My memory/concentration difficulties. [View All]

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In the last couple of years, notably the last year, my short term memory has become very bad. I will sign on the computer to search for something, and forget why. At work, I will go into a database to make an entry, only to discover I had already made the entry. I am constantly walking into rooms to get something, and can't remember why. I feel like when I try to retain any new information, that something I need to remember will be forgotten.

I am very happy in my job, and happy with my life situation, so I am sure it is not depression.

I was watching a special, I think on MSNBC about memory, and it had a segment on PTSD, and how it effects memory.

In '91, I served in Iraq, and witnessed some bad stuff. For a few years after, I would categorize myself as very hyper-vigilant and un-trusting. I never really had nightmares, and I wouldn't think about it all the time, but for a long time, I felt like I always had to be on guard.

I now consider myself to be fairly well-adjusted, and a pretty happy person, but my memory is really starting to concern me, as I am only 34.

So, I had an MRI done, and my neurologist is going to check them out.

I just wonder if the effects of something that happened over 14 years ago are just now starting to show themselves.

Guess I am just thinking in writing form here, wondering if anybody has experienced something along the same lines.

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