[Blueberrybook]

I've been mixed for awhile now according to pdoc. At my appointment yesterday, I forgot to tell him I've become very forgetful. I know I wrote about it today, maybe in the needing a therapist thread.

He has not changed my meds lately though I was out of buspirone but I have no idea when the pill box ran out. I had been very forgetful, and he adjusted the Clonidine and that helped, but I wasn't mixed then and that was in the first half of April.

Is awful forgetfulness related to being very mixed, especially having a lot of stress and/or frustrating tasks to do? I have been forgetful on meds before but never to this extent and not so bad so suddenly, today being about 10 times worse than yesterday. Buspar isn't supposed to have withdrawal side effects, and I don't think I was on it that long - 6 months maybe? I know I would have had some pills starting to fill my pill box for the week and that I'd run out, but I figured the mail order pills would get here in time. Buspar was never hard for me to stop or start in the past, and it was less than a week of not taking it.

Is it just the mixed being or getting worse? Anxiety/panic? I don't want to bug the pdoc again today (feels like I'm constantly doing that lately), and I want to see if it is better tomorrow (if not, I'll call then).

[downandlonely]

I'm not bipolar, but I know when my anxiety gets bad, it becomes really hard for me to remember things. Buspar is supposed to help with anxiety, so maybe you're getting more anxious and forgetful.

[Blueberrybook]

Originally Posted by downandlonely

I'm not bipolar, but I know when my anxiety gets bad, it becomes really hard for me to remember things. Buspar is supposed to help with anxiety, so maybe you're getting more anxious and forgetful.

I hope it's just the Buspar issue. I was able to finally get some from my local pharmacy, so I was able to take it again last night & this morning. But I don't know, I could have been out of it most of the week as yesterday was the last day my pill box had all of the meds filled, and I'd noticed the night before I had no Buspar and no memory of how long I'd been out.

[yellow_fleurs]

The mixed episode I was in felt like a blur, and I am not even sure where that time went or what I was thinking besides obsessive, negative, ruminating thoughts. I think it is definitely something that could affect your memory, and ability to pay attention or retain information. Especially with all the anxiety, too.

[Blueberrybook]

Originally Posted by yellow_fleurs

The mixed episode I was in felt like a blur, and I am not even sure where that time went or what I was thinking besides obsessive, negative, ruminating thoughts. I think it is definitely something that could affect your memory, and ability to pay attention or retain information. Especially with all the anxiety, too.

Thank you. Yes, it's these racing thoughts, sometimes positive, sometimes negative, between thoughts of what I am/need to be doing. I walk into rooms, and I know I will have had a purpose to going to my daughter's bedroom, but once I'm there, I'll have no idea why. I can't remember what exactly I was during, but a couple days ago I had to take a couple things with me to do something, and I had gotten out the kitchen scissors and brought them along when whatever it was I was doing didn't need scissors at all. I'm opening the wrong cabinets in the kitchen to get things, and my kitchen cabinets have been organized this way for 5 or 6 years now. I reach for light switches where none are (and I have lived in this house 14 years). It feels like things like this happen more & more each day. It is awful and a bit scary too.

[Nola0250]

This exact thing happened to me when mixed. I swear I thought I was getting early dementia. It went away when the mixed got under control.

[Blueberrybook]

[QUOTE=Nola0250;6269311]This exact thing happened to me when mixed. I swear I thought I was getting early dementia. It went away when the mixed got under control.[/QUOTE

I am relieved to know this is likely not dementia and can be caused by being mixed. Because I have definitely felt like I was starting to lose my mind at times, early onset Alzheimer’s or something.

[Wild Coyote]

[QUOTE=Blueberrybook;6269895]

Originally Posted by Nola0250

This exact thing happened to me when mixed. I swear I thought I was getting early dementia. It went away when the mixed got under control.[/QUOTE

I am relieved to know this is likely not dementia and can be caused by being mixed. Because I have definitely felt like I was starting to lose my mind at times, early onset Alzheimer’s or something.

I've had a challenging time with memory and with reading comprehension during my mixed episode.

Can feel very scary.


WC

[Faltering]

Yes, I find a mixed state to be very taxing on memory. I had a severe mixed episode during college and it significantly impacted my memory.