Gentle hug for you Ziggy...… What about writing things down when you do think of them and then take a note to your doctor

I really struggle with memory loss as well..... I don't know the answer.....I've struggled with it for several years and I now just sort of accept it

I do a lot of things by rote and keep things in the same place all the time... I find ways to compensate for it......xo

Ziggy, I think Sun has given you a great tool. It is a way to remind yourself. The doctor will work with you on the disassociating. Comforting hugs.

I had the same problems when my PTSD was at its height. I couldn't remember how to do basic tasks at work that I did regularly. I had to ask people who I had trained how to do these things when I'm the one that trained them! It was so embarrassing. I ended up writing myself step by step guides on how to do everything at work. I would forget how to drive to places I regularly went. I'd forget where I was going while I was driving. I forgot ENTIRE PEOPLE! All the time! People would see me in the elevator and ask me how I was doing, how my dog was, how this and that was. Things specific to my life. Like they obviously knew all about me. I had no clue who they were. They didn't look or sound familiar to me. This happened repeatedly. I ended up going to see a neuropsychologist and went through all kinds of testing to see if something was seriously wrong with my brain. He attributed it to the PTSD. Things have gotten a lot better since then. But I still do write myself a lot of lists and notes. That's what I'd recommend doing. As your PTSD slowly improves, your memory will get better. You can also try vitamins.

Lists, notes, nutrition, gentle exercise, making myself focus on something essential (counting my steps as I walk or my breathing as I do anti-anxiety breathing) and letting myself cry like I need to cry, asking otheres to be my back-up on tasks (like taking my epilepsy meds and PTSD meds on time!)... I even have a chart for every day/week/month to keep things in as much order as possible. Meds, appointments, chores, whatever. It's kinda dauntijng but then I get more confident when I do things and check them off and it's helped me.

So, anyway, support and hope for you.

Ziggy, I've got a stiff case of PTSD, too, from 3 categories--domestic violence, sexual assault, and combat. Memory is a big problem for me, too.

That's why though there is more modern technology out there and I do own a smartphone, I still cling to my old Palm Pilot and keep computers going that are old enough to sync with it. That's where I keep all of those lists and notes Leo mentions above.

I teach for a living, so every night before classes I make a script for the next day. A real script, where I write what I'm going to say tomorrow or I'll forget.

I often lose my place several times in every class every day up in front of a classroom of 25 students or so. But since I project my script up on a screen overhead for me and the whole class to see, I find my place again and keep going.

My HR director and my college VP both have been informed formally on the record that I have PTSD and I'm under Americans with Disabilities Act protection. However, I teach a full load of classes like any other instructor.

When I go to the doctor, I write a script out for that ahead of time, too.

I don't have much to add to the above posts. Just some added assurance that you are not alone. As frustrating as the memory problem is, it can be managed.

Gentle support while you find what works for you.

I started crying when I read agent smiths post....when I last had a job....I lost my way in the car with the children I looked after.....I knew the way so well....but I just couldn't remember....until just now I had forgotten this....I hadn't connected directly with ptsd

omg I am remembering things I had forgotten....my friend was so badly abused she told me one day she couldn't see the trees any-more

I have been isolated so long all the things I have suffered are falling into place