Posted by always_doing_laundry on July 31, 2008, at 11:04:32
I have always thought that I just had more than the average bear's instances of deja vu. While reading another medication forum, I was surprised to see postings about particular drugs that have deja vu as a side effect.
Does anyone know whether Lamictal and/or neurontin have this feature?
When I reflect, I have chalked this up to middle age ... but I wonder now if it isn't concurrent with/coincidental with when I started on these meds. Could Lamictal affect cognitive processing, in that my thoughts aren't in synch with my experience (slower) and so it seems like it has happened before?
Honestly, I sometimes think I'm crazy, b/c it seems like one long string of interactions in my day will seem like back-to-back "deja vu."
I'm also wondering if my on-the-tip-of-my-tongue word-finding difficulties are part and parcel of taking either/both of these meds. Since I have been on both meds for about 7 years, it's difficult to remember when the frequency of problems increased (and if I could, I probably wouldn't be able to find the words for it ... lost on the tip of my tongue :)
The final issue I am realizing is that my memory is not what I think it is. This keeps cropping up, because I believe that I have good recall, only to find out (from others) that I don't ... I just think I do, because I forget what I forgot.
Thanks for any experiences, insight, feedback!
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