Posted by bookgurl99 on June 4, 2002, at 1:06:27
In reply to Re: your working memory » bookgurl99, posted by IsoM on June 3, 2002, at 13:09:53
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> Have you always had a poorer working memory, or is it after the reaction to the med & family stresses that your working RAM (my term for it) became less? If it's always been your weak point, I have a few questions I'd love to ask. And did your therapist have any suggestions for dealing with your small working RAM? Thanks for sharing.
Hey IsoM--Well, I've always been somewhat of an 'absentminded professor' -- forgetful of small things because I ruminate so much in my head. But it isn't until lately that my working memory shrunk.
I may ask my therapist -- but she has resisted believing that I have anything organic happening and believes that anxiety-control will help my symptoms lift in a few months.
Meanwhile, I have been forced to be more organized. Whereas before I could have a very messy space and leave things wherever -- and find them -- I now have to clean up and be organized. I(Have you read _Getting Organized_ by Stephanie Winston? It has great suggestions.)
I met a girl at my school with permanent short-term memory loss due to cancer treatment. She told me she makes it through life with a planner and post-it notes.
How are you handling things?
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