Yes, I think this is a very common symptom. I know that my husband is bi-polar type 2 and the most common question he is asked whenever he goes in for a check up in how his memory is doing!

Yes but I'm only 26, surely your husband is much older.

I do ditzy things, as you call them kisses, regularly. It's frustrating. I got so annoyed the other day I just gave up what I was trying to do, plonked on the lounge with a cuppa and watched a DVD and forgot about it.

Wow! You actually walked in and out "seven times!" Sorry if I seem goofy, but I turn around and forget what the hell I was even thinking. My daughter started doing the walk into a room memory fart at age 22...I think that's how old she was when it happened...wait...oh, never mind. LOL/kinda'
Seriously, I place things in the same spots ~ for the most part b/c I get frustrated with myself, not with forgetting, but with me! What is wrong with me?! Why am I forgetting?! I'm not going to be able to live independently!!
It's not true. It happens. Talking with your doctors is always a good idea when things concern you. Be kinder to youself at these moments. If you hold your keys in your hand and don't know what they are(keys), that's a problem. It isn't the end, though.
Best of all please know people who are tired, rushed or hungry go thru these sorts of things a lot!
I have to thank-you for this post too. It affects us all and is good to talk about. :)

I keep track of everyone's everything, but lose my phone, keys and/or glasses on the daily. I blame it on the fact that I am usually moving at 100 MPH. But if you ask me about the paper with the blue writing that you had in your hand 3 weeks ago, I got you.

Hmmm. Yeah it was close to seven times. I started wandering around the house(its only one floor) until my brain clicked and said CLEAN THE BATHROOM!!

Oh and I can't multi task anymore. I used to be an awesome multi tasked. Once when manic I sat at my desk crocheting, reading a book, and scrap booking simultaneously. Don't ask me how I did that. But even in my stable state I could cook and clean and watch t.v. Not anymore. I can barely wash dishes without getting distracted. And it takes all day to clean the kitchen.

I get really forgetful also. I keep a calendar and review it regularly. Daily tasks? Mostly lethargy. I guess I'm getting a little better! It was worse a few months ago, but the new meds are working. Yay new meds!

Me too

I walk into rooms and forget why I was there. I leave the house and come back about 4 times before I actually leave the place. I lost my backpack...on my back.

I hate to be one of "those people," but I am going to be, I think the food we eat is poison, I really don't trust most of the food being put into grocery stores these days. How can such a well fed nation as the U.S. have such unhealthy people?

i agree with geo, we do need to keep away from processed food and all that sugar in everything. try having a few cups of coffee - it is supposed to be very good for the memory and also for staving off alzheimers. a conversation with my daughter a few years ago ran something like this 'you know the thing for keeping food really cold?' 'a fridge?' 'no, the other thing.' 'a freezer.' 'yes!' that's the word i was looking for.' I thought I was going nuts. it turned out to be a result of one of the meds i was on at the time. Lithium quite literally gave me brain fog, i couldn't read or concentrate very well and it didn't help with the disease at all so i gave that up, i also started to self-harm on lithium. as has been said, i would talk to your pdoc about meds etc. and see where to go from there. it could be as simple as taking a particular med at night instead of morning.

My memory is awful...... I have trouble learning new things and it freaks me out as my mom had Alzheimer's ....sigh..... It's the pits!!.....xo

Kisses I thin memory problems are more complex than your overdose...

We live in a world of pretty much constant distraction so we are unable to focus and I think our memories suffer...

We also do several things simultaneously which is also awful for concentration...

Cut yourself a break....

Thanks all. Glad I'm not the only one