Short Term Memory Loss

[Topcat]

Doe's anyone have anyway to remember something lost in short term memory loss?
I lost a pass word I just made yesterday. Will it come back in a few days. Any suggestions to help me I'm sure will help others.
My day dose of Lamictal and Trileptal hi me hard today otherwise I think I would remember it.
Sometimes things like that just pop in my head when least expect it.
Has anyone tried hypnosis?

 

[CQ:)]

I write everything down.

In regards to any logins for anything I use on my computer I keep a notebook where I make note of the passwords.

I work as a receptionist / administration assistant for a builder, I do different things in my job & also help my co workers a bit as well. There is so much to remember so I've always had a small notebook where I've made note of pretty much everything, otherwise I forget it lol.
I also have a folder which has information I look at regularly (eg contact numbers, step by step instructions for databases I use every day).

I tend to have more issues with my memory when i am under a lot of stress so try to work on keeping my stress levels down. I've never tried hypnosis

 

[Frink]

Sorry but in 38+ years of having epilepsy I have not found anything to help recover a lost memory. If you figure out a way to do it please let us know.

To adapt to this bad memory I do what CQ: ) does, I write everything down (or I try to). I keep a notebook on my desk that I write everything in.

I have used a small phone/address book to write my passwords in, they are already divided alphabetically and rather convenient, unless you misplace the phone/address book.

 

[Nakamova]

My short-term memory is decent, but I still write everything down (including passwords). Writing has the benefit of encoding a memory three ways: Mentally (by thinking about it), physically (hand on paper), and visually (by re-reading it). You might also try writing it in three or more places, and/or associating it something favorite or familiar (a song, pet, food, smell, etc.). There are no guarantees of course, but the more things you can "link" a memory to, the better your chances at retrieving it.

 

[Cint]

Like the others have said, writing everything down is the BEST treatment for memory problems. Or, like my epileptologist directed me after my surgery, you could go to a neuropsychologist who specializes in memory loss for stroke/ TBI patients.

When I meet someone for the first time, I repeat their names to myself several times and invision something in my head to help me remember. So say I meet a woman named Jenny for the 1st time. To help me remember her name, I repeat her name to myself and then try to imagine a "gem" because it rhymes with Jen.

Check this link for more techniques:
http://www.epilepsy.com/learn/impact/thinking-and-memory/memory-techniques

 

[RanMan]

I have short term memory loss as a result of long term use of meds.(38 yrs.)
Now I..........oops..........I forgot what I was going to say.

Oh yeah, just write things down and just learn to live with it .
You can help your memory by regularly doing things like puzzles and/or mind games.

 

[valeriedl]

I keep a list of web-sites, user names and passwords by my computer because I always forget them. I know other people without epilepsy or memory loss do this too because they never remember them.

If there's something that I need to do that takes several steps that someone tells me how to do, like fixing something, I make sure I write down every step or I'll forget one and end up being worse off than I was from the start.

With peoples names I try to say their name again when they introduce them self to me and say it many times during the conversation, sometimes this works in remembering them and sometimes it doesn't. I also try to associate their name with a word that rhymes, a word that starts with the same letter as theirs or they might have the same name as someone that I already know.

I have a friend who has two little girls. I knew their names but could never remember which was which. That's when I realized the oldest girl's name started with an A and the younger girl's name started with a G and since A came before G in the alphabet the older girl was the one with the word who's name started with an A and the younger was the one who's name started with a G. Haven't had any trouble remembering them since then.

 

[CQ:)]

I have a friend who has two little girls. I knew their names but could never remember which was which. That's when I realized the oldest girl's name started with an A and the younger girl's name started with a G and since A came before G in the alphabet the older girl was the one with the word who's name started with an A and the younger was the one who's name started with a G. Haven't had any trouble remembering them since then.

I have this thing where I find it easier when things are in alphabetical order or numerical order.

I work for a builder, there are a few stages involved in building & I used to get 2 stages confused in particular. Fixout & Fitoff, eventually I realised the best way to remember which come 1st was that these 2 stages aren't in alphabetical order so Fixout comes before Fitoff fft:

 

[cadsgj]

Many years of short term memory loss have I yet to figure out... but via these posts I certainly see a few methods of helping to find memory losses. I will really be pushing to use my lap top or iPad to help recover some losses of memory.