You can also program your cellphone to tell you about important times and dates. Also, when I study for a test I use flash cards.
SilkieChicken I do not envy you at all. I am a psych major, and I am not looking forward to the days of interning during the day and then going to class until 10pm. Hopefully my internship will be local. The school itself is far enough away, would hate 300 miles.
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Oh my! I think my blood pressure shot up just reading all that! I love to make lists too. It makes forgetting something less likely. I have a some what organized/chaotic method I guess. Some things are very organized and others are just, well, chaos! I will make it a point to get a planner tomorrow and write down when what is due and go from there. I like knowing what is going on.
Thanks and kudos to you for being able to accomplish so much!
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I have that severely. Almost to the point of feeling like I have early Alzheimers. Its scary. I did read somewhere that not getting the sleep your body needs will cause memory loss so I tried going to bed earlier. I laid in bed tossing and turning for hours and did me no good. I am a night owl and I feel more alert and active after 10 pm. Poor DH finally quit hollering at me @2am to come to bed.
Know exactly what you mean there, too. I'm very much a night owl; my husband is a "lark". He is used to bouncing out of bed bright eyed & bushy tailed at around 5 a.m., while I'm more of the "go to bed by 5 a.m." type.
He has worked nearly all his life on boats (towboats, and for the last 13 years, steamboats) standing 6 hour watches (six hours on, six off) meaning that he would never get more than maybe 4-5 hrs. of sleep at a time, so he's used to dealing with sleep deprivation. If I don't get the sleep I require to function, I'm pretty much useless for the day. It does help to start to go to bed earlier and get up a little earlier, but only if you can SLEEP when you go to bed. Otherwise it's an exercise in futility and a source of great frustration. When I was seen by a physiatrist (no, not psychiatrist, physiatrist -- a dr. who specializes in body mechanics, symptom identification & treatment, etc.) who diagnosed me as having fibromyalgia, things started falling into place. That answered a lot of questions for me about the weird sore spots I'd have in various places, muscle cramps & spasms that kept me from sleeping, insomnia even when so exhausted I wanted to scream, and "fibro-fog" (that weird mind-numb effect of chronic pain & exhaustion). Understanding what you're fighting helps to know how to fight!
My mom has fibromyalgia and had a hard time getting a diagnosis. I am not comfortable with my doc anymore. The last time I went it for lower back pain, turns out I had a bladder infection. I get lower back pain often and I have suspected its from an injury I had as a teen but never had it looked at. I told her the Motrin and other stuff she prescribed wasn't helping and maybe I needed an xray or something. She quipped that she wasn't in the habit of prescribing/ordering things just so her patients "feel better". That didn't make too good of an impression with me. She did schedule me an xray which didn't show anything abnormal. Luckily, I haven't had a reason to see her again.
My DH is the same way. In bed by 10, up at 6. Even if I go to bed at 10 and fall asleep right away, I can't function well at 6 am.
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I pick up my kid from another kids house after school today... they have a project going and I have to drive the WRONG way during rush hour to go the 30 minutes to pick him up.
He's standing there on the corner without his backpack... so I ask, "Where IS YOUR BACK PACK"
Dad...all of my notes are on my I-touch. No need for a back pack now. I was not happy.
