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Epilepsy and Memory Loss

Sun, 10/08/2006 - 19:36
Topic: 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: Epilepsy and Memory Loss

Submitted by tcameron on Sun, 2012-04-15 - 15:22
According the the Institute of Medicine (IOM), we're all at an increased risk for Alzheimer's dementia.  The quiz is on this website. 

hi im 23, i've had epilepsy

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2014-11-06 - 17:18
hi im 23, i've had epilepsy since i was 18 or so... i can't remember..... i can't remember whole portions of my life, numerous parts. this has gotten worse and worse. I'll be riding my bike through town and suddenly i will forget where i am.... .it took me awhile to get my epilepsy under control as it seems to have gotten worse but i have finally gotten up to a dose that controls it which is at the highest dose of levitiracetam 1500 mg and topiramate 100mg twice daily but my memory was at its worst when i was having seizures a few times a week. now ive gotten my head pretty well under control, but now im not allowed to see my son and im fighting for access. i think im to young for this shit.

Re: Epilepsy and Memory Loss

Submitted by kjsdestiny on Fri, 2012-09-14 - 19:21

Hello terri,

Im not sure what the memory loss is from exactly the meds or the seizures.For me the worst thing is have a seizure right before you have an important meeting where your filling out forms and document's not having your full memory and then being asked why you answer this before and not even remembering what you wrote or when it was you wrote it.  It's very hard for me because I just recently moved to a new state. In my former state I had an care giver to help me with forms here I can't find this service. So frustrating

 

Hello terri,

Im not sure what the memory loss is from exactly the meds or the seizures.For me the worst thing is have a seizure right before you have an important meeting where your filling out forms and document's not having your full memory and then being asked why you answer this before and not even remembering what you wrote or when it was you wrote it.  It's very hard for me because I just recently moved to a new state. In my former state I had an care giver to help me with forms here I can't find this service. So frustrating

 

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