My memory's gone

I apologize for every mistake I'll write. I haven't been writing or speaking english since high school and I'm 25.

I started my therapy two years ago cause I knew there was something wrong and finally they told me I had bpd.
I've been taking medicines since the start and now I only take one.
I've been having memory issues since it started... I know I had loads of bad moments where I had big emotions and that this can ruin memories having crazy neurons.. but I'm really having problems with this.. when my girlfriend speaks about anything in the past I always say that I don't remember.. it sucks.. I had great memory at school and university.. sure thing I've always removed my first 10 years.. but there was a reason while now there's not and I'm grown up, I can't remove every memory also because i forget nice things..
I hope I wrote something understandable!
Thank you

Hi,

I am 43, and it scares me that I can't remember s***. I can hear something one minute and not remember it another-though at 25, I can only imagine how scary that has to be, and I am truly sorry that you're dealing with this.

I have BPD, and found that a lot of meds, tend to make that worse anyhow-and the cognitive (memory, it means the same thing).

No idea if it is painful memories that have you unable to remember stuff, if that's the association or not.

If it is short term memory loss (mine is, though not progressive thankfully), then writing stuff down, helps, keeping it in one place (I forget to even do that). Or talking to the neuropsychologist can evaluate it and help you figure out what to do for it.

On meds, I am the absolute LAST person to give any advice, trust me on that if nothing else. But the thing to remember from any common sense standpoint, and it is ONLY MY opinion, less is also always more. Not everyone agrees.

Hang in there, it does get better.

I'm 24 and have the same issue, except I'm not on any medication for BPD or other mental health issues. I don't remember much from my teenage years or childhood either. Certain "flashbacks" come to mind, but they're meaningless things. I don't remember the good or the bad, and like Selfless74 I can hear something one minute but then completely forget it.

I'm unsure why I have memory issues, but about 12/13 years ago I was in a coma briefly and I do know they told my father I needed to be closely monitored for 3 weeks after to see if there were any "changes" with my thought process and crap.. It's possible I got memory problems from that, but it's also possible there's another cause I'm unaware of.