Hi I have always had memory problems since my dx 4 years ago. My ms nurse always put it down to 'working too hard but seeing as I got sacked for being disabled 2 weeks ago, I don’t think this can be it. I am feeling very upset right now as my partner just talked about a local pub with me. My response was ‘I haven’t been there’. Turns out it was the pub we met in. I cannot recall this at all abs I feel so guilty about this. Are there any exercises anyone can recommend to help with this? I already carry a notebook with me and write everything down but even this doesn’t seem to help. I also drive everywhere with a sat nav on as I cannot even remember a route I take at least 5 or 6 times a week. Any advice would be appreciated Thank you
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Hello Natasha,
If it’s of any help at all, when this started happening to me several years ago, I asked my Neurologist/MS team for a referral to a Clinical NeuroPsychologist. Sounds scary, but he put me through a few simple memory tests then together with my husband who was with me, we devised coping strategies to deal with this. You might find that this is a good option - each and everyone of us is different despite the label of MS, so this could be kind of ‘tailor made’ for your own memory problems.
Hope this helps 
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Hi
As Amethystina said, referral to a neuropsychologist might be very useful for you. Meanwhile you are doing the right thing by writing stuff down. Keeping a diary is a good plan too. Even if it’s one you don’t necessarily write in all the time. I have a diary app on my tablet that is a god send. I use it primarily for medical related things, but I’ve been keeping it now for 5 years so there’s useful info in there to refer back to. I also use a calendar, make notes of everything, try whatever I can to keep life organised. Meanwhile, my memory is still dreadful. I can’t follow TV series’ and can’t remember the plot of novels I’ve read relatively recently. But there’s actually a good side to that. It makes reading much cheaper when you can reread the same books even only 2 years later. I’m currently rereading a series of books that I read and enjoyed in 2015.
Sue
This MS Trust page has some tips.