Memory probs in my 20s!

Sunday was interesting. I went to church – that was good. We popped into Tescos afterwards to pick up some drink to take to friends who were feeding us. As we were walking away from the till and towards the exit of Tesco’s I started not feeling right…in a confused sort of way.

It’s the weirdest thing ever to describe: Imagine as well as your normal thought pattern, you have thoughts/memories come into your head, which aren’t relevant and you’re not sure if they really happened or if you just dreamt them. It was a bit like an extreme da javu feeling, but that kept going.

I drove to our friends from churches house. We sat and chatted, and I kept finding that if I did not concentrate on remember what was being said in the conversation, then I would start forgetting what had been said, and therefore loose track of what we were talking about! My short term memory was playing games with me! It did ease off as the afternoon went on, but because I’d found it hard to keep track of the conversation earlier, I found myself repeating what I had said before, because their response was that I’d already told them that!

I felt bad that I couldn’t really say how I was feeling (/thinking) at the time. It’s one thing telling people some thing hurts, they can suggest painkillers or something to relieve it, but how do you tell people your thoughts are all confused and messed up! It’s certainly one way to kill a conversation. I’m afraid my coping mechanisms kick in at these times, and I try to deal with it myself.

I’m not quite sure of what the cause is, but I’ve had this kind of thing a few times before, for varying periods of time. After multiple tests: brain, heart, blood… the only thing that came up as not quite working right was my thyroid, it was borderline underactive. I had a few blood tests (every 3 weeks) which came back borderline, and then one that came back normal, and then did not get asked to have any more blood tests. I did wonder at the if it had been underactive before, could it be again. I don’t claim to understand it. Following Sundays weirdness, I booked another blood test to check my thyroid function, for which blood was taken today. I now wait to see what it shows.

Anyone medical minded out there, if you have any idea of what it might be, please share your thoughts. Just so you know last time I had an MRI and lots of checks on my heart (cos I had ASD closure in Jan 05) with no abnormalities. No other health probs (not diabetic – I’ve checked).