Community Forum Archive
The Epilepsy Community Forums are closed, and the information is archived. The content in this section may not be current or apply to all situations. In addition, forum questions and responses include information and content that has been generated by epilepsy community members. This content is not moderated. The information on these pages should not be substituted for medical advice from a healthcare provider. Experiences with epilepsy can vary greatly on an individual basis. Please contact your doctor or medical team if you have any questions about your situation. For more information, learn about epilepsy or visit our resources section.
Short Term Memory Loss
Tue, 09/21/2004 - 12:42Topic: Medication Issues
I would like to know if there are others who experience short term memory loss. I have been on miscellaneous meds for the past 12 years but currently taking Depakote ER & Tegretol XR.
Comments
RE: Short Term Memory Loss
Submitted by SpeechLady on Tue, 2004-08-10 - 10:34
By the way, I was first on Keppra which didn't work for me. I am now on Trileptal and Lamictal.
RE: RE: Short Term Memory Loss
Submitted by tibet2 on Tue, 2004-08-10 - 12:26
speech lady!it's so great to see you! more than 90% of the time i am unable to access MGH, so have given up trying that forum. ironically i am running a very up to date apple network here at home... and the neuromancer forum is also running on an apple system... so i don't understand why people with 10 year old PCs can get on MGH and i can't... but, be that as it may, it's really great to see you here. how are things really going? how long have you been on trileptal? are you trying to head in the direction of monotherapy on either med? i'm on trileptal and had i started this med change with my currect neuro he would have tried lamictal before trileptal... but since trileptal seems to be working we are staying the course with that. i have no complaints except the half life. i am in the process of losing mysoline which has given me a very good run for the money... and has the advantage of having a half life similar to that of depleted uranium... so i could be "flexible" about when i took it... someone has recently posted here about stuttering and epilepsy and it turns out their child has frontal lobe seizures. i would love to hear what you thought about it. my guess was broca's area could be involved. but i would love to hear what an expert thought. did you go to the neuropsych? i am still working on my face recognition problem... it has been really interesting and i enjoy it enormously. i think i need to go become an assistant in jim tanaka's lab! i wish he weren't so far away from my home.
Re: RE: Short Term Memory Loss
Submitted by just_joe on Sun, 2013-07-28 - 17:10
I have always been independent and will be. Having epilepsy for over 50 years ain't easy. Do take your walk around the block alone. But do not do it in the dark.
In other words don't go in and have it without knowing everything that is going to be done. I hope everything goes the way you want it to. My neuro did a study on me because he wanted to see me seizure free. If the scar tissue were in one lobe I could have had it but the scar tissue is in more than 2 lobe. He and I both know that I will probably never be seizure free but with his testing and working with me the seizures I do have have been cut down in number. The length of time in the seizures has also been cut from 20-60 seconds to 4-6 seconds and some are split seconds. The time to focus or get back to normal has been reduced from 15-30 minutes to maybe 1 minute. SO We have done alot to cut the seizures down and the length of time to seconds and a few minutes.
I had seen him and was walking thru th hospital and when I was on the elevator I mentions his name and what he has done with me to a lady. She looked tired and worried. I offered to get her a drink or coffee and she said that what I had told her eased her some. Her son was in surgery and the doctor who set things up was my doc. She didn't know much about him because she dely with the surgen and not the neuro so she had only talked with him once. We had our coffee. Her son came out of surgery fine but I haven't seen her since then.
I do hope everything goes well with you and you become seizure free
Good luck
I have always been independent and will be. Having epilepsy for over 50 years ain't easy. Do take your walk around the block alone. But do not do it in the dark.
In other words don't go in and have it without knowing everything that is going to be done. I hope everything goes the way you want it to. My neuro did a study on me because he wanted to see me seizure free. If the scar tissue were in one lobe I could have had it but the scar tissue is in more than 2 lobe. He and I both know that I will probably never be seizure free but with his testing and working with me the seizures I do have have been cut down in number. The length of time in the seizures has also been cut from 20-60 seconds to 4-6 seconds and some are split seconds. The time to focus or get back to normal has been reduced from 15-30 minutes to maybe 1 minute. SO We have done alot to cut the seizures down and the length of time to seconds and a few minutes.
I had seen him and was walking thru th hospital and when I was on the elevator I mentions his name and what he has done with me to a lady. She looked tired and worried. I offered to get her a drink or coffee and she said that what I had told her eased her some. Her son was in surgery and the doctor who set things up was my doc. She didn't know much about him because she dely with the surgen and not the neuro so she had only talked with him once. We had our coffee. Her son came out of surgery fine but I haven't seen her since then.
I do hope everything goes well with you and you become seizure free
Good luck