Fit young woman with failing memory?
A young woman(<25) in our office has an appalling memory that seems to be getting worse. She’s very fit, running a lot of marithons, going to the gym most weeks, and she’s a happy and talkative, but has the memory retention that makes a goldfish look bright! Any ideas what medical condition she could have?
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Impossible to say on such little info. Maybe she needs to see her doctor. There are conditions which can affect memory, you don’t have to be old to start having serious memory problems.I, too am 25. About 6 or 7 years ago I began noticing my memory turning bad. I had to focus harder to remember things or write them down more than before. About the same time that I started having memory loss I was diagnosed with epilepsy (I had never had it before then). Although mine are nonconvulsive, I notice that immediately afterwards I cannot retain information at all for about 15 minutes or more. Because of this I think the memory loss is related to the epilepsy. Your friend may have the same situation and not know it (my condition was misdiagnosed for 3 years as migraines). Be patient with her. I’m sure she recognizes it and is probably concerned (and only hope others don’t notice).