Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => Personal Experiences => Topic started by: Minniemouse on April 16, 2019, 06:23:50 PM
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Can anyone say whether it's too much or too little of oestrogen or progesterone that causes the lack of concentration and awful memory? It's so difficult to carry on with a normal life - working full time in a very stressful and noisy environment :-\
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I don't know but I've had a mushy head for years :-\
Last week DH bought some jewellery and after 2 days I'd had forgotten what it looked like :'(. I keep telling myself it's as we have a lot happening, never thought of it as hormonal :-\
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Can anyone say whether it's too much or too little of oestrogen or progesterone that causes the lack of concentration and awful memory? It's so difficult to carry on with a normal life - working full time in a very stressful and noisy environment :-\
My memory is till ok apart from going blank on people's names sometimes and finding it harder to learn/retain foreign language vocab. However my concentration has suffered. When sitting at my desk at work, it is hard to make myself get on with a piece of work. My mind wanders. It will be interesting to see whether the HRT makes any difference.
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Hi
My memory is awful , I now write myself notes and leave them all around the house so I don't forget anything and I get days I've forgot where I've left the notes 🙈
I dunno what it is lack If but to me it's just part of the menopause
I thought after 5 yrs post menopause maybe it would get better in time but up to now no it's just mushy head and forgetting everything
I'm 51 dear live me when I'm 61 😂
Kaz
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Thank you so much for helping me to feel better by sharing! I do write everything down now, but I just can't concentrate -and it's essential for my job that I do :'(I hate this more than any of the other menopausal symptoms
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Birdy-your post could've been written by me. It's terrifying. I find I'm permanently tired too-sleeping 8 hours at night with very vivid dreams ( if I wake for the loo it's very difficult to get back off, it's like a video playing in my head) and i feel hung over getting up in the morning, woozy and foggy headed, not really waking up till lunch time (when I've been at work 4 hours) does this ring a bell with anyone? :o
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It's also interesting to read other posts which say about thyroid issues-because from starting HRT I also started with overactive thyroid, which has now settled after medication for some time ( I no longer need to take it). However, both my GP and my consultant both claim there is no link :-\
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Birdy
My memory must be the worse I've just lost a bottle of Leonor from last week and just found it there 5 minutes ago ..... in the freezer 🙈😱🙈
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Does Lenor freeze well?! ;D my memory is so awful now that it would be pointless to be in a quiz and i just seem so vague about things, it's like I'm not with it. Been so lovely to not be at work this bank holiday and not worry about it-i feel such pressure at work which makes the whole thing worse.
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Hi
Not as well as shampoo or conditioner but yes it freezes 😂
Was so angry with myself too as it the new new Leonor £5 for small bottle
I let it defrost but the smell wasn't there I binned it ..
I've found plasters , hand cream , even bloody dogsctreats ebded up in freezer 🙈
Keep going ladies we will become normal one day I'm sure of it 😂😂
KAZ X
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Thyroid surely is a hormone - therefore ? :-\ ?
My concentration is shot. Talking to a neighbour on Wed. whose cousin has moved to somewhere in Yorkshire beginning with an "r" - I intended to look up the place and do a google walk :-\ . The name of the town has escaped my brain :-\.
I know it's full of Mum's challenging behaviour .............. but I would like a small space left for 'me'!
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For me it is. This isn't a recent problem :-\ :'( .......... I've tried to ignore the issues. I can make excuses for it. But 4 me it is becoming a problem.
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I suspect it's age and/or low oestrogen. When I was on too much my insomnia and anxiety returned but I didn't notice a difference in brain function.
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This is different 4 me than an 'age' issue. I know when it's age related, i.e. going into a room but forgetting what I've gone to collect ::) but I can enjoy a day out but the next day, can't remember where we've been. This has been happening for about 3 years and more recently, buying items one day then forgetting what I purchased the next; or putting an item down and completely forgetting it until it pops up weeks later. DH bought a small antique 2 weeks ago and a few days later was talking to me about the item and I had no recollection.
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I agree CLKD, this does feel different. I used to regularly go to quizzes, but now I find I cannot think of the most basic things-common knowledge things. My husband will tell me I've seen a film or programme and i would swear I never have-i just have no recollection. The scary thing for me is I can't join tasks together anymore-i have to concentrate to do one thing, but trying to remember something else is impossible. Apparently it does get better after menopause-i truly hope so.
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Minniemouse - similar then, are we twins :D
I've never had good recall hence the need to make lists :-\ but this is something different.
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I do get some comfort from knowing I'm not alone, thank you :)
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Never alone on here :D - sort of, if you can't beat 'em?
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Why :o :-\ ....... as old as my tongue and a little older than me teef
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I have definitely become forgetful. It seems to be one of the last symptoms to have kicked in for me over the last 8 months. And also I am so so so clumsy. I've always been a bit like that especially before a period but this is ridiculous. I have fallen over my own feet twice in the last week.
I keep walking into the doorframes in my flat. Everything I touch I break or drop or knock over. It's like my coordination has upped and left.
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Hiya birdy! I wonder what makes us more clumsy. I never kept a calander track on my periods but always new it was due because, apart from all the physical symptoms the clumsiness would kick in.
Thinking about it, the way I feel all the time now is like being constantly pre menstrual.
Xxx
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It's like being a toddler again :)
Recently me and my mum bought a cake for someones birthday and she was like ",no no no I'll carry it, you'll drop it". Shes 80 and she had to hold me up when I did a good impression of bambi on ice while we were out shopping.
I was driving her car and pulled the gearstick out, then I shut my hand in the door and trod on her bad toe at the same time. Shes safer going out without me!!!
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I have been clumsy for years. I can fall upstairs :o
My concentration is over-taken by issues with Mum - her apparent concerns and moans. So much so that I sent a PM to the wrong person :-\ who is probably wondering whether I have lost the plot completely. She's probably correct, this week at least :-X
I see that there has been a 'survey' or something regarding women who have recently been delivered of a baby and how they get mushy brain afterwards, Zoe mentioned meno-brain on her programme in the same article. No one asked me :D
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Crikey CLKD. Maybe I've had a baby. I must've put it somewhere. I need to retrace my steps :)