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What Causes Memory Loss?

Hi! I’m a 27 year old female who has been having memory issues over the last two years. The most frustrating part about it is sometimes I will lose something almost as soon as I pick it up. For example, not once, but twice now (both this year - several months apart) I have come home in the morning and then shortIy after went to leave again and couldn’t find my keys and had absolutely no memory of what I may have done with them. I couldn’t even remember taking them out of the ignition. In both cases, I left my car door unlocked (which is extremely odd because I NEVER do that) and neither set of keys were ever seen again. I’ve even gone as far as to remove the entire seats frOm my car to look for them. I also used magnets in hard to reach areas where metal parts didn’t prevent me from doing so. One last brief example is what happened just before I decided to come in here and ask for something me insight and is a perfect example of the kinds of things that happen nearly every day! I picked up the saw and the multimeter to move out of the backyard and into the garage. Just a few steps into the garage, I put the saw on the work bench. Then, I walked the last couple of Steps over to where I needed to use the mutimeter, sat down, and realized it was gone! I remember picking it up. I remember settling the saw down. But, I have absolutely no memory of doing anything else with the multimeter after I picked it up! I still can’t find it! I literally only walked a few steps in total so there’s only so many places it could be. It’s not even like the garage is that messy! When I do find the multimeter, I’m hoping to psychoanalyze the heck out of the reason why I set it where I set it so that maybe it will give me some clues as to where my keys my be lol. Thanks in advance for your time!
Wed, 31 Jan 2018
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Dear user
Welcome to HCM
We understand your concerns
I went through your details. At your age, Memory problems like amnesia are not common. Many young people are having problems with memory. These problems are either they are too busy or due to anxiety and stress. Busy people use organizers or employ a personal assistant because they can't remember every task. You need to understand this. If you still say, you are having memory problems, we need to check your memory using memory test.
If you require more of my help in this aspect, please use this URL. http://goo.gl/aYW2pR. Make sure that you include every minute details possible.
Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications.
Good luck.
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What Causes Memory Loss?

Dear user Welcome to HCM We understand your concerns I went through your details. At your age, Memory problems like amnesia are not common. Many young people are having problems with memory. These problems are either they are too busy or due to anxiety and stress. Busy people use organizers or employ a personal assistant because they can t remember every task. You need to understand this. If you still say, you are having memory problems, we need to check your memory using memory test. If you require more of my help in this aspect, please use this URL. http://goo.gl/aYW2pR. Make sure that you include every minute details possible. Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications. Good luck.