How do you deal with memory loss??? - Epilepsy Message Board

HelloKathy · 06-25-2003, 12:19 AM

Hi guys,
I don't have seizures too often anymore but my memory is still pretty bad, especially my short term memory. For instance, I will go to the movies or dinner with my friends and a month later they will remember and talk about details of the movie but I have trouble remembering that I even saw the movie. The same thing happens with books that I have read. I don't even know what they are about. I can't recall events in my life and it is truly a big problem. I will be going back to work soon and I fear that it will interfere with my performance. I try to write things down but I can't write every little thing that happens. Does anyone out there have the same problem???
-kathy

llamashackgirl · 06-26-2003, 12:32 AM

Are you on any medication? I have noticed that with the Dilantin, I have a terrible time remembering things from short-term. It's like I have trouble getting the right word from my brain to my mouth! It's kind of embarrassing, especially at work, where I am usually on top of everything...now I have to be reminded of almost everything and have "brain fades" during the middle of my conversations with people (what was I talking about?). I have only been on Dilantin for 6 weeks after my first seizure.

Does it happen around a specific time for you? Morning, afternoon, night? Mine is mostly in the morning, but lasts until late afternoon, probably cause I take my Dilantin at night.

llamashackgirl · 06-26-2003, 12:33 AM

sorry double post

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Lindakatt · 06-26-2003, 09:11 AM

I don't have seizures anymore, but after I did have a bunch last year I forgot some things from my life...like a trip I took with my boyfriend. I barely remember going there. I used to have the greatest memory of anyone I knew.

I do have trouble concentrating on reading now...doesn't make schoolwork very easy or enjoyable.

(I am on Tegretol.)

bbbbb · 06-26-2003, 09:37 AM

i am having a lot of trouble trying to get through school because of the same thing. The whole situation (I got epilepsy at 21 -nearly two years ago), combined with the medication gives me severe depression, lethargia, and that doesn't help.
I'm fairly good at faking like I can remember things: but it scares the sh## out of me. What is going to happen when I get older if now I can barely remember a trip that I took with four friends a few months ago. Will it get progressively worse?
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