Is there leakage in my brain? (Memory loss)

[unique135]

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I don't know if this is normal or not, but the things that I have/had understood, researched and memorized are gone in 3-4 months (sometimes partially or completely blank).

It's frustrating that even after learning and knowing, I don't know it. And now, I feel compelled to go through my important textbooks and review my concepts...Ahhh

Have you say about yourselves (wasn't asking for diagnosis/treatment...lol).

 

[ChemEngSoonMD]

I don't know if this is normal or not, but the things that I have/had understood, researched and memorized are gone in 3-4 months (sometimes partially or completely blank).

It's frustrating that even after learning and knowing, I don't know it. And now, I feel compelled to go through my important textbooks and review my concepts...Ahhh

Have your say.

Forget about talking to your family doctor, lets the psychics on SDN diagnose your problems.

 

[CoolWhipp]

There's leakAge in your brain and there's nothing you can do about it.

 

[Yudid]

I have the same problem. I learn and memorize everything before exam but after it all that stuff evaporates... Plus, every time before exam i get very nervous, my hands sometimes shake and heart goes faster... I think one day i'll get a heart attack at the beginning of exam...

 

[insane]

Its college you memorize concepts for the exam and promptly forget after the exam. I'm sure you haven't forgotten it, they are probably deactivated, like me with physics equations and functional groups in chem, I "forget" them almost every summer for the last 4 years, but I just have to look at the page or sheet of functional groups or equations and they pop back in my head in one read. Chances are its like a foreign language its just deactivated. Last spanish class I took was 2 years ago, but I may be taking one next semester, so I started reactivating my spanish, and I'm picking up surprisingly fast, I should be back up to speed in a matter of weeks. The same thing probably happens to you, I'm guessing, you can pick it back up in a short time.

 

[akinetopsia]

Paging Dr. Shawn Spencer and his personal candy striper, Nick Nack.

Seriously, when you study, are you studying for understanding or just studying for memorization of key terms/bolded terms? I think there is a difference and to get things into long-term memory, you really have to actively read and study for understanding not rote memorization/regurgitation. If you can study/read something well enough that you can explain it to someone else, then you've got it down and it will be easier to recall later. YMMV.

 

[Compass]

It is natural that you forget most of the information you learned within 6 months if you do not continue reviewing it.

 

[Isoprop]

It could be a sign of early-onset dementia. You should totally go to your primary care doctor and demand an MRI.

[kidding]

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