IS YOUR MEMORY FAILING? DON’T FORGET TO TELL ME!

WHILE deciding what to write about this week, I thought about mentioning the fact I’d recently been hit by dreadful memory problems.

There are just total blanks. Names of people I’ve known for ages, films I’ve seen, or even words for things – all gone.

Oddly, my husband, friends and a fair few patients are complaining of exactly the same thing.

And then, horror of horrors, it dawned on me that I’d written about this bizarre brain fog just a few weeks back, but I’d forgotten about it.

Is it Covid? Stress? Age-related cognitive decline (it shouldn’t be, as I’m in my 40s). I really have no idea.

Have you been struck by inexplicable, uncharacteristic memory difficulties?

I’d like to hear your stories – and theories about the causes. Write to me at DrEllie@mailonsunday.co.uk.