Improving Your Attention
If you want to remember something, you have to pay attention to it. This may sound simple, but the most common reason healthy adults forget is because they fail to focus. Distractibility can account for memory lapses no matter what your age.
Preparing For A Memory Specialist
Diagnosing a memory problem is often a detective problem. You can help yourself and help your physician help you, if you give him more of the clues. So I suggest that you, and if possible someone who is close to you and who knows you reasonably well (a spouse, good friend, or grown child) help provide the necessary information to your doctor.