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Originally Posted by amandalouise
I have a friend that this happens to, her doctors say its from not getting enough sleep. her body can take only so much of not sleeping before it will experience psychosis (for her it's abnormal thinking patterns where she ends up not knowing what she is doing, sort of like amnesia)
theres a woman who comes to the crisis center groups who this happened to. with her its malnutrition, anemia and dehydration. when she doesnt get the right amounts of food and water the chemicals, vitamins and minerals it affects her short term and long term memory.
I end up having memory problems and doing things I dont remember when my medications are not working right or are on the wrong dosages.
I used to have this problem related to having dissociative Fugue, Dissociative amnesia and Dissociative Identity Disorder.
my grandmother has this problem of doing things she cant remember, hers is from having Alzheimer's disease.
A lot of people we treat at the mental health unit have memory problems like this with depression, bipolar disorder and self injury.
Some people I know get this same problem when taking cold medicines, allergy medications, and sleep aids.
my suggestion talk to your physician, and mental health people. they can do tests and then tell you why your body is reacting this way and how to fix it.
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The alzheimers thing being thrown at me again? Why would someone scare me that way. Let me say again that I have been tested for that 2 yrs ago and I was found not to have the disease, apart from the epilepsy and some enlarged part of the brain, my brain looked quite normal.
Though I am a depressive I eat very well because I am an ID diabetic, and I drink up to 2.5 litres of water. I don't see how the MDD GAD panic attacks agoraphobia claustrophobia etc could have a bearing on this. My drugs are stable apart from the anxiety med which I felt was wearing off. Also though there is no demetia in my family on either side.
I've made it clear that I am not self-diagnosing, and I'm going to a psychiatrist for an assessment. I do not have bipolar disorder, I have already been assessed and tested and the above list is what his assessment of me was. I didn't tell the doctor of the voices because I didn't think he would understand. I didn't mention the black outs because I thought he would put me away.
I really appreciate your help and for taking the time to respond.
Rhiannon