Since my pregnancy I noticed my memory is getting worse and worse, at first I assumed it was part of the process of becoming a mother as so many people experience the same so I just put the problem at the back of my mind and started making jokes about being so forgetful. What worries me is that things are not getting better at all and not only do I found myself at the shop with absolutely no idea what I was looking for, but have experienced things that I are a bit worse:
-Have spent 3 months working on a huge essay, one month later I don't remember what was the subject, and couldn't remember it for almost a week.
- Have started mixing words that are totally unconected for example bed and box, dog and block and many times I can take up to a minute to remeber the name of something as simple as a stappler.
-My spelling is disaster, now I need to write down every single diferent option for a word before being able to choose the correct one.
- I have started having problems using verbs like to say " did you got..." etc.
- I'm getting very stressed as I feel that if I don't do the things immediatly I am going to forget or even simple things as taking note in class is a disaster, I can not write down more than 4 words without forgeting what was the phrase I wanted to write down or even worse, without being able to remember what was the phrase about.
- I have started writing everything down but, guess what? I forget where did I write it or forget that I did.
I have mentioned these things to several doctors and they say that is normal and is part of becoming a mother but the problem is definitively becoming an issue as I am not able to cope with my studies and job, and very often find myself sobbing about the fact of how helpless and useless I feel...
Does any body can throw some light onto the matter or suggest something else then ginko bilova (SP??)
Thank you very much.