I have long bemoaned the shortcomings of my short-term memory, which is like Swiss cheese. (My long-term memory is excellent.) I also have the attention span of a goldfish. I was afraid I was developing dementia, which is not unheard-of at my age (60). But I've had two different pdocs tell me that I'm not, and that all this is due to a combination of meds and brain damage from repeated bipolar episodes, which makes sense. I can't do anything about that, so I deal with my STM loss with as much humor as I can muster.