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@royanthony
Hi Roy,
The same happens to me — just to remind you, we have the same type of epilepsy syndrome: temporal lobe epilepsy on the left side. I remember so many things from the past so clearly, yet I often struggle with my short-term memory.
Nowadays, I make notes of everything important and rely on lots of reminders on my calendar and phone.
Curious to know, how do you cope with it?
Chris

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@santosha The following seems long to read, but you may be happily surprised. I've gotten into the habit each day of using inexpensive yellow 3"x3" sticky notes for all things I need to remember for the immediate future. I might have 10 going at one time. At the end of the day, I collect them all into a pile, toss the ones I don't need as I've already done what's on the yellow note. Then, I take what's not been tossed and hand-write the list of items I need to remember or do onto a 5"x7" lined yellow pad. Some of these notes (reminders) may be redundant for a couple days, but since it's only a couple, your task or something you need to remember eventually goes away (tossed). This makes me feel good that I've gotten a few things accomplished EVEN if I only transfer my notes on to the 5"x7" pad. I guess it's psychological for me, but it works. I nearly never forget to do things that should be remembered for only 1 or 2 days. I hope this helps somebody. If you try and have success, please let me know. I'd feel like I helped someone. Thanks