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Well @parrotlady , I am 55 and I know that my erm.....my erm.....my erm.............MEMORY! is not as sharp as it used to be.
I guess it would depend on exactly what it is that you are experiencing? Not remembering where you parked the car in a multi storey car park is entirely different to not being able to remember the names of your children (for example).
That sounds a lot like me. do you think i should talk to doc??I have had a thread recently about the same thing.
I was rereading a series of books but couldn't remember the last two books, it's like I never read them.
Memory problems can be caused by many things including being ill!
Wether T2 affects your memory, I'm not so sure!
hi @urbanracer i cant really explain. i just dont feel i can remember as clear as i used to. its like im thinking through fog sometimes. !!!!
love your pic a fellow biker. what do you ride. i follow my husband as pillion on his R1
That sounds a lot like me. do you think i should talk to doc??
thanks for that. youve given me hope that maybe i can get through this. i feel such a fool sometimes when i dont know whats going on. it is scaryI had this in the couple of years between developing T2 and really getting on top of my blood glucose levels. I STILL have no memory of a lot of what went on during that time. I always called it brain fog. And it affected short term memory a lot. I was seriously thinking that I had early onset Alzheimers.
- and my blood glucose wasn't even that high. My HbA1c at the time was around the high 40s.
Once I got on top of things though, I my memory started recording things again.
I hope you find the answer. It was a worrying place to be!
Sounds just like meI can watch a film one night and I've forgotten by the time I've woken up... Same with reading books.. Yet I have really enjoyed the films or books. So its not due to lack of interest.
Moved house last Oct, didn't drive for 4 months but still haven't got a clue where I'm going wven though I really try...
Brain really has diminished..
Yet good memory for other things.
I know both my Mum and my Gran hAve/had bad memories so I just put it down to more bad genes..
No im not on statins just insulin. Im the same i get a complete blank sometimes when I know I should know something. Also working things out like when i did something or went somewhere can be difficult.. ive been wondering if i can try those memory exercises i wonder if they might help. anyone had a go??
It's very common when HbA1c's are high and in hyperglycaemia when your cognitive functions are diminished- a sort of brain fog when you don't take 100% in and that's usually why you have difficulty remembering. I had it for years with HbA1c's between 80-112 mmol/mol.
I should have included it, usually it's quicker to raise your BGs than to reduce them. Sometimes hyperglycaemia goes on for hours whereas hypoglycaemia deteriorates so quickly it can be a hospital admission. I think you knew where I was coming from.If you read up on the affect of hypoglycaemia on the brain, that can be very dangerous as well. My memory fog coincided with my hypo hell, which included hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia and hyperinsulinaemia in the mix.
The list of symptoms is long, which includes, memory loss, forgetfulness, anxiety and depression.
I should have included it, usually it's quicker to raise your BGs than to reduce them. Sometimes hyperglycaemia goes on for hours whereas hypoglycaemia deteriorates so quickly it can be a hospital admission. I think you knew where I was coming from.