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Epilepsy and Memory Loss
Sun, 10/08/2006 - 19:36Comments
Re: Epilepsy and Memory Loss
Submitted by mozie03 on Thu, 2012-09-13 - 19:21
I am 50 next year and I have a similar situation. I use to pride myself on my memory and for the last 9 years its been the pits. Now I am afraid I will forget my way home. Thankgod for navigation systems.
I am 50 next year and I have a similar situation. I use to pride myself on my memory and for the last 9 years its been the pits. Now I am afraid I will forget my way home. Thankgod for navigation systems.
Re: Epilepsy and Memory Loss
Submitted by pgyhuang on Fri, 2013-04-19 - 14:09
Don't feel bad. I have the same problem as you with memory, speech, analytic and word retrieval problems. I thought I was going to have dementia too. I have complex partial appx 1 to 2 times a day without control for 14 years now. After 10 years of living with this, I began to study hard again just to kill time. As time flew, I realized my memory and cognitive skills improved dramatically and surely. The progress is slow and short term memory still requires more attention. What I'm trying to tell you is that studying and using my brain more helps me slowly but surely. Maybe if you read and study, your cognitive skill may be less worrisome too. I hope this may help you to not give up on yourself. It really helps!