I think my mind is deteriorating. I find myself forgetting random words (usually adjectives) and have trouble expressing myself. Does that ever happen to anyone else? Granted, English is not my first language, but I'm fully fluent and have been speaking it for 20+ years. Does this happen to you guys, when you forget a word and it bugs the shit out of you, and then it comes to you a couple of days later? The other day I even tried to reverse google search a definition and google couldn't help me! spoiler (click to show/hide)
the word was ergonomic
What you're describing sounds familiar to me actually.
I always had a spotty memory which contributed to the fact that I've never been able to learn more than one foreign language (English). But over the last few years I've started to become so fucking forgetful and scatterbrained in almost every aspect of life. I couldn't recall the most basic words and expressions sometimes, not only in English but in my first language too. That and constantly being tired, without energy and absentminded.
Shit scared me when I was just turning 30 so I decided to look for help. After finally getting an appointment with a therapist this spring, he quickly deduced that I'm suffering from ADHD.
I'm always tired too! Maybe I should see a doctor.
I'm not saying you got that. Doctors don't diagnose adults with ADHD anyway unless there are signs pointing back to childhood and school(e.g. being hyperactive and/or lacking concentration).
But going to a doctor is always a good idea Was scared shitless about meeting a therapist beforehand but he's a nice guy and the therapy's really helping me.
I find that I lacked concentration the most in college. Maybe it's the nature of the curriculum though, I was capable of paying attention just fine in high school, but when it came to 2 hour lectures in university my mind would just wander off, or I'd end up drawing doodles and not retain any of the information. Even when I would take notes my doodle to note ratio wasn't good.
Question though, why did you decide to see a therapist in relation to those issues in the first place? Did you see your primary doctor first?
I think my mind is deteriorating. I find myself forgetting random words (usually adjectives) and have trouble expressing myself. Does that ever happen to anyone else? Granted, English is not my first language, but I'm fully fluent and have been speaking it for 20+ years. Does this happen to you guys, when you forget a word and it bugs the shit out of you, and then it comes to you a couple of days later? The other day I even tried to reverse google search a definition and google couldn't help me! spoiler (click to show/hide)
the word was ergonomic
What you're describing sounds familiar to me actually.
I always had a spotty memory which contributed to the fact that I've never been able to learn more than one foreign language (English). But over the last few years I've started to become so fucking forgetful and scatterbrained in almost every aspect of life. I couldn't recall the most basic words and expressions sometimes, not only in English but in my first language too. That and constantly being tired, without energy and absentminded.
Shit scared me when I was just turning 30 so I decided to look for help. After finally getting an appointment with a therapist this spring, he quickly deduced that I'm suffering from ADHD.
I'm always tired too! Maybe I should see a doctor.
How's your sleep? Overweight at all? Even if not, sleep apnea is a possibility. I had a sleep study done recently and was diagnosed with narcolepsy
That doesn't sound fun. What are you doing to deal with the narcolepsy?
Sleep is alright, but I feel like I never get enough. Like, I'll wake up sleepy no matter what, even if I just slept for two hours. Not overweight at all, probably around 15% body fat or so. Sleep apnea is possible, as my sinuses are very often clogged up, I know sleep apnea has to do with breathing problems. I think my ex gf had it, she was a snorer and sometimes her breathing would kind of start studdering like she was choking or something. And her dad had sleep apnea. As for my breathing, I have this weird thing (well, I don't know if it's weird or not, frankly I haven't heard anyone complain about a similar thing) is that only one of my nostrils gets clogged up at a time. And when I sleep on my side (which is the only comfortable sleeping position for me), gravity will make all the mucus shift to the bottom nostril. Like it will literally drip down to the lower sinus allowing me to breathe freely out of the other nostril. It is highly annoying.