Hi all,
I started having panic attacks a couple of months ago and have been diagnosed with anxiety since. I have been seeing my gp however i am concerned about my memory, i am really struggling to recall any short term things like if someone asks me what i did this morning or yesterday it would take me a while to remember. My gp says this is common with anxiety and possibly because of dissassociation. Has anyone experienced this? I am so worried i am getting dementia!
Memory loss possibly associated with anxiety
Memory loss possibly associated with anxiety
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Mental Health, Anxiety & Depression
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It is a part of the stress of anxiety / depression. Your body is in survival mode it doesnt have room for anything extra.
I had the same, I thought it was from the baby but it got worse I couldnt remember words for things to make sentences.
I am happy to say I have a good memory and brain working again fine now, although I sometimes feel my IQ took a hit from that time of my life, but it doesnt impact on my life like it did back then.
Thanks for replying that makes me feel much better. Did you do anything to help it or did it resolve itself once the anxiety settled?
I guess it was a holistic approach, once the anxiety was under control everything improved and vice versa as everything improved the anxiety went down. I took all the medication, saw a psychologist, a doctor, started studying, sent my partner packing (he was only gone 4 months but long enough to give me a break and reset the dynamics)
It was a big turning point, the psychologist helped me make a lot of changes and get my life working for me again, feeling sane, and the medication was just necessary to get through in the early days. I look back now and don't even know how I functioned, and I was so hard on myself! I remember my psych saying to me, if you met a lady with all this going on, the sleep, panics, all the worries and pressure, financial, partner, kids, time, would you expect her to be able to have a conversation with you about the weather yesterday? Be as kind and forgiving to yourself as you would be to other people x
Definitely part of anxiety/stress etc. I've experienced this.