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Memory loss, zero concentration…

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Forgetmenot12 · 05/05/2025 20:13

I’m 46 and in the last couple of months or so have really started to struggle with concentration and my memory… I feel like I’m losing my mind! I’ve always been a bit of a procrastinator, but these last few weeks have been something else- I literally can’t seem to concentrate on anything for more than a few minutes. My job requires quite a lot of focus and ‘thinking’ on my own so it’s really starting to have an impact, I start a task and within minutes without even realising my mind has wandered and I’ve started doing something completely unrelated. It’s like my mind has gone off on a tangent of its own.

I’m also frequently losing things, finding I’ve put something down somewhere completely random… I never used to do this.

Does this sound like peri brain fog? Or should I be worried about something else? Sometimes I feel like I’m going crazy. If anyone has any tips for how to manage this I would be very grateful!

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redfishcat · 05/05/2025 20:54

Peri or low Vitamin D.
Get a blood test to check all vitamins as low B12 can also cause brain fog

Forgetmenot12 · 06/05/2025 09:10

Thanks, that’s interesting- I think a GP appointment might be in order in that case. I’ll definitely need to do something as I can’t carry on like this!

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DeanElderberry · 06/05/2025 11:31

Definitely GP appointment, but while you are waiting get some multi-B vitamins (all the supermarkets sell them, they're cheap) and take one last thing at night with a small glass of milk. At least two hours after your last alcohol/tea/coffee- any of those flush the Bs (which support each other, hence not boosting one on its own) out of your system.

Can't harm you, might help you.

SeaToSki · 06/05/2025 11:41

Also get your thyroid levels checked…tsh and thyroid antibodies

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