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I had three TIA's. the first one in 2019. Two last year. Physically I am fine. Where my trouble seems to be is with my brain. I have problems with sequencing ..following directions. I started a new job as a secretary. I have been one most of my life. Something that used to automatic, I can't seem to remember the process of something very simple. At first, I thought I was nervous due to starting a new job. Unfortunately, there is something else going on. It's like all my wires are crossed.

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My mother has had multiple TIAs and now she suffers from vascular dementia.
Please get yourself checked out. Problems with sequencing and following directions, were a few of the early signs we noticed.
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Well, it is time to take this information to your doctor. Be as specific as you can be, so start now with a diary of these episodes of forgetting. You will never get anywhere with Doc if you use words like "my wires are crossed".
This has to be super-specific. For instance:
"Got to work. Could not remember the password I have been using for over a year."
Or
"I got to work and could not remember which floor to push on the elevator; I had to return to lobby and look up my own company."
Or
"I have done this spreadsheet for many years. Suddenly it isn't making any sense to me and I can't figure out how to do it."
I would like also to ask you about these "TIAs". Who has diagnosed you as having a TIA? What was done about it? Did you have a carotid ultrasound? Did they find any blockage in the arteries in your neck? Did you have an endarterectomy or did the doctor suggest you should? How did the TIA manifest symptom-wise? Did you have a facial droop or did you have difficulty speaking? How long did it last?
Generally by it's very description a TIA is something that goes away quickly. Transischemic attack are not strokes. Strokes leave you with deficits in a way that a TIA does not.
In short, don't ever count on a Forum for medical information, but head straight off to your doctor and give him as full a report as you are able. Ask for a referral to a neuro-psyc evaluation to comb out what is happening and what tests should be done. Don't delay this. Trans ischemic attacks that are not addressed, that continue, need to have a full work up. I sure do wish you very good luck. Know that you are as unique physically as your own fingerprint. You need to get in there fact to face with your doc, hard as THAT is to do in these times.
Hope you'll update us.
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Lasting effects from a TIA would be an oxymoron. The distinguishing feature of Transient Ischaemic Attacks is that within 24 hours all effects have vanished - it is literally the definition.

So, whatever is going on the TIAs were a symptom, they're not the cause. Didn't your neurologist have any advice to offer? Have you reported the difficulties you're experiencing now?
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