meds have not been taken in two+ years(and will not again), more things which used to come so easily are increasingly more difficult and it is not just from getting a couple years older. im slipping. The more I research symptoms of it all the more frightened i feel. yet fright is not exactly what it is. I find myself screaming alot in my head
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Q: is losing your mental sharpness a casualty of bipolar?
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10/12/09 12:54am
Well... I am on meds and I am having problems with memory and mental sharpness. Confusion is a big thing for me... I know you are not on meds... but i think that even with meds.... the sharpness dulls with bipolar. We wear out our brains...
9/26/09 5:05pm
dragon,
I've been struggling with this issue too. Without the meds., confusion
causes memory problems. Yet, many the meds also do the same
thing.
I guess the lesser of the evils is taking the meds, at least
there is some functionality, at least for me.
Sorry your struggling with this, good luck.
tryingtoo
10/ 1/09 10:11pm
Dragon, i've been off my meds for a couple of years and i get confused and can't remeber anything on dya i was frantic over my cars keys and a lady said look in your hand. My mind seems to go at warp speed i can't stop thinking and things i used to do easily i now find hard to do. But i can't go back to seroquel it just made me so tired and thristy so now i just write things down. Also i can't seem to spell anything and can't remeber some people names i've know all my life. But good luck to you but i do know how you feel.
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