Often times "we" are so wrapped up in ourselves and our anxiety and depression that we are not "in the moment" so later we don't remember things we should. Try to stay focused on what you are dong right then and you will remember more.
Good Luck

MEMORY? WHAT MEMORY?
Seriously, I have no short term memory. It's been erased.

The only trick I know of is writing lists (which I often lose), tape recorders voicemail and journals. If I don't write it down, it's gone............ POOF. I keep notepads EVERWHERE. I have one even in my car and will be jotting in it while driving........... and yes, I have ran off the side of the road while doing it. BUT if I stop to do it, in the time I take to pull over, I forgot what it was that I needed to write.

Or how about just walk across the room to pick up something? In 2 seconds flat, I'm standing there looking like an idiot because I have no clue what it was that I stepped over there to get.

I believe it's mainly because my thoughts are so rapid and so fast, that it's really not my memory. My memory just can't keep up with my thoughts.

Heck, I can hardly even read anymore because my thoughts keep interrupting me. I can read the same line 10 times and have to laugh because after 10 times of one sentence, I still don't know what I just read.

So you're not alone.

but the only tips I have are lists, tape recorders, voicemail and journals. Hope to see some other tips here. I sure could use 'em!

One more that has helped me............... if I remember to do it.

Using my keys for example........... I'm forever losing them. So now when I put them somewhere, I completely focus on it. I mean COMPLETELY. I say out loud, "I am putting these keys..............". I make sure my mind is clear of everything else.

The only fault with that is, I'll wonder if that was yesterday that I put my keys there or the day before.

Please take my advice with a grain of salt. I try so hard to find the humor in part of this. Either it causes anxiety or it causes me to laugh. I never know which one. I guess it depends on how crucial it is at the moment or how late I am.

Like now, I have a new pdoc appointment on the 21st. I need my copy of my health insurance card. Do I know where it is? Not a clue. I just had it two weeks ago.......... thought I knew where it was............ not there. I hope that if worse comes to worse, I can go to my PCP and get his copy of my card.

I've heard memory goes when a person gets pregnant, but come on! I wonder if CRS (Can't Remember Sh**) really is a disorder. I use my cell phone as a notepad, but half the time if I don't think about looking at it to see what I forgot, guess what, I forget. If you find a better way of keeping track, please let me know.