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cognitive difficulties from medication

Mon, 12/08/2014 - 00:37

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so for about 5 years you have

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2014-12-08 - 10:47
so for about 5 years you have thought but you don't know if your thinking is different and you think it might be from the meds you took for about 7 years.. OK here goes. The thinking process is different with each person. I was in the top of my classes but my thinking was different.By that I mean I could look at the issue or problem and figure out the answer to some things before reading the question. For instance in 8th grade I was in a pre algebra class. My books were closed and the problem was written on the black board. The teacher was going over the question and the way to answer it. After he finished my hand went up. I told him his answer was wrong. He had me come up and do the same question below his. After I finished he looked at the answers which are generally in the back of the books used by teachers. He said my answer was the right answer. After doing that 3 other times all I had to do in that class was be there for roll call and I got a pass friday I was there to take tests. I could read things fine and fast as a kid. After starting on meds that reading slowed down tremendously. However when it was slow I could be asked where I got the information. I gave a teacher the information on where in which books I got the information page paragraph and sentence. It depends on the person and the way they see things. There have always been times when I could tkae things apart and put them back together without looking at the distructions

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