Kind of...I'm caring for my sister who has that problem...it's very frustrating. Do you know what caused your problem and whether you are expected to improve?

for me it was electroshock therapy. i can only hope to improve with time

I've lived with the condition for more than half my life and most people never know. At first it was hard to keep track of everything but I learned habits and routines to cope. Even with it I managed to make an excellent living. It's not as bad as you think at first. I used a PDA for years and now the android. Make plenty of notes and have a sense of humor, it helps. Also, get a diary and try to write in it everyday.

I do keep a list in my pocket for the worst days - Which will become fewer and fewer as you learn. (Half an index card)

You have Anterograde Amnesia

Step 1: Find your phone.
Step 2: Check the current time/date
Step 3: Follow your list for today.

Important things to keep in mind
#1: More time has passed than you realize.
#2: Chances are, you've already told someone the same information multiple times.
#3: When something triggers a memory, write it down ASAP.

I'd be happy to answer any further questions and I hope some of this helped.

Yesterday78, I keep thinking you replied yesterday! well anyway, I have also had anterograde amnesia most of my life and love what you wrote. It's all true!

Yes, I am addicted to stationary, everywhere I go I write it down as I go about my day, everything I need I can refer too, and I have to say things like the new Ipad are great for us......

I was just given a tablet but don't know how to use it yet, and frankly it kind of freaks me out a little to think about launching a whole new system. I just write myself notes all day long, keep small notebooks in pockets, everywhere, for jotting things down, scads of 3x5 cards, computer stickies, etc., and a pocket calendar. Every day I check my calendar and check all my pockets for notes - to see what I said I was going to do, etc. Being organized is essential and not easy. I've been coping with Anterograde Amnesia for decades - all in all, I would not trade my life for anyone else's. Good to have a sense of humor and love just being alive. Be kind and loving, do your best, so you can live in the present without regret, without apology.

Allow me to introduce myself, i have BOTH types of amnesia. Yes I won lotto in my life. Amnesia is described to us as all the things in the past that collectively make up a personality (long term memory's) and then there people who can't make memories these are people who look at peoples faces and can't remember who you are.

I was born without a mental scratch pad memory and then at the age of 32 had a seizure and lost all long term memory.

How best too deal with it all ??????

Keep lists, diary's, iPads, become emerged in a lot of early intervention products in some ways they can be adapted to work for an adult.

QK

do you sometimes forget that you have amnesia? I hate that! I think oh yeah, I can do this ... duh, no I can't, backtrack ....

But memories don't make a personality - I most definitely have a personality! So do you, alexwood! Glad you have figured out ways to make life work a little easier.

I find it simpler to live a different kind of life than to try to compete in the real world. I try to live in the present and have that be good enough, let others do the dirty work of remembering every little thing that ever happened.

Hi, I'm working on a documentary about anterograde amnesia - if any of you would be interested in talking about it with me, please drop me a message and I'll send you more information. x

I believe I have until grade and Asia as a result of an injury at the age of 10 I'm trying to learn more about it.

My son (24) has anterograde amnesia brought on by a grand mal seizure he had a year ago during a bout of meningitis. (He also has neuro-Behcets hence the recurring meningitis.) The docs told us it would not last long, and it has improved but memory glitches pepper his days. As long as he keeps to a quiet scheduled day its manageable - if there are big changes then his memory deteriorates quickly. He says what he loses most is time - unsure of the day or month and always the time - a few minutes or hours? He has little pictures in his head of things he might have done but has no idea if they are connected or if they happened that day, a memory from a long time ago or something he is planning to do. Those are the days that take the biggest toll on his spirit. Otherwise its usually just lots of small things but cumulatively the emotional impact is big.
One issue is we have no medical support for this - no one to talk to us about it - no help beyond being told "amnesia is not well understood - no answers" which is very frustrating. My son is working with a music therapist 2 x weekly to help cognitive processing & memory. And after huge efforts to get my son's neurologist to make the referral - I did get him into occupational therapy for 6 sessions which helped alot - helped him realize how capable he is. But that has ended and now he's just sort of stuck & I don't know how to help him move forward. (Of course the Covid-19 shut down is stalling out every thing for the moment)
So I'd like to know what kind of doctors you work with? Neurology Rheumatology? Psychology? Some other specialty?
How does your doctor support you? Treatment? Medication? Goals?
Any other suggestions?
Thank you very much - Lulu