Getting stupider and stupider

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Was never particularly "smart " in the first place but lately been rapidly getting much stupider and stupider

Only 42

Terrified of how bad it is going to get

Paranoid of a medical or psychiatric diagnosis

Today the microwave stopped working. Bought a new one. Plugged it in and tried to turn it on. After reading the instructions, still nothing.

Can't even use a microwave

It is not organic chemistry

Does either microwave make any noises or have buttons light up? If not the power outlet could be having issues like maybe power surge protectors or something in the fuse box need to be reset.

I'll add that stress, anxiety, depression, burnouts, shutdowns, & physical pain can make it harder to focus & think.

I agree with Nick that the problem might be with the circuit board or the outlet where you plug it in. Try another plug in a different location. Lso check that all the switches on the "mains" (circuit board) are in the up position.

I sometimes feel like I have dementia. I think I feel scared because I've listened to an audiobook before about a woman in her 30s who got dementia, and I don't think it was fiction.

But I think it's just the ADHD. Like the other night my aunt phoned me before I was going to have my dinner, and I took the phone into the bedroom to chat, still holding the fork. Then I left the fork on my bedside table and it was there for a couple of days before my partner noticed it and put it back where it belongs. I did see that I had left it there and kept making a mental note to myself to take it back to the kitchen, but one second later I forgot.
Or like the other night I was running a bath, and as I switched on the taps I thought "oh, I better charge my electric toothbrush while I'm bathing so that it'll be charged when I come out", but then I immediately forgot, and walked around the flat in a state of confusion because I knew I had made a mental note to do such a small task but had forgotten what it was. So I shrugged and thought "oh it's probably nothing, I have everything I need" and got into the bath.
Then when I got out and went to brush my teeth, it was uncharged, and that was then I thought "so that was what I was meant to do before I got in the bath!" This happens all the time. I think the smallest, simplest tasks are easier for me to forget, while bigger tasks are easier to remember to do. I never forget to eat or cook or clean out my pets, but I forget to flick a switch to charge my toothbrush.
People will often say "it's such an easy task, why would you not do it?" But I just forget to do these easy tasks, even if I write a note. I'll probably read the note, throw it away, then forget to do it anyway.

surreal

detached

dissociated

despondent

disturbed

clinically depressed

apathetic

"zero sum game"

It sounds to me like either hormone imbalance or nutritional deficiency. Do you take supplements? Nutrition is important to mental health. If you're eating well but have digestive issues that can cause deficiency, too. I know a few people who developed all sorts of health issues around 2 - 3 years after moving out. That's the time it took for their stored nutrition to run out. They were living on pizza and ramens. I suggest taking a hard look at what you eat and adjust it. Just don't jump on the gluten-free wagon.