Worried I have form of brain damage

Maybe from changing and stopping different meds over the years, or from the med itself? I have no idea. Or this all could just be a constant obsession. But im a lot slower than i used to be.

Could also be depression? Do you have any activities that stimulate your mind?

I feel the same way. My pdocs say not to worry it only happens to people who have psychosis but I think being suicidal so often changes your brain too. I've been on so many meds, I was a zombie on seroquel for a few. It must have done some damage.

I really have no idea. Mental/psychiatric illness is so complicated. It would be easy to assume "our" brains are wired much different from other people.. Atleast thats how i feel lot of the time. Far as some kind of damage?, im not sure.. (im also pretty sure my thought processes are different)

anyone else have some insight?

The most recent news I read about this said that bipolar changed/damaged your brain. So I imagine depression does too. I know the more I write, read and do active things( just getting out of the house) more I remember and the better I do overall.

I wonder sometimes, too. I abused a lot of drugs when I was a teenager / was in my early 20's. That could have done it. Or maybe it was the bi-lateral ECT. I think my trouble with linking faces to names or names of songs to sound of song to name of band kinds of directory issues has been only since then... Or maybe it was all the psych meds... I had a lot of old generation anti-psychotics over the years etc...

There isn't really any way to know. I mean, there are studies on long term effects... But they compare one population (on average) to (the average of) another population. So... Nothing definitive with respect to whether they have affected YOU or not...

I see how it is something to wonder / worry about... It really ate at me for a while there... But there isn't any way to know... Your mind... To a very large extent it is like a muscle that grows and gets stronger with use and wastes away and atrophies with disuse. Ruminating on it being ruined... Isn't helping it grow stronger...

Sometimes I wonder if it was the years of depression... I'm not using it / strengthening it when I'm all 'meh, can't be bothered' either...