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I have terrible memory issues that seem to be hereditary. The things that help the most are having a daily routine and minimizing things that might sidetrack me mid-task. If someone asks me a question while I'm carrying something, it's pretty likely the thing will be lost.
Stimulants would be more useful for maintaining focus on a task like filling out forms or mathematics work. I don't think they necessarily help with general memory issues, but all these things together make it much easier to maintain focus.
The single biggest contributor to focus, memory, and mental health issues for me personally is sleep quality. If you snore, or you wake up with back or leg pain, etc., that carries over and adds up over time. There's no magic bullet, just a lot of incremental improvements that don't seem to do anything on their own.
Ahh thanks for this. Yes, seeing as the main thing stopping me from getting sleep is that my brain sees it as a 'boring' activity, I can see stims helping this as a knock-on effect.
Also important to get yourself physically tired at least every day, especially with prescription stimulants. If you don't, you will have trouble sleeping and back to square one ๐
I believe amphetamines actually make memory worse.