Nov 04, 2024 at 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Frog4Life
I had the testing and came back normal for my age. Still doesn't help me remember the rest of that sentence or the word for that thingy over there. What was the rest of that number? Where the heck did I put that thing? I never moved. How the heck do I lose everything? What was I coming in here for? I need to say something, wait my turn...oh I forget. Again, I know the word but I have no clue what it is. That thing over there (it's a grill)...I was working in the garden department. What were we talking about? Still in the conversation.
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May I ask what meds you are on? I had to discontinue Topamax because it made me forget words. I think the proper name for this wide effect is "word recall problem". Topamax is notorious for it. But such difficulties can happen with other meds, too.
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Bipolar I w/psychotic features
Last inpatient stay in 2018
Geodon 40 mg
Seroquel 75 mg
Gabapentin 1200 mg+Vitamin B-complex (against extrapyramidal side effects)
Long term side effects from medications, some of them discontinued:
- hypothyroidism
- obesity BMI ~ 38
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