My short term memory is very bad - is this normal?

[JennyPennyNAPPYWEB]

I know everybody talks about "baby brain" for the first year of having a baby etc. And I do have 2 under 2s. But I am not sure this is as simple as that and I am thinking about seeing my GP. But I don't really like seeing her so thought I would ask on here.

My long term memory is OK as far as I know. But short term I get very confused. I can be watching a TV program and DH can ask me what has happened so far, and often I can't tell him . For the last 2 days I have thought that I hadn't watched eastenders and it turned out I had . Today I was even wondering why eastenders hadn't been on and went to record the repeat on sky+ and then suddenly realised I had watched it an hour ago.

I am constantly getting distracted from things in the day, go to get something and can't remember what it was I was going to, reading emails and forgetting to reply (which is causing issues as I run an online buissness!), forget to do things I need to do, like I have forgotten to turn up to 2 things on freecycle this week. I HATE people who don't turn up, but I honestly just completly forgot about it untill I got an email as to why I didn't come. I am usually so realiable with things like that, but the last few months I just don't seem to be able to keep things in my head?

I am quite tired, which doesn't help, but I am not convinced thats it.

I was working tonight at 7pm, and suddenly remembered at 5.30pm - it had completly slipped my mind, dispite the fact I had sorted childcare etc.

I also have unpaid bills and very poor organisation with paperwork etc. DD2 is 7 months and still haven't got child benefit sorted, despite doing it 10+ times, but I always forget to post the forms, or forget to enclude something or something like that, Its so stupid. We are skint and its so simple!

I could go on and on with examples but don't want to make it too long.

What does everybody think? Baby brain? Or need to be checked on?

I can't say Jennypenny. It can't hurt getting it checked out. But I'd note that - you're posting this past midnight and tired does not help. and 2. (I may be completely wrong about this - it sounds like a chauvinist joke) but as i've got older / had kids (not sure which it is) I cannot hold things in my memory so well when it's my period. (to be frank about it). Could that be it? I mean like you describe. I was driving recently and looked up the route. I needed the A108 (or whatever) and then literally straight away I had no idea what A road I needed. I had to read it 5 times and even then I was not entirely sure.

Get your thyroid checked! You are in the prime time zone for thyroid to be underactive and you sound exactly like how I used to be until I went to the doctor's convinced I had early alzheimers!
Google hypothyroid and check other symptoms (which include fatigue) and see what you think.

I would start driving somewhere and forget where I was meant to be going!

What muppet said, get your thyroid tested - same thing happened to me. I'd get lost in my own neighbourhood and I couldn't add (had trouble with 7+4 once, eek).

Thanks I will definatly get that checked. My Mum has an underactive thyroid and it can run in the family! So that is a good suggestion!

I dont think its an aging thing as I am only 22! But do have 2 under 2s.

I know I am often up late posting on here but I work in a pub and only pop on for 10 mins when I get in really.

Thanks for all the replies

oh wow i have the exact samet hing! i have always just put it down to baby brain,but my memory really is dire

maybe i'll get myself checke dover too

You are right Jenny - it's not an ageing thing - sorry - hope you didn't think I meant you were old!!! I'm only in my early 30's but what I meant by suggesting you were in the prime time zone for it is that it is often triggered by childbirth (mine was) and mothers can struggle on for years putting it down to just having young children when it's something more...

If it is in your family it's defo worth keeping an eye on anyway as it hashimotos can run in families.

I was like you when I had aneamia. It stopped when i started on my iron tablets. I used to get so confused, I once nearly picked up some shopping from the shelves as i was walking out of the supermarket.
I couldn't remember anything, and forgot everybody's birthdays.
I also couldn't remember the right words for things- i remember telling my dd to not sit on the sleeve of the sofa because I couldn't remember the word for arm.
It was all very weird.
I am now back to normal( or as near as I'll ever be )
Get your iron levels checked too

purepurple - I do have aneamia - found out when pregnant. I do take iron some days but TBH it makes me throw up and think it does more harm than good. Spatone is fab and does make me feel better, but I need 2 a day making it about £12 or so per week! My doc won't prescribe it to me and we can't afford that (We are litterally scrapping our pennys together to buy food at the moment )

same as purple - I'm anaemic too and when I am, my memory's absolute crap. Have you tried going back to another gp or elsewhere to ask for a different version of iron tabs? It's well known that different versions of iron meds are right for different people. I take pregaday but I'm not pregnant, that's just the way that it works for me. Nag for a different one.