Originally Posted by setotitan

hey all! i've been looking for the right "forum", no pun intended, to ask this question. while i'm only 28 i truly feel like my mental quickness is slipping. for example, one of the things i pride myself on is how articulate i am when i speak. and in the past it was never an issue expressing myself, my only concern was learning the right words to get that job done. however now when i'm speaking constantly i can't find the word i'm looking for. i mean i know what it is, i know what it means, i know i know the word. i just sit there and blank for 10-20 seconds. most of the time i'll eventually get it, but more and more i just have to give up. while that's the most frustrating symptom, i also have trouble doing word jumbles or "where's waldo"-esque type games. i just sit there staring.. with my wheels turning. i'm a very tech oriented guy, always interested in talking politics or social theory, i'm not pretentious, or at least i hope not, but i do like to think of myself as an intellectual person. so it just really bothers me that i'm loosing my edge, so to speak. i've talked with other people and they seem to think it could just be a lack of stimulation. i'm an owner in a little business that brings me in enough income that i really don't have to work but an hour or two a day and it's very mundane, just printing and packing shipments. as a result i'm not forced to really do anything engaging. also i wondered if it could be a result of my drinking increasing. before i only partook on the weekends, but with the extra free time i drink pretty much every night. nothing heavy, two to four beers a night, but i've always heard alcohol kills brain cells i've been in this rut for about two years/

regardless what the cause is, what i'm looking for is a resolution. i mean i've experimented with aniracetams, but i don't think they're a solid fix. are there some eastern herbs anyone's heard of, or would omega-3's really make that big of a difference? of course i've heard doing things like brain reflection test, brain creativity tests, memory test, brain stretching games, IQ boosting exercises, brain stimulation games, spatial intelligence games like the Rubik's cube help. i was wondering if anyone had some real hard and fast answers, all input is welcome, thanks!