Posted by Siraris on December 18, 2003, at 3:30:20
I am a 22 year old male that was diagnosed with anxiety disorder 7 years ago. At first I was taking 1 mg of klonopin and Imipramine. I now am on .5 mg of klonopin and 10 mg of Paxil. 6 years ago I noticed a decrease in being able to remember/retain information, but as of late it has gotten terribly worse. I am a college student majoring in Computer Science and my mind is extremely important in what I do.
Before I was diagnosed with anxiety, I was an incredible student, getting A's in all my classes and being able to remember everything. I could watch movies and remember all sorts of lines, all the characters names... I could read books and remember all sorts of stuff about it, all the little details even from 600 page books.
I can barely remember the titles of movies I am watching now, let alone character names and things like that. I read paragraphs of articles and books and forget what I read as soon as I read it. While talking, I put together sentences in an odd fashion, I also forget things that I am going to say and always have a very hard time recalling words (I used to have an excellent vocabulary.
I am finding as of late I start talking about things and forget what I am going to say. The other day I was going to bring my car in the garage when I got home, I went in to open the garage door, and instead of opening the door I went to go inside my house, completely forgetting that my car was outside, still on. I have had many more things like this happen as well.
I have also had a problem with sleeping... this has been an ongoing thing, but as of late it's even more noticeable. I used to have a very hard time waking up and getting to school. Now, I am on break from my university, and just relaxing. I am finding myself not being able to fall asleep at night, and sleeping for 12 hours a day minimum and still having trouble waking up then.
Is this something anyone else has noticed? Can it be cured? If anyone can PLEASE help me, give me any information you have, I would appreciate it so much. I just want my life back to normal. I want to be able to read information and retain it. I used to be such a smart wonderful person, and it feels like I've lost it all.
poster:Siraris
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