supposed to be good for memory or any oily fish, sardines mackarel...

JMArr

kaimera wrote:

how bad a 'bad memory' are we talking?

sure it's not selective memory loss?

Hmmm maybe ..a friend told me I shifted a total dog last saturday nite but I cant remember at all !! joke -she wasnt that bad

Well put it this way ...if you asked me to trace back what I did every weekend for the last 3 months I could probably go back a month and then I'd be struggling.in fact i'm thinking now and i cant go back further than 3 weeks...its a murky blur.

I drink gallons of tea + coffee , dont do drugs but drink every weekend
would exercise help?

*Sassy*

You should try taking flax oil, it's supposed to be very good for stuff like that. I had to take it for a different reason and found that it was great for my nails, hair, skin etc. It's got Omega 3 etc oils in.

You can take it in oil form but capsule form is much handier. You get it in health shops. You usually take the capsules with food as otherwise they might upset your stomach.

][cEMAN**

Mine's absolutely rediculous. I often think i've the memory of a goldfish. It lasts about 30 seconds before I try to remember if i've done little things. Where i've put things I just put down. Searching for keys and finding them in my pockets.

People coming into the room, having a short conversation with me, and me then having to follow them into another room and ask them what they just said to me.

Forget tracing back what I did in the last 3 months - ask me what I did this morning and I would have trouble remembering. Often i'm asked what I did at the weekend and I don't remember whole days. I'm not drinking, i'm generally not doing anything. It seems unless i'm under constant excitement I forget what I was doing completely.

I might also look into these options as I need to do something to sort it. I think it might just be concentration problems, but i'd like to get it sorted as well.

seamus

JMArr wrote:

Well put it this way ...if you asked me to trace back what I did every weekend for the last 3 months I could probably go back a month and then I'd be struggling.in fact i'm thinking now and i cant go back further than 3 weeks...its a murky blur.

Are you talking about drink? i.e. - "Where did you go last Saturday night?". I'd be lucky to trace back more than 3 weeks of drinking, alcohol has that effect, and it's no big deal. In general, I can remember weekends that people will ask me about or relate back to me, but there's no way in hell I could build a chronology past maybe a month ago.

yossarin

If its down to normal lazyness you can do mental exercises to help yourself.

try to regularly go though song listings for an album, or old results from a football team you like. Build up what you can list over time.
I find i can concentrate much more when work is interesting - my brian is much more active then...

watsgone

Yeah those mental exercises can help. When your bored or what ever try writing out lines from a song you like,or a poem etc.
There are loads of puzzles you could try.
Good Luck with it.

Capt'n Midnight

Are you getting enough deep sleep at night ?

If not then everything else is a waste of time.


Also you have to renforce learning after one day/week/month/six months / year - talking about stuff later does this too . Anyone got info on how to commit stuff to long term memory and the time intervals it needs ?

nesf

I've not heard of anything you can take to improve your memory. Well nothing that seems to be true, i've heard plenty of bull about it.

Most memory problems are just symptoms of something else being wrong. Find out what's the problem and deal with that. (I'm thinking stress or lack of sleep here rather than something being wrong medically speaking).

Victor

JMArr wrote:

I was told that concentrated fish-oil supplements like EyeQ

Sounds fishy :eek:

The_Conductor

There was an article in New Scientist about new treatments for people with poor memories about 2-3 weeks ago. I don't have the magazine handy, but the gist of the article was that there are new products coming available that will help peoples memories, through encouraging synapsis growth and better electrical circuitry in people's brains. Memories are of course a collection of electrical impulses stored in our brains- I guess it was only a matter of time before someone came up with a way to make them more efficient?
Will try to find the article, it was only 2 or 3 weeks ago- so it shouldn't be too difficult.

S.

Dr. Dre

' wrote:

[cEMAN**']Mine's absolutely rediculous. I often think i've the memory of a goldfish. It lasts about 30 seconds before I try to remember if i've done little things. Where i've put things I just put down. Searching for keys and finding them in my pockets.

People coming into the room, having a short conversation with me, and me then having to follow them into another room and ask them what they just said to me.

Forget tracing back what I did in the last 3 months - ask me what I did this morning and I would have trouble remembering. Often i'm asked what I did at the weekend and I don't remember whole days. I'm not drinking, i'm generally not doing anything. It seems unless i'm under constant excitement I forget what I was doing completely.

I might also look into these options as I need to do something to sort it. I think it might just be concentration problems, but i'd like to get it sorted as well.

Exact same here
I actually worry about it with regard to later in life, I've always had a woeful memory - if it's this bad now whats it going to be like later!

Memory tips

Zombrex

Drink more water (pure water, not tea/coffee/fizzy drinks)

Dehydration is linked to memory loss and lack of concentration.

You should drink about 6-8 glasses of water a day, spread out through out the day (put another way, about 2 litres a day)

JMArr

Cheers for the tips lads...

jimmycrackcorm

When my other half sends me to the shop for items, if I don't have them written down, I always always forget something. But while in the shop I know that there is something else to get but I just completely forget what it is. This happens every time.