Breathetalkeat
28-02-15, 14:56
Hi everyone,
I've seen a few old threads about memory issues and concerns... Seems they come along with anxiety quite a bit (makes sense they would), and if you're prone to health anxiety then it's just another anxiety rabbit hole to disappear down!
I'm struggling today (my partner, who's a good leveller for me, is away at the moment) to get myself to calm down and be rational, so I wondered whether this sounds familiar to anyone else and others would mention it to a doctor?:
I know I had a specific conversation with someone in the last week where they mentioned a recipe to me. I just can't remember who the conversation was with! Even when I think through all of the possibilities, I can't pull up the full memory at all. Or, I feel like I can half remember it being about four different people! This is the second time something like this has happened in the last few weeks (and I can't even remember what the last time was now, ha!), and I've also noticed that I've struggled to come up with a word I was looking for a couple of times, too.
I know I have a tendency to scan for things when they're worrying me; I hate taking medication, it scares me, and in a state of extreme anxiety two weeks ago I took 1mg of diazepam for the first (and probably last!) time - I didn't even feel the effect of it, but then obsessed about whether it would have done any damage for about a week, so this could be a hangover from that worry, but I'm now also worried about all sorts of nasty things that memory loss could be a sign of.
Does this happen to anyone else? Thanks for any thoughts!
M
I've seen a few old threads about memory issues and concerns... Seems they come along with anxiety quite a bit (makes sense they would), and if you're prone to health anxiety then it's just another anxiety rabbit hole to disappear down!
I'm struggling today (my partner, who's a good leveller for me, is away at the moment) to get myself to calm down and be rational, so I wondered whether this sounds familiar to anyone else and others would mention it to a doctor?:
I know I had a specific conversation with someone in the last week where they mentioned a recipe to me. I just can't remember who the conversation was with! Even when I think through all of the possibilities, I can't pull up the full memory at all. Or, I feel like I can half remember it being about four different people! This is the second time something like this has happened in the last few weeks (and I can't even remember what the last time was now, ha!), and I've also noticed that I've struggled to come up with a word I was looking for a couple of times, too.
I know I have a tendency to scan for things when they're worrying me; I hate taking medication, it scares me, and in a state of extreme anxiety two weeks ago I took 1mg of diazepam for the first (and probably last!) time - I didn't even feel the effect of it, but then obsessed about whether it would have done any damage for about a week, so this could be a hangover from that worry, but I'm now also worried about all sorts of nasty things that memory loss could be a sign of.
Does this happen to anyone else? Thanks for any thoughts!
M