Does this ring any bells

[Lucky]

I think I might have had this problem does someone else recognize this problem with memory loss:
http://www.sensiblehealth.com/Journey-01.xhtml
I was born with a photographic memory, but I lost it at the age of 17. Up to the age of 16, I could remember every single word in textbooks that I glanced through just once. I was surprised to learn that I could not do that any more before I finished my high school. Looking back, my very stressful childhood must have congested my liver and my inadequately filtered blood had difficulty flowing up to my brain to nourish my cells. The fact that I fainted in school at the age of 11 indicated that my blood flow to my brain was already sluggish even at an early age. As the years went by with stressful life, my memory kept going down hill and reached the bottom at age 47, the year that I was diagnosed with badly congested liver. When I cleansed out my liver and gallbladder, changed my diet and started doing daily morning exercise, my memory improved. I don't think I will get my photographic memory back, but I did gain back some of my memory power and stopped its deterioration.

[sKePTiKal]

HUH, I suppose that could be one explanation... but not one I'd immediately guess.

My "photographic memory" had a "gap" in it for a certain timeframe. I could describe all kinds of details right up to - and immediately after, continuing on uninterrupted - my experience of trauma. But that was me.

I think any time one starts caring for oneself - overall wellbeing improves (including neurologically). What you're talking about is a mind-body connection, and it's been proven to be very real though how it works is still more mystery than fact. Maybe your memory will continue to improve, as you invest energy in yourself. My healing pace picked up a lot, while I was actively doing tai chi and I was able to connect a lot of tai chi principles to my healing; I "understood" some inner things in the context of tai chi that became (later on) big leaps or breakthroughs, emotionally.

Whatever works, eh?

[Hopalong]

Hi Lucky,

I've found out (at age 60) that I have ADD.

I have ALWAYS been spacey and forgetful, so I can't relate to ever having had a sharp memory. It's part la-la-la I'd rather free-associate than focus on something tedious (entitlement) but partly, just imagination, and partly, laziness.

Now that I'm a bit older, though, it's more acute (short-term memory anyway).

The thing that helps me is to tell myself, ultimately, it doesn't matter. It can be an inconvenience, but it's not a measure of intelligence or worth.

(And the more data I dump, the more room in my head for new things. Or so I tell myself.)

Hops

[Lucky]

In the past I often noticed that the whites of my eyes looked a bit yellow. Sometimes even the skin of my face looked yellow and my brain often seemed to be in a fog. I started taking supplements like chlorella and later borage oil and fish oil. Now I have been using St John's wort for a while. Over time it seems my head has become clearer and I don't have the yellowish eyes any more.