I constantly am telling Drs that I’m sure i am getting dementia. My pdoc told me many mental illnesses cause brain damage over time. I really trust him so it must be right. It’s gettimg harder and harder to extract information from my brain. It is embarrasing not getting the right words and stumbling through conversations.
Does anyone else have this kind of problem?
Yes, I’m sure my forgetfulness is caused by medication
He says the illness.not the meds
I’m sure the meds don’t help with that either
I have the same problem. I had a neuropsych exam to confirm that this is happening to me. The report said it was because of my psychotic break.
i feel you. i feel like i have brain damage
I feel like it is both. The meds and the illness.
Yes. I even asked the doctor if it was dementia. He said memory loss and forgetting words is normal with sz/sza. Doesn’t make it feel any better to know it’s “normal”.
I don’t have a memory anymore. I have no agenda. I wish I could conjour up some things to be passionate about but I can’t. I once heard that it’s good to be open minded. But not so open minded the wind can whistle between your ears. I’m at that point.
Yep. Exactly. I act like I’m stoned or something. Feel retarded.
I heard that the brain damage is caused by negative symtoms, not by positive symptoms. Depression, avolition and etc should be resolved not to be worse. And i think writing down anything on a note might be helpful cause ideas and thoughts are transformed into written or verbal words, which make you remember more.
Ya, the forgetfulness is from blocking important neurotransmitters like acetylcholine and dopamine. Gotta weigh the pros and cons.
I find myself more recently having to correct my language/words. It doesn’t bother me round family. I don’t like to talk much at work, but when I do I speak quickly, and correct myself as I go. I think people just probably think I am a bit eccentric - I hope :-/
The above is probably self-inflicted as I have caused most of my relapses due to crappy med compliance from my side. I have also heard about this, but not from my pdoc. He tries to make things sound ok for confidence or something.
I have definitely noticed a difference recently. My care-coordinator says I am treatment resistant, which really got to me. I am screwed if I cannot find a new med that works. But hey, got to try.
I didn’t have memory or cognitive issues before my relapse but after my relapse it’s not the same. I have memory and cognitive issues which are very bad. I believe that my relapse might have damaged my brain in the process. I told my psychiatrist about it and she said that it’s the illness. I have memory distortion as well which is weird because I’ll have a question that pops up in my brain with the wrong answer and after a few tries the right answer pops up. I’ve also been forgetting a lot of information as well.
Hopefully it gets better with time because I used to have a very sharp memory.
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