Memory problems?

[Brenda E]

Six weeks on HRT and I can't remember stuff that I should be able to remember.  At work today, couldn't answer a basic question about something I should have been able to recall like second nature, and it's not the first time things like that have happened.  It's like everything I've learned over the past few years is starting to disappear from memory, and I'm getting bad with names, remembering what I did a couple of days ago, what I need at the grocery store, etc.  My mind is becoming a sieve.

Normal?  Because it sure is annoying.

[suzifrommd]

Brenda, I've never heard anybody having anything that bad. I'd suggest checking with your Dr.

[Jess42]

I have never heard of anything like that either. You may want to check with your doctor. Some things really don't sound normal at all.

[Brenda E]

Uh oh.

I'll give the endo a call. 

[Jess42]

Uh oh.

I'll give the endo a call. 

Yeah that would probably be a good idea Brenda. If they have no answers or seem confused or whatever, then see your regular doctor.

[Kyra553]

Sounds like your inner beach blonde is shining!

I've experienced similar things but in reverse of what your having. Before estro that was how my memory would function some days and on other days I felt like I had a super brain because I could remember everything.  Though I think its caused from a hormonal in-balance because when I inject my estro. I seem to have a solid week of good memory then towards the end of two weeks I'm back to half way remembering stuff.   

[Sammy]

Ummm, I do tend to have issues with short-term memory, like grocery lists and similar stuff. On the other hand, in some aspects, the memory capacity has even increased - like faces, names, dates. Pretty much everything which requires a focused prolonged approach has gotten worse, but I am much better at doing multiple things/remembering details about different tasks and bringing them up at the same time. I am also much better at logic, but it is a different kind of logic...

[JulieBlair]

At six weeks of HRT, I could focus on little else.  My world revolved around pills, breast tenderness, anticipation, anxiousness, outright fear, the list goes on.  What my job was, shoot what my name was, became a jumble.  I wasn't at all sure who I was at that point.  All I knew, all I could relate to, was what was going on in my body and in my mind.  To remember you need to be paying enough attention to record or retrieve what it is that you ought to know.  Sometimes the record/replay button gets broken.

If you're worried, talk to your Dr.  More likely talk to your counselor.  Your life has just taken a quantum leap towards who you authentically are.  It is bound to be confusing for a few months, or as with me, a few years.

Peace,
Julie