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#1
Mar 30, 2010, 10:45 AM
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I'm on Abilify and Lamictal. I seem to have developed mental dullness. I can't critically think about anything anymore. I will read online debates and I know there is something wrong with an argument, but I can't think of a good reply and sometimes I know something is wrong, but I can't figure out what.
Also, I forget to clean and stuff, and well, I don't know how to describe it other than I feel stupid. Anyone else feel like this?
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Mar 30, 2010, 11:16 AM
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yes ALL THE TIME... I'm on prozac and geodon and I just feel like a space cadet out there in lala land... its the worst feeling at work because i get nothing done!!
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#3
Mar 30, 2010, 01:22 PM
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I've never been on Abilify, but I'm on Lamotrigine (Lamictal) and for me it makes my head clearer and helps me concentrate better...maybe it is a side-effect that will pass? If not, I hope that you and your doc can find an alternative. Good luck!
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Mar 30, 2010, 06:36 PM
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Lamictal made me the happiest, most stable, DUMBEST person. My critical thinking was definitely affected.
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Mar 30, 2010, 07:00 PM
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All the time!!! Thought I was getting Alzheimers and yes, felt and still feel stupid. We're so hard on ourselves. Tried to go back to school to further my degree and couldnt remember what I read the sentence before the next. Before my medication I had a 4.0GPA and now couldnt pass a class if my life depended on it. Its a sacrifice we have to make. Hopefully in the future someone will come up with a medication for us that does not have so many downsides. In the meantime, hang in there!!!!!! We're not stupid, just SPECIAL!
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Mar 30, 2010, 07:22 PM
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I have found that this feeling for me comes from the bipolar disorder itself rather than the meds possibly. I have been on meds for the past 2 years straight but I have been on a ton of different meds in many different combinations and have always felt that spacy can't focus all over the place kinda feeling. It's very frustrating. You're not alone!
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Mar 31, 2010, 01:06 AM
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My pdoc says it is my bipolar busy brain. Distractable not slow. I do feel sometimes I am getting Alzheimer's although she told me that it doesn't come and go. I do have better days than others.
Can I blame it on the Lamictal or for that matter the other meds I have been on? Maybe. Being slower is something I had to get used to anyhow as the hypo mania is not a driving my life for now. Certainly the medication slows it all down. There are times when I want something good to happen..and I don't see the good that is sure to be there. Very discouraging but then I am still here...a certain victory in that. |
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