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Apr 06, 2015, 06:59 AM
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HI, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder less than two months ago. Recently I have noticed that stuttering and retention of information is becoming more difficult. Not debilitating, but enough for me to have noticed a change from 3-4 years ago. I also use to do a lot of street drugs around that time (cocaine, ecstasy, and I experimented with methamphetamine) was never addicted, but definitely a heavy user of the first two. I am wondering if anyone else with BD is experiencing the same thing or has noticed problems in cognition or even motor skills. Differences in mania and depression? Anything is helpful, Thanks.
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Apr 06, 2015, 09:42 AM
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I haven't notices either stuttering or memory issues related to my being bipolar. Sometimes my memory is worse during depression because I am not paying attention to what is going on around me. Memory is heightened when I'm manic. In the past, I've have my memory affected by various psych meds that I have taken for the bipolar disorder.
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Apr 06, 2015, 12:46 PM
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I've had lithium diminish my vocabulary and destroy my memory, but that's unrelated to my BP.
When my hypo is quite severe, I do sometimes experience comprehension issues, but I think that's mostly due to my racing thoughts and non-existent concentration span... I don't exactly stutter, but I lose words and my train of thought mid sentence because I am already formulating another from a different thought pattern. My mind is just too full. VERY FRUSTRATING for me, but usually hilarious for whoever is witnessing it  When I'm depressed, I just have no interest in anything, so while I don't have any comprehension or retention problems, I don't have a concentration span. I only have these issues while in the midst of a cycle / episode, in between them, I am quite eloquent.
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Apr 06, 2015, 01:02 PM
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Happens to me while manic. Like I am thinking so fast that I change my sentences mid-talking and cannot even remember the name of someone when they tell me it. It sucks I know, because you feel bad about not even being able to remember someone's name.
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