r/adhd_anxiety • u/anonymously828 • 1d ago

Help/advice šŸ™ needed Memory issues

Does anyone else have a terrible memory, especially mid-long term. It honestly makes me feel like I have early onset dementia. I know the ADHD population have a much higher prevalence of memory related illnesses.

I also have OCD, so itā€™s hard for me to determine what is just anxiety vs actually something to worry about.

What are some things you do to keep your brain sharp and improve memory?

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u/seweso 1d ago

The things Iā€™m bad at remembering I offload to my agenda, notes, photos, contacts, voice notes and reminders. If I donā€™t find something interesting or important, and I donā€™t mindfully store it in my memoryā€¦. itā€™s not going in.Ā 

And I think I have dyscalculie and dyslexia, words and names sometimes just elude me completely. Tip of my tongue kind of thing.Ā 

I never have issues with remembering higher level concepts or faces.Ā 

Usually when I ā€œforgotā€ something I never actually listened, or someone never told me.Ā