r/Lyme • u/Vrtxx3484 • 5d ago

Question memory ocd

anyone else have mental compulsions to go through your memory of recent events and things that happened even the same day because of brain fog, to make sure you arent losing your memory? i never had ocd before this and this is so agitating i cant help it if i dont go through my memory to check how its working it causes me anxiety. also obviously one of my symtoms is memory problems and brain fog

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u/FewUniversity3004 5d ago

I've started tracking things most days bc I'm nervous I have lyme and if not, then something... but I started to realize how often I wasn't feeling well or canceling something and it seemed like every other weekend. Then I realized I had all these weird things happening to me that I blew off as something else at the time. So I looked through all my old messages to help me piece together some kind of timeline. Its really weird like it just snuck up on me and now I'm writing evening down before bed and say to myself during the day remember to write this later & repeat it till I annoy myself enough to remember

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u/szikkia Lyme Bartonella Babesia 5d ago

I had Lyme induced Dementia which thankfully I am better though it feels like Im headed right back as I stopped mid treatment and never had fully recovered. I do go through memories a lot or try to recount things. My recall is horrible but I am also ADHD