I am glad someone brought this up! Yes, I too seem to have lost some
function of my short term memory. Diagnosed Jan. 13/ 97 at T2 level. No
paralysis, mild case, just numbness and pain and VERY sensitive skin now.
Also, I do have difficulty concentrating, even when I am just having a
conversation with a friend, I totally lose all thoughts and am just quiet
and have to really think about what I was doing or talking about. I do
laugh at myself, what else can I do? If I try to mention that my short term
memory is shot to someone else, they usually say, 'yeah, same as me. I can't
remember anything anymore'. BUT, I think that if it is happening many
times a day, more than than the average person of 'forgetting the shopping
list' or something, then it is a definite problem. I just signed up for a
'Positive Thinking' class to help with personal identitiy and self esteem
and had my first class last night. We had to talk to another person, then
introduce them to the class etc. For the first time ever, I was consiously
aware that I was scared of not being able to remember what I had JUST
heard, only a moment ago. I did talk to a friend, via TM club and she now
has MS and she has short term memory loss. I don't remember anyone
mentioning this problem in connection to TM. Questions for anyone: Does
anyone else have this problem? Will it get better over time? Will it
get worse? Is is caused my TM? Is there any way to help it get better? I
suppose memory games will help, right? Like my son's game: flip the cards
over and try to remember where the matching card is...Maybe it IS all in my
head and I am just growing old?? ( I am 30 years old, so it seems a bit
early for that!! :)
I wrote a lot, I know, I just had a lot to say! Thanks!
Sandy K.