Memory is shocking

x_BabyG_x · Nov 01, 2013 at 05:21 PM

Ive been through the roughest cycling of hypo/depression this year and my memory is suffered. Long term, I still feel like its May. I have hardly any memory of whats happened or what I have been up to this summer.

This week, when I realised it was friday I got scared. I though we were on Tuesday still. I've literally lost 3/4 days this week.

I thought forgetting almost every conversation I engage in was bad, but now I literally feel like my life is dissolving away.

Are memory problems this severe a common thing in bipolar disorder? After a bout of depression I have been feeling fine/great the past week and a half but i'm suspecting i'm on the way up this week after irritabiliy/distractibility symptoms, an increase in productivity and the usual visual peripheral hallucinations have been getting worse. I'm just wondering if the worsening in memory is a warning sign.

TFR x

czarina1984 · Nov 01, 2013 at 06:06 PM

I find that when I'm cycling I lose time. I know there are months I've lost and don't remember anything from them but those were also bad months for me. Seems like the more I'm in my own head the more everything else disappears, especially time.

Samanthagreene · Nov 01, 2013 at 07:11 PM

This sounds very dissociative, which is associated with DID and anxiety. Maybe you should ask in those forums. Sorry I can't help. Good luck.

Moose72 · Nov 01, 2013 at 07:17 PM

I've had bouts of memory loss- its like water off a duck's back: nothing sticks. I thought it was due to Tomomax as that was a new drug at the time.

ultramar · Nov 01, 2013 at 10:06 PM

It sounds potentially dissociative to me as well. Memory issues, though, can occur as the result of anxiety. My understanding as well is that peripheral hallucinations (I assume you're referring to seeing things out of the corner of your eye) can occur as a result of anxiety (a couple of pdocs I've worked with -in my job- have said this). In other words, they are not always hallucinations in the traditional sense.

Is it possible that you're experiencing a great deal of anxiety (also perhaps leading to the irritability and lack of focus)?

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czarina1984 Member Member Since Oct 2013 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 119 10 71 hugs given	Nov 01, 2013 at 06:06 PM #2 I find that when I'm cycling I lose time. I know there are months I've lost and don't remember anything from them but those were also bad months for me. Seems like the more I'm in my own head the more everything else disappears, especially time.
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Samanthagreene Veteran Member Member Since Jul 2013 Location: The Third Dimension Posts: 527 10 567 hugs given	Nov 01, 2013 at 07:11 PM #3 This sounds very dissociative, which is associated with DID and anxiety. Maybe you should ask in those forums. Sorry I can't help. Good luck. __________________ I hope you have a really great day.
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