Haha sorry about that title , but that was the best way I could describe what I feel. Ever since my breakdown I swear I have the weirdest brain farts. My brain just gives out and stops working it seems. I've gotten my abilities to focus and concentrate back (which is nice because I was afraid that I would never be able to sit and enjoy a book again...I love to read lol), but when I'm talking to people my brain just conks out. For example, a couple of days ago I was talking to a friend of mine and thank goodness she's a talker! I swear I couldn't think of one thing to say in our entire hour and a half conversation. I was just sitting there stumped for words. My memory is shot too! Ugh. It's annoying.

Hello Thehours: Yes, I experience some of this. But I'm old... so I chalk it up to old age... you know... "senior moments" & that sort of thing. It does take a while, following something like a breakdown for one's faculties to recover. And it sounds as though most of yours have. Perhaps your brain farts are just symptoms of the last thing to come back. And chances are whatever is causing them will come back. But, if not, or if you are worried about it... best to discuss this with your pdoc or family physician. One thing that is true, I believe is, the more one worries about something like this, the more difficult it can be to overcome it. So it's probably best not to let it go too long. Best wishes...

[A18793715]

The same thing with me. My brain goes blank in like mid sentence some times and I'll have no clue what I was literally just saying. It's so annoying. It's gotten way worse now that my mood has gotten bad and everything else just getting worse because of that. Blah.

But you're not alone. It happens to me all the time. That happens to me all the time. *hugs*

[SillyKitty]

I generally blame the meds. I used to be very verbose and use words like "verbose" in everyday conversation.

[KJ2791]

Originally Posted by A18793715

The same thing with me. My brain goes blank in like mid sentence some times and I'll have no clue what I was literally just saying. It's so annoying. It's gotten way worse now that my mood has gotten bad and everything else just getting worse because of that. Blah.

But you're not alone. It happens to me all the time. That happens to me all the time. *hugs*

I'm glad I'm not the only one. It's like someone just pulled the thought right out of my head...I can't even remember the topic a lot of the time.

Since we're on the topic of memory, does anyone have the problem with reading something and forgetting what you read immediately after? This is beyond annoying and really takes a lot of joy out of my days.

[SchizoKing]

Originally Posted by KJ2791

I'm glad I'm not the only one. It's like someone just pulled the thought right out of my head...I can't even remember the topic a lot of the time.

Since we're on the topic of memory, does anyone have the problem with reading something and forgetting what you read immediately after? This is beyond annoying and really takes a lot of joy out of my days.

Yes, I experience this all of the time. Last year I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and my memory has been really bad. I actually kind of avoid social situations because I want to avoid conversations in fear of not being able to hold decent conversations anymore. I wanted to go back to school but as you mentioned I could read something and not retain any of it. It's really frustrating.

[KJ2791]

Originally Posted by SchizoKing

Yes, I experience this all of the time. Last year I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and my memory has been really bad. I actually kind of avoid social situations because I want to avoid conversations in fear of not being able to hold decent conversations anymore. I wanted to go back to school but as you mentioned I could read something and not retain any of it. It's really frustrating.

It also makes job interviews nearly impossible. I often lose track of my train of thought right in the middle of a sentence. You don't realize how important memory is until you lose it.

KJ