What could cause memory loss?

Memory loss: Memory loss is caused by many factors such as age, health, mental health, medication use, history of head injury, metabolic and environmental factors. Immediate recall is the most susceptible followed by short term memory followed by long term memory.

Many possibilities: Medical problems, medications, stress, anxiety, depression, inattentiveness, conflict, lack of sleep, and memory overload to name a few. Are you forgetting minor details or important facts? Keep track of what you forget and when. Maybe you can discover some patterns.

Poor attention: Memory is experience that is registered, stored, and then retrieved. Defects can occur at any of these processes. Poor attention will not allow registering. Many factors interfere with storing memory, and also interfere with retrieval. Drugs, medications, metabolic disorders, stress, psychological issues, and dementia are a few of the factors that interfere. Get a thorough evaluation.

Many situations: Sleep deprivation, medical side effects, alcohol and drug abuse, hypothyroidism, syphilis and HIV, vitamin deficiency especially B-12, stress and depression.