Posted by viridis on October 27, 2002, at 22:10:55
In reply to Re: Klonopin as a dumb drug » viridis, posted by Rick on October 27, 2002, at 10:52:55
Hi Rick,
Actually, I did notice some short-term memory loss early on (maybe for a couple of weeks), but it seemed to diminish pretty quickly. It's hard for me to accurately assess the memory issue, because I've always been prone to short-term forgetfulness (although my long-term recall is excellent).
Pre-K, when I was experiencing severe anxiety or (especially) depression, my short-term memory was terrible. In a deep depression, I could completely forget something someone said a few minutes earlier, even if we'd discussed it in detail.
So in summary -- I've always experienced short-term forgetfulness. K seemed to make this worse at first, then this disappeared, or at least went back to what I think is my normal state, and this is much better than when I'm anxious and/or depressed.
By the way, I've always been awful with names. I can run into someone I've met before and remember all sorts of details except the person's name -- where we met, what the person does, what we discussed previously, etc. My wife is very aware of this, and always asks a person's name before I'm obligated to introduce her to them, to avoid any awkwardness. It's always been this way, so I don't think K has much to do with it, except maybe briefly.
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