Asperger's Syndrome and Memory

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I looked up the ingredients of monster on wikipedia and found sucralose. I've been drinking monster drinks for 6 years. I noticed my memory, concentration, intelligence, immune system, and well being have decreased substantially. I will quit drinking them today. I've been addicted because I like the taste and how they make me feel. I also used them as a coping mechanism for stress. But last time I quit for two weeks, I noticed my memory was amazing. Wish me luck!

I don't have a good short-term memory keeping things in mind I "have to do" or someone told me I "have to do", very bad at that.
I have a very strong long-term-memory and remember things from before age 3 (eg. rocking sidewards in the baby seat in the car and how it felt like, how the seat smelled like, how it felt biting into it and many details of it).
I remember pi up to 1100 digits now.

I personally think I am on the verge of having an eidetic memory. I rarely forget a thing, and I can remember even minute details about things that happened. E.g. today, I went to college with a friend of mine, and when we rode in her car, she had an engine stall. She said "Whoops, I had not have that happen to me in a while", and I was like: "Actually, it happened to you six weeks ago on a tuesday at around 9:30 am." She asked "Really? Are you sure?" and I assured her I was by telling her what we were talking about (I could recite our conversation almost by word), and also tell her what weather it was, what we ate that day at college and what clothes she was wearing. If I forget something, it is because I am confused, or it is something really important, because for some reason, my brain decided that it was room for all these unimportant stuff, but not for information that matters. If it has something to do with memory, I do have savant-like counting ability, as in: I can look into a room and tell you after half a second how many people are in there (if I am off, it is by maybe 1 or 2), or how many lamps or chairs are there, how many cars passed last second, ect. Again, nothing that could ever come useful other than amazing people and them wanting to do it over and over again like a one-man-freakshow ^^.

My memory is very good, short-term and long-term. However I have poor ability to remember to remember. So I can go to the shop with the express purpose of buying shopping powder, fail to get it and as I put key in the door at home I remember and then head straight back out again.

My memory techniques are improving, I have only just figured out this visual memory stuff. I find it easier to mentally photograph the piece of paper a list is on, rather than try to just remember the items. I have also found that spending a little time remembering where I was and perhaps an object in the room, I can then tag a short list to it.

This really explains why I remember at the wrong times. My earlier example of the key in door, I was looking at the other side of the door when memorising, so seeing the other side triggered recall. For this reason I've asked the wife to stop asking me to remember to do things at night before going to sleep. I'll only forget the next day, then remember when I return to bed, when I'm not in a position to do anything about it.

Jason.

My short-term memory is very poor but my long-term memory is excellent. I remember a lot of things from when I was a toddler and I remember every teacher's name I ever had. Don't ask me to memorize a phone number though because I'm bad with numbers.

My memory isn't great.

I down 2/3 of a pound (10 oz) of maltodextrin + sucralose sweetener a day.
My short term memory is pretty abysmal, though it always has been.

My memory of numbers is excellent, and my memory of names is rubbish. Most other memories are above average but not phenomenal. Some conversations can jog my memory of a distant-past event to a phenomenal level, though.

My memory is often great for taking exams when I prepare in advance by studying and reviewing the material. In graduate school I took a friend's advice and would start reviewing the material at least 5 days ahead of the exam and also it helped to read the notes everyday. When I am stressed though I do not have a great memory and an example includes stress that is due to a new job and a demanding boss. When I have read about AS online it stated that AS causes problems with short term memory, but persons with AS often have good long term memories. It seems that if someone is interested in a topic and is not overly stressed then learning and memory should not be too much of a problem.

I have pretty good memory, but sometimes, my short term memory can be pretty bad...

I have incredible recall ability about past events (especially those that occurred during childhood/early adulthood). However it doesn't extend to my short term memories which means I am very forgetful, & lose things quite easily. But I can recall how to get somewhere just by going there once or twice (photographic memory for places?). Wish I could figure out how to get that to translate to other things like my keys, wallet, other stuff that I constantly misplace. I find my memory skills to be quite frustrating.

Also, poor short term, good long term, screw grammar