bad memory?

[wonder years]

just lately i keep forgeting loads of things i,ve allways been a bit of a scatter brain but lately i am really bad, asked my husband and he said i do have great deal to remember and i have a lot of stress, i work in a warehouse were i have to remember amounts, also i look after mam dad do their shopping pay there bills help with there house work listen to there woes they are wonderful and its a labour of love, i help my daughter lok after the baby and all that goes with that and then theres my own house bills house work to do, you know now i ,ve written it down it does seem alot i think one day i.ll meet myself on the way back, do you think this forgetfulness is to do with the amount i do ?

[crete]

i know your problem you dont have enough to do you must keep yourself occupied at all times ,,,,,,,lol

[wonder years]

thats brill why did,nt i think of that maybe i did but then just forgot, nowt like a good laugh to help stress lol

[crete]

a bit of advice a wee bit of time for yourself but easy for me to say i think you are doing a great job but really too much for one person. my solution to everything open the bottle of wine !

[wonder years]

turning to drink yes at one time maybe dieabetic now so watch what i eat and drink, but more time for myself yes going to try that

[crete]

good for you good luck i hope we meet again on this site two threads going at once not good at my age

[TheTemptress]

think of yourself as a manager....when i was promoted my boss told me a good manager is one who can delegate effectively...can you delegate some of your tasks? just a thought...by the way, i lead a very hectic life too. my job is very stressful, my kids are very demanding, my mother has dementia..i try to delegate where possible....it helps a bit anyway...im very very forgetful and fear im inheriting my mothers dementia..time will tell!

[wonder years]

thanks for the advice much aprricated , and good luck to you with your mamx

[TheTemptress]

do you ever get 'me time'..very important....i have mine on a saturday afternoon when no matter what, i down tools, leave the housework and the kids (old enough to be left for 2 hours) and have lunch with the girls.....i get all dressed up...just for the 2 hours, prance in the wine bar like i got it all ...i act like i got no problems, i talk about world affairs not kids or bills, come back, put on the pj's and slob out and nobody ever knows""" hehe...its a very important time...some of the girls i lunch with have not partners or kids so i know they dont wanna talk about crap or probs in my life...try at least once...a great sense of power for 2 hours a week at least!!!!

[sue11]

I do believe that stress can play havoc with your memory, it does mine, when I am particularly stressed I simply cannot think straight and my brain turns to mush, even more so than it normally is!
It sounds like you do need to try to reduce your workload if possible somehow, I know it is easier said than done, but you will make yourself ill if you continue and then you won't be any help to anybody!!

[wonder years]

thanks for the good sound advice x

[missmay]

i actally had to go to the docs last week because i was cocerned about my memory,he said it either stress or thyroid gland (underactive or overactive i cant remember which) anyway he took blood and i find out tomorrow.

[wonder years]

i have had a underactive tyriod for 14 years on thyroxine 175mgs its intresting what you say that bad memory is conected to this i did not know thanks for telling me, let me know how you get on