Ok, so I have an anxiety disorder and ocd which mainly attacks my morals. I'm also separated from my husband of 20 years due to his 10 year cocaine addiction, I have 5 children from 20 down to 3.
Also I'm 37, just to note. This all started last year. When I go food shopping I keep coming home with duplicate items. So I shop at different places on the same day, so I'll think " oh we need toothpaste" so I'll buy from one place, then get home and empty the bags and I'll find toothpaste from two different shops. This made me question why I wouldn't remember that I'd already bought previously. My family say it's because I'm a little scatty and rushing usually, but after it happened twice in a short space of time I got scared I could be developing early dementia. I know it would be very rare! My anxious brain went into panic, then I started noting everything odd I'm doing, I tried to open my door by putting the key into the door bell, forgot the name of Robin Williams when I seen a picture of him (it was on the tip of my tongue) I kept saying Mrs doubtfire and all other films he was in.
Basically after calming down by friends and family reassuring me that they too do silly things and it's normal, I kind of forgot and thought my memory was getting better.
Last night after work I unpacked my groceries, which were only a few bits and I'd bought two cartons of juice! I went into complete panic mode, I was hysterical for ages. The bit I find even more strange is that I'd packed them both too and not realised. One thing I will admit, was I was exhausted after finishing work and my husband has also just had another relapse, I was also annoyed with a colleague so that was playing on my mind.
I'm worried I'm going to be too scared to go shopping soon, I'm terrified I could have something wrong with my brain like dementia.