I’ve actually had people ask if I’m having early altheimers or dementia. My epilepticologist says no it’s b/c of all the seizures you’ve had, scar tissue, and surgery. I’ve lost short term but I have long term from childhood through college. I have bits and pieces of the last 21 yrs

I have forgotten some of my most important dates in my life, friends, things I have done an hour prior, you name it, and it still cannot remember them

Same here. Its painful when my daughter asks if I recall something or my wife tells me a story of something we did a decade ago and i have no clue or recollection. Im only in my mid 20s and feel like I have early Alzheimer's symptoms.

I, myself write a daily
diary. I write down;
1. What i eat 4 ea. meal
2. Appointments
3. What i need to get/buy
4. I even keep a page on school paper, when
my medicine is due a
refill.
5. I'm a Gpa, & i have to
write Birthdays, etc. or
I can't remember
*i mention writing down, because you can always look back,
(on previous days if U
need to know.)
I write the date, in "RED
Colored Ink--than my notes in blue or black
colored ink, (it makes it easier to see things.

Short and long term memory loss hit me hard when I was around 17. It led to about eight years of mild/moderate depression, and I spent university feeling inconfident, low on self-esteem and struggled to make any new friends like people more often do. It played its part in losing friends because of it too.

From what I can tell on here it could be worse than this though. It's the worst part of my epilepsy, but I'm finding my way around it now.