I forget medical info all the time. When was my last dentist visit? I dunno. Which kid had their tonsils out? What’s my blood type?
Wife asks “remember when I had strep last year?” No…
Has anyone in my house had COVID? I think so, but which one(s)?
I forget vacations we took, what states I’ve been to.
Terrible at remembering people that I’ve met even a bunch of times.
Horrible at work. I’m on top of what’s happening now, mostly, because I have notes, but what happened a year ago? Gosh.
It’s really frustrating living like this, but I don’t know how much might be my ADHD and how much is just me having a bad brain.
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I have come to find that my memory itself is quite good. I can, in fact, remember quite a lot of things in detail.
It’s the recall part that is messed up. I can’t necessarily remember something on purpose. It might come back to me when it totally isn’t relevant or doesn’t matter anymore, so I did remember, but even trying to recall the name of a song I was listening to 5 minutes ago might be impossible even though I definitely know the name of the song; it’s in the chorus! Shit how does it go again?
This is how it happens for me. Names, dates, important details. I know them. They are on the tip of my brain. But I can’t access them in a timely fashion.
Medical personnel: Hello, you waited so long for this important appointment, let’s get started right away, yeah? So tell me about your symptoms.
My brain: (white noise)
Fucking worst.
Oh also, especially fun in context of ADHD and various psychiatric comorbidities:
Medical personnel: Do you ever experience [situation]?
Me: oh yes, all the time.
Medical personnel: Can you give an example?
My brain: (whiter noise)
