I memorized my credit card number

[Holdfast]

^ you know, just because Spiff says he's board-certified, it doesn't mean he's a shrink. Just that he's mad enough to admin here.

 

[Trekker4747]

I not only haven't memorised credit card number; I have absolutely no intention of trying to memorise it. Years of doing various pointless exams made me allergic to wasting my valuable brain capacity memorising menial/boring things I actually don't need to memorise and since my credit card is right there in my wallet......

Quick, recite the possible side effects of mirtazipine.

Here's a little bit of inside info: few doctors really truly bother to memorise lists of side effects. Mainly because while you can do so, and statistically you can rank them by frequency across a population taking the drug, for any given individual taking the medication, what side-effect they get is much more random. Populations are predictable, individuals are unpredictable. Sure, common things are still common, but it's pretty much a standard list that covers loads of different drugs, followed by a reassuring "... and of course, most people don't get any side effects at all, and even if you do, it's likely to pass within a few days..."

(there are a few important exceptions that are worth remembering and looking for, but that's the general sidestep most doctors will use. Shit, I shouldn't be telling you these secrets... )

If someone complains of something weird/unexpected after taking a drug, that's when you start looking things up.

Besides, isn't that what the pharmacist and the reading material that comes with the drug is for?

 

[BigFoot]

I didn't try to memorize mine, but I've used it to pay for stuff online so many times that I just got stuck in my head.