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Originally Posted by IntentOnHealing
Vertigo, I think you're right about spacial navigation. And I also wonder who is "directionally challeged" as my sister calls me. Is that a bipolar thing? I would love to tell her--and my geographic genius of a husband--that, this too, is a reflection of BD. I cannot figure out how to get anywhere, indoors or out, unless I have been there many times. Even then, it can be really hit or miss, especially now.
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The article I read suggested both major depressive disorder and bipolar are impacted this way.
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You also brought up ECT with relation to memory. I have read that it swiss-cheeses recipients' brains. Is that permanent? I have never been able to receive ECT (no insurance) though I wonder often if it might not help me out of this incredibly long slump.
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I'm still undergoing maintenance ECT, so I don't know if the memory actually gets better, but that's what the professionals say.
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Thank you for bringing up the hippocamus. I am a bit of a research nut, but unfortunately cannot remember much of what I study these days. Your conclusion makes total sense, though, and is succinct enough for me to ponder if I write it on my hand. I might start a thread about this very thing. Do you know what his happening in the frontal lobe and the amygdalia when we are manic? I can't remember....
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As I understand it, the neurons become hyperactive, firing more rapidly than in the brain of a normie. This is why the most effective ECT is bilateral, putting the electrodes at each temple and shooting electricity through the frontal lobe.