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Originally Posted by Miss Laura
I feel since becoming ill 9 years ago I'm dumb down now. I feel I'm really stupid and I struggle with basic things. I have lost faith in my own ability to do things and I worry others see me as stupid too
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Originally Posted by Moreta
I used to be smart, but what does it matter if I can't use it now? Everything is locked away in my brain and I can't access it. I get glimpses of how I used to be, usually when I take a lot of stimulants, but I don't have access to them all the time since I'm not prescribed them.
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I have this same problem. I even have trouble coming up with even five letter words in order to communicate with another person. I also am having right now a problem of dropping my thought process where, for instance, not remembering the reason that I walked to the kitchen. This also happens in discussions. It takes me a couple minutes to recover. For most of my life, I did not remember very significant parts of my life. I am only now beginning to recover from this particular frustration, this being at least thirty years later.