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Sydney, AU

Hi guys I want to know how you all cope with memory loss/issues. And what do you do to help yourselves? Is there any medication you can take to help it? Because it drives me crazy!

July 18, 2016
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A MyMSTeam Member

my boys call me the sticky note queen. I even have computerized sticky notes on my lap top desk top screen. I have a calendar everywhere in my house. I use my phone calendar all the time and set alarm reminders. My friends know not to call me on the phone but to text or email me. I loose my train of thought talking on the phone, if i have to go to the lou I have been known to totally forget i was on the phone... get in the habit of writing things down ..I keep a pad of paper by my bed, in my purse etc..i even send emails to myself with information. My mom was diagnosed with Alzheimers the same year i was with MS..I went for cognative testing a couple years after and I was so worried I had early onset Alzheimers...I was so relived when I was told it was due to MS...funny how perspective changes

July 18, 2016
A MyMSTeam Member

Lol I remember my neighbor's name because she annoys the hell out of me like Sandy squirrel. Definitely word association works most of the time. Habitually and ritualistically placing some things in certain places also helps me. I have a basket beside the front door where I place my keys for instance. I put reminders to appointments in my phone calendar. If my kids want me to remember something, I remind them that my memory sucks...text it to me. In one ear out the other is the ms way. Lol

July 18, 2016
A MyMSTeam Member

Isn't MS a beautiful thing

July 20, 2016
A MyMSTeam Member

Lol, he knows it's at the top. It's a lol

July 20, 2016
A MyMSTeam Member

What was the question again?

July 20, 2016

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