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Epilepsy and Memory Loss
Sun, 10/08/2006 - 19:36Comments
Re: Epilepsy and Memory Loss
Submitted by srchaser67 on Mon, 2013-05-20 - 10:42
Re: Epilepsy and Memory Loss
Submitted by tricia ranson on Tue, 2009-07-14 - 06:02
I'm not sure if this forum is still going as I see there is only one comment after 2006. However, I wanted to add something. I have had epilepsy for 13 years (I am 58) and it is not well controlled. I have only had 3 grand mals but have 'weird feelings' as I am waking every few weeks. I bit my cheek quite badly during the last one. My main problem is my memory. It really affects me by not remembering the content of meetings at work even if it is just after a few days and also my memory of distant events that I should remember! eg being taken to the Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados for a few days - now anybody should remember that! My family have got to the stage where they say 'do you remember? - oh no you wouldn't' I have the other symptoms you describe - knowing I know someone but not their name or the context I know them in. I have this awful fear of having early onset dementia and would much prefer it to be the result of the epilepsy! I am having memory tests from the medic this week - but does it sound like the result of epilepsy to you guys?
Tricia
I'm not sure if this forum is still going as I see there is only one comment after 2006. However, I wanted to add something. I have had epilepsy for 13 years (I am 58) and it is not well controlled. I have only had 3 grand mals but have 'weird feelings' as I am waking every few weeks. I bit my cheek quite badly during the last one. My main problem is my memory. It really affects me by not remembering the content of meetings at work even if it is just after a few days and also my memory of distant events that I should remember! eg being taken to the Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados for a few days - now anybody should remember that! My family have got to the stage where they say 'do you remember? - oh no you wouldn't' I have the other symptoms you describe - knowing I know someone but not their name or the context I know them in. I have this awful fear of having early onset dementia and would much prefer it to be the result of the epilepsy! I am having memory tests from the medic this week - but does it sound like the result of epilepsy to you guys?
Tricia
Re: Epilepsy and Memory Loss
Submitted by hattersalice on Thu, 2009-08-06 - 15:06
I was diagnosed with epilepsy in December (I'm in my 50's). I was severely allergic to Keppra and Oxcarbazepine and am now on Phenytoin 4 x daily. I am also on Lexapro, an anti-depressant - something I never experienced prior these medications. And my memory is shot, starting since the seizures. I'm light-headed all the time, get occasional dizziness and must write everything down. in order to remember. I am relieved to know that I am not alone.