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There are people my age and older on here with perhaps similar problems, maybe someone has some advice?

I feel like I am starting to lose what little common sense I used to have. I'm approaching mid forties and with each day it's like a little bit of my mind is getting frayed at the ages. Is this just normal ageing? I don't believe so because I know plenty of people who are 60,70+ and sharp as a knife so it can't be that. I work, full time more or less but I do my best to get away from being given any serious responsibility because I just can't rely on myself that I will be able to meet my own and everyone else's expectations. My GP says I have serious depressive illness, so that's probably part of it but I don't know how to get better. It's a bit of a chicken and egg situation:
I need to be able to be in control of my life in order to feel good about myself but I am losing common sense, self discipline and focus so how can I gain the control of my life?!

Not sure if I am making any sense or just stringing lots of jumbled up words.

Have you tried fish oil?

Not recently. I take a lot of vitamins etc. but maybe old fashioned fish oil wouldn't hurt. Although I think I read somewhere that it only works when you are younger, but maybe I am misremembering that.
Thank you for the suggestion!

Hey.

Clever title . Can you elaborate/give examples on what you mean when you wrote that you're losing common sense? For those who are older than you and seem to have a sharper mind, ask them what they're daily lifestyle is like. Perhaps they do crosswords, puzzles, sudoku, play board games, or engage in some physical activity like walking around the block, and that helps contribute to a less forgetful mind. On the other hand, genetics may play a role.

Glad you like my title

In terms of examples, I mean, being forgetful (like forgetting my keys which I never normally do) or not being sure how to prioritise my life/to do lists (again, normally this is effortless for me). I think it's something to do with depression. Like, I know I have to get better and look after myself. So, here I am, I know I have to go for a walk, repair the back door, buy food, clean house, think about self help for depression and look up resources, get enough rest, do some gardening, sort out my paperwork, some other things I can't think of now, but I am sure there are lots more....etc.

I don't know which I should start with, how to do all of that in order that is most helpful for myself and so on. So instead I just sit here, post on the forum and don't do any of it which is counter productive to say the least.