Yes, I am one of those people that likes to count exact change at the register when checking out, and when I do, if there is people behind me, I tend to lose all basic math skills and I feel like they are all cursing me out in their heads. I hate it so much!! I can relate to this post so much.SFOMH88 said:
I can totally relate with you. when I'm so concentrated on doing something and somebody or something suddenly interrupts me, I tend to totally get distracted and I lose my focus. My parents also always have the habit of looking for keys every morning when they go out of the house. Instead of me focusing on mt tasks at hand, I get distracted at their asking whether I saw the key to the car or to the house.
I'm glad it's not only me then! I guess older people with less on their minds see everything they do as important, not realizing that others have things they are planning in their heads. For instance I can be watching television with my dad whilst surfing, and he will think I 'm not doing anything and start discussing what he wants to buy in the supermarket next week. To him that's important, but usually I am answering an email or editing a blog post and need to concentrate, and he wants me to look up the special offers online for him that second.
But really, they also need to understand at times that work nowadays doesn't really necessarily mean being out of the house the whole day. We are also working even though they just see us sitting in front of our computers as though we are doing nothing and distractions are the least of what we want during those moments when we're so hooked on our work. 
I am really forgetful too, to the point where my family and some friends would point it out to me. I'm just not sure if I was stressed or anxious during those times where I forgot something. But this can probably be the case as there are times when I have a pretty good memory, and there are times when I easily forget things or times when I'm having a hard time trying to remember and recall something. It's kinda frustrating.
One time I'm thinking of doing something then the next second when I'm already where I'm supposed to do whatever it was I was thinking of, I suddenly forget why I was there. I could only remember if I pause for awhile, go back to where I came from and reenact what I was doing so I could remember what I was thinking of doing next. Sometimes I would laugh at these instances but there are times I feel so annoyed because of them.
Sometimes my forgetfulness would be the subject of our jokes on each other because he would mention a lot of things that I don't initially remember but after some time I would acknowledge that they did happen. He would always joke that I should take a memory enhancing pill or I should have myself checked. We just laugh about it though because he has been so used to my forgetfulness that it would always come as a surprise if I remember something right away.
You're hitting two birds at the same time by managing your anemia and improving your memory so I guess taking Ginkgo Biloba is indeed an advantage for you. I've never tasted the herbal drink though but I'm guessing the taste of the tablet form is the same as the liquid form. I wish you luck! 
Focus is something that jumps out of the window when I am stressed. In fact, as I am depressed and anxious I find it difficult to focus and remember most things. I have to check and recheck which annoys me. For example, when I go to bed at night I lock the front door and the back door. But by the time I have locked the second door I have to go back and check that I did actually lock the other door and not just think about locking it, yet I had only locked it minutes beforehand.Hello everyone!
Sometimes when I'm overly stressed or there are just so many things in my mind, I tend to become forgetful and lacking concentration on things. When I'm overwhelmed with a lot of work or tasks on my mind, my concentration blurs and I forget some simple things that are not supposed to be forgotten.
Do you also have the tendency to forget things when you're stressed?