It's like trying to hold water in your hands.
The tighter you squeeze, the quicker it's gone.
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Like trying to remember a dream
That's what I usually liken it to
<Reads something I needed to know, nods head vigorously in complete understanding, closes tab...>
...
FUCK!
CTRL + shift + T and I are very well acquainted.
WOAHHHH DUDE! I never heard of Ctrl-Shift-T -- just now tried it. You have expanded my world. Srsly this is awesome.
On Apple devices you can hold down the new tab button in Safari for a list of recently closed tabs as well.
Edit: Shake-to-undo also works for a just closed tab.
The worst was on stumbleupon when I would click "stumble" twice and see the most interesting page ever just to have it replaced with the next stumble. Then if you try to go back, it stumbles again... truly gone forever.
I miss StumbleUpon
I probably wouldn't be here now if it weren't for stumble upon. I had 0 interest in online communities before them. Used it forever (it seemed like) before... stumbling, into their communities. People sharing and discussing the interesting stumbles they found.
I get you meant on Lemmy but I like to imagine StumbleUpon saved your life somehow
Yep. The feeling of knowing you've forgotten something is so annoying, especially when its important
Yes it is the worst and as you age your trying to figure out how much you sorta always did this and if its increasing.
I'm worried that I'll never know if I'm getting Alzheimer's.
There is enough testing now that you probably will. What stinks about it is even if we got some sort of right to die by the time you would want to you would not be competent to and early on if your taken care of its not so bad. Like being a kid again. Later though. oof. would not wish that on anyone.
Is there a test I can take now as a baseline for later comparison?
I realize this is a question for a neurologist or psychiatrist rather than Lemmy, but, you know... USA! USA! USA!
not that I know of but my sister got diagnosed before it hit her to hard and she started on some medication in the hopes of pushing it off. They just asked their primary care.
I've heard of the Brain Health Registry: https://my.brainhealthregistry.org/
But I have no idea how well it works
I'm on medicine right now that generally gives me brain fog. I hate it. Feels horrible. At least it's temporary? Oh wait. Not as temporary as I thought, it can affect (effect?) brain fog for up to 7 years after taking it. Oh. Okay.
7 years??? To me that sounds like it never goes away, people just stop reporting it because they're used to it
It feels like that to me as well! But I have to get rid of the infection so...brain fog it is??
Is that methylphenidate?
Antibiotics and women my age in general was what I was told, but I could be wrong.
It could also be the brain fog making me forget!
ADHD meds causing brain fog? What?
And no, RebekahWSD said in another comment that it was for an infection, so not methylphenidate.
Are you one of those lucky ones where medicine just works on the first try? Perfect dosage day one? Because you'll find many cases of ritalin aka methylphenidate not working for many people, that's why I asked, what with this being the ADHD memes sublemmy. Thanks though for pointing out they answered it elsewhere in the comments 👍
Working on my PC... Remember that I have to do something like pay a bill, open a support ticket etc... I click new tab.... While it's opening I tell myself that I just need to remember for a few more seconds but by the time the tab opens, it's gone. And I just sit there staring at the new tab wondering if it will come back to me.
Easiest way to keep you RAM caches clear.
Never put information in RAM.
Instructions unclear. Dickie stuck in swapfiles.
I just throw my hands up and think "if I need to remember it, something will remind me, hopefully before it's not too late"
I went to the post office today and forgot my own address for a minute.
I get it.
This is what happens to me when I try to do math
that & also when i try to remember any number or name
my history grades always plummeted the second the dates stopped being "probably 2300BC" and the names stopped being one word
This is why I've always enjoyed text chat more. Having an actual log helps immensely.
same horror as realising you have dementia
It's also similar to realising you have dementia.
Happens to me everyday at least few times.
Feels like it's been happening more lately, though usually when I'm trying to sleep.
I've been meaning to talk to people about this, see if it's abnormal, but I always forget...
I’ve gotten used to using Siri for reminders, like “add apples to the shopping list”, but it’s extra frustrating to have 2-3 things to add and forget the third before I get the first two saved.
Haha OMG this is perfectly on target
Nice to see you post a meme that's not deep fried. I like to think that was influenced by me. (lying)
Memes are much better when sauteed in butter with a little white wine. For a zesty change of pace add a dash of nutmeg!
Lol, it's luck of the draw I guess. I do most of my posting from my phone, so sometimes it looks good enough to me, but probably not on a bigger screen.
I mean, I do 99% of my Lemmy time on my phone, too.