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Hi, Since I first started to experience the symptoms of being bipolar/borderline, I went from being someone super fast learning, to a person that has difficulties concentrating in simple life tasks, such as reading, remembering words, i feel airy and it's so difficult to do stuff i normally did before.
The symptoms are worse during a crisis, but ever since I took topiramato as a mood stabilizer it got MUCH worse. I stopped this medication 4 years ago and I still have a hard time with my memory, and I was SO sharp before.... I feel trapped, sad, and dumb because of it. Anyone else? |
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It's called "Dopamax" here in the US for a reason. I took it and I thought I'd lost 50 IQ points. I've been off it for 5 years now.
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It's happened to me, whether on meds or off. I just don't feel as intelligent and creative as I once was. As far as forgetting the words, it was definitely worse on some meds than others.
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it can be difficult to sort out which symptoms are a part of bipolar and which are med side-effects.
"Dopamax" (Topamax) is well known to cause cognitive issues. I had experienced this, too. ![]() WC
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I got so bad with short-term memory, focus and word-finding that I thought I was developing dementia. However, two different psychiatrists have told me that my brain-fade is due to repeated severe bipolar episodes combined with medications (e.g. Lamictal and antipsychotics). That made me feel better because it's not unheard-of to get dementia at my age, but then it's not modifiable either because I can't get rid of bipolar and I can't stop taking meds. Oh well.
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Meds have seriously affected my cognitive skills, my memory, and my intelligence.
Concentrating issues can be related to BD, but some of us with BD are excellent at multi-tasking. I didn't learn that until recently. I've always wondered how it is that I'm so good at multi-tasking and most others can't multi-task. I was always annoyed with those people, especially when I was working in a cafe. Now I'm realizing that I can get my mental energy to such an elevated level that I can quite easily do 3 things at once and do each one well. A benefit of BD, I guess. |
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Ummmmm...What was the question again?
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I’ve been BP since birth, probably, but at the height of my intellectual stamina, I was still forgetting words and having my little blackout spells. I feel very stupid today — I only know anniversaries — I need to stop for 20-30 minutes, sometimes, to recall a name. Yeah, we hesitate to say that our disorders have side-benefits. It’s like Quasimodo celebrating his wayward eye and lovely hunchback. It’s taboo — it’s what we never tell (never tell). Okay, my memory is shot. Am I less intelligent now than thirty-years-ago? Yes, absolutely. I no longer parlay with the in crowd and I no longer use, or even have, my old vocabulary. I am dumb and I lack passion. Passion was the last thing they took from me. Bravo for my disorders if they allow me to rig my delusions and bugger them all if this — this hermit and recluse — is set to star in my swan song.
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It's congenital most of the time.
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I think I remember more about 20 years ago....no clue what I ate for supper yesterday
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I doubt it has anything to do with your genitals.
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