I swear, sometimes I wonder if I'm getting dementia. I can forget a chapter of a book before I get to the end of it. I'm way too easily distracted, I have trouble remembering where I put things, and sometimes I lose track of a conversation even during it. I'm also directionally dyslexic---I once called the police because I lost my car in a parking lot!---and driving is anxiety-producing because I'll get sidetracked and not check my surroundings as often as I should. I have trouble parking too; I'm usually sideways in the stall and have to correct it so I don't look like a jerk to the person who parks next to me. So much fun...NOT.

My pdoc, on the other hand, doesn't believe I'm developing Alzheimer's or any other type of dementia; rather, it's probably a combination of repeated bipolar episodes and medications. I am on quite a few, and I've noticed that all this got worse after I started them. But what should I do---not take the meds and damage my brain even further, or take them and look like a bloomin' idiot half the time?