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Epilepsy and Memory Loss
Sun, 10/08/2006 - 19:36Topic: Women With Epilepsy
I'm brand new to this forum. Looking it over, I don't see my major problem & don't have much info about it. I have lost alot of my memory & it supposedly is because of seizures. I have been on Neurontin since I had some blackouts, which I guess are called Absence Seizures. I just blank out & my eyes get glassy.
I want to know if the memory loss & "feeling weird" are the result of having Epilepsy, or could they be from meds? I also take Effexor XR for depression. I tried to go off that when I thought maybe I'd been mistakenly diagosed with depression before they realized I have Epilepsy. That resulted in some very bad mental & emotional health problems. I'm taking both now, & the memory loss & (sometimes)weird feelings persist. Anyone out there know anything about these issues?
Comments
Re: I am suffering from horrible
Submitted by angelgonebadd27 on Sun, 2006-10-29 - 01:47
i have epilepsy im 43 m parents were told that when i was 3 up until 7 years ago i had sz all the time . i have been sz free now for 7 years i take my meds the same time every day and i watch my sugar level my doc says that when a woman with epilepsy has her period her sugar levels drop which makes her medicine levels drop ,since i started doin this i have been able to drive again
Re: Epilepsy and Memory Loss
Submitted by afraid to sleep on Mon, 2006-10-09 - 15:50
I have found Xango has helped a lot with my memory and energy level. It is an all natural health supplement. It is made from the mangosteen fruit. Just thought some of you would want to know.
Re: Re: I am suffering from horrible
Submitted by akayn11803 on Fri, 2006-10-27 - 15:14
it sounds like we have some of the same symptoms, so i wanted to write you. i am 22 and have had epilepsy for about 3 yrs now. i have grand mal seizures, but also have had other types. not sure exactly what kind. i guess absence seizures. i can see, but can't reply and everything sounds very "mutated" as i call it. or like i'm underwater. anyway, i just made 7 months (finally) with no seizures. the last one i had was on march 15, andi was just falling asleep when it happened. bit the tongue, the whole 9 yards you know. they suck and i am so glad things are sort of looking up for a change. but i'm with you on the memory loss. my husband gets aggrivated at times because i TOTALLy will for get stuff, like water boilong, and important stuff that you would normally realize. i feel like a child. iu have to be reminded so much. is this from my med/ or the seizures. i know i used to be forgetful, but i don't remember if it was this bad. it gets frustrating when i'm talking about an object, and i'm looking right at it, but i can't figure out what it's called. sometimes it might take like 5 min before i can think of what the word is. like the refrigerator, dryer, phone, dog. just anything. i've gotten to where i have told all my friends and my family that i have a problem with trying to explain myself so know it isn't so bad. i would get so embarrased and upset. now it's just normal. but i still hate it. i mean when i have kids will i forget about them, forget theirenames??? i'm scared. and i also haven't been able to work or drive in forever. i'm scared, and i think once i'm behind the wheel, i'm so concerned with "what if" i start stressing myself and then i get this very weird sensation in my head. too hard to explain to others. its like warm, and magnified, i don't know. it's just weird. and its got to be from my epilepsy or the meds because it's never done it before.