My memory.. can anyone relate?

[Softoprider]

I am of a certain age and I know as we get older we do become more forgetful. I am not talking about the usual type of stuff where we call family members by any other name.........
I will be mid-sentence and about to use a descriptive word and open my mouth to say it and realise I know what I want to say but have forgotten the word.
Hours later I will remember it.
I look at a flower and know it. I can't remember its name. I feel tortured. Later the name pops into my head.
I forget my PIN. I have strategies to remember it and they do not work. I have sat in the supermarket with a trolley full of shopping. I have tried the PIN and have once chance left. I have cried. My daughter and my partner both have the PIN. One time neither of them answered their phones and I had one last try and remembered it.
I actually tried to drive my car away with the petrol nozzle still in the car.
There are other instances which are too outing to mention.
I lose things in the house. I have strategies in place but since I do not know I am going to lose the item I don't remember to use the strategies.
I am getting better at car keys. I hang them up now, but not always as I forget
If my partner asks me to buy tobacco when I am shopping I always forget
If I go shopping I need a list or I get there and my mind goes blank.
I forget people's names. I forget people. I call my dog another name and wonder why I did that

Yesterday I had a memory test at the doctor's and passed with flying colours. So where do I go from here?

Have you had any blood tests? Low B12 for example can cause brain fog. I didn’t realise quite how brain fogged I’d become until I had a course of B12 injections. It was like a cloud lifting from my brain.

I think I will have to go back to the doctor and ask what is the next step. That is if I remember to do it. I'm not being funny here - I booked the first memory test and then forgot about the appointment. Sometimes I can't remember what I did this week. I remember if prompted but otherwise no.

Menopause can cause brain fog.
Low Vit B can cause brain fog.
Various autoimmune conditions can cause brain fog.
Carbon monoxide poisoning can cause brain fog.
Anxiety/stress can cause brain fog.

You get where I'm going, it can be any number of things causing it and most are fixable/can ease it. Please make a GP appointment.

i’m perimenopausal
& i used to be so sharp. Half the time, I don’t know if I mean consistency or efficiency🙄 it will be in my head what the context of the conversation is, I just can’t find the word.

I can’t go to a shop without a list
i get names slightly wrong - called someone Veronica the other day instead of Vanessa
i lose everything- purse, phone etc.

I’m just not on the ball anymore.

Menopause caused these symptoms for me. The brain fog was horrific until I started HRT.

I'm way past menopause now. I was not like this before.