Anyone else forget to eat and drink?

When I was young I tended not to think about drinking or going to the toilet, but I always ate breakfast and lunch and would have a drink with those meals, and I had been trained as a child to use the toilet before going anywhere. As a young woman I started suffering from urinary tract infections, and a doctor told me I must drink more and go to the loo at least every 3 hours, so I then started making sure I did that.

The only thing I can suggest is scheduling and an adjustment to how you use alarms, as follows:

Write out a schedule of what you have to do at what times each day, and include meals, drinks and bathroom breaks. I suggest writing this because it's engaging visual and kinaesthetic learning (looking at and physically doing something) which helps the brain retain the information.

The first thing you should schedule each day is using the toilet and having a drink - don't start any other tasks until you've had at least one cup or glass of fluids. 

Also schedule in at least one meal during the day (as I assume you have an evening meal with your partner when they get home) - if you keep forgetting lunch then have breakfast with your first morning drink. If you can't eat first thing in the morning, then schedule a time when you must stop everything and eat lunch. Remember that liquids include milk and the juice in fruit, so you could include foods such as cereal with milk, rice pudding and tinned fruit in your meals.

Keep a drink next to you and set alarms to remind you to drink, use the bathroom, and have lunch (if you want to eat mid day). But don't just dismiss them if you haven't done the task - if you're in the middle of something, snooze the alarm so it reminds you again and don't turn it off until the task is completed.

I know it can be difficult to learn new habits, but I hope this helps a bit and I wish you well.

When I was young I tended not to think about drinking or going to the toilet, but I always ate breakfast and lunch and would have a drink with those meals, and I had been trained as a child to use the toilet before going anywhere. As a young woman I started suffering from urinary tract infections, and a doctor told me I must drink more and go to the loo at least every 3 hours, so I then started making sure I did that.

The only thing I can suggest is scheduling and an adjustment to how you use alarms, as follows:

Write out a schedule of what you have to do at what times each day, and include meals, drinks and bathroom breaks. I suggest writing this because it's engaging visual and kinaesthetic learning (looking at and physically doing something) which helps the brain retain the information.

The first thing you should schedule each day is using the toilet and having a drink - don't start any other tasks until you've had at least one cup or glass of fluids. 

Also schedule in at least one meal during the day (as I assume you have an evening meal with your partner when they get home) - if you keep forgetting lunch then have breakfast with your first morning drink. If you can't eat first thing in the morning, then schedule a time when you must stop everything and eat lunch. Remember that liquids include milk and the juice in fruit, so you could include foods such as cereal with milk, rice pudding and tinned fruit in your meals.

Keep a drink next to you and set alarms to remind you to drink, use the bathroom, and have lunch (if you want to eat mid day). But don't just dismiss them if you haven't done the task - if you're in the middle of something, snooze the alarm so it reminds you again and don't turn it off until the task is completed.

I know it can be difficult to learn new habits, but I hope this helps a bit and I wish you well.