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Posted by steve2 on June 20, 2001, at 23:16:29
also would apprecaite if someone could tell me what the "cognitive impariment" is all about!
Posted by SalArmy4me on June 20, 2001, at 23:34:14
In reply to And..., posted by steve2 on June 20, 2001, at 23:16:29
That's a tricyclic and Topamax kind of thing: http://www.dr-bob.org/tips/split/Word-finding-difficulties-.html
> also would apprecaite if someone could tell me what the "cognitive impariment" is all about!
Posted by sl on June 21, 2001, at 11:15:04
In reply to And..., posted by steve2 on June 20, 2001, at 23:16:29
> also would apprecaite if someone could tell me what the "cognitive impariment" is all about!
Since Sal says it's a tricyclic thing, I'll tell you what the cognitive impairment of my tricyclic med does to me....
I get confused easily. I used to be able to keep up with 2-3 light conversations at once in a chatroom, now I have to just watch for my name/initials and respond ONLY to whoever's talking to me, cuz otherwise I just get confused. Not overwhelmed, exactly, just CONFUSED.
I'm very forgetful, absentminded. In the beginning I would walk into a room when I was working around the house and forget why I walked in there (I'm 27!) and have to do that 2-3-4 times before I could retain the info from one room to the other. Now it's a little better, I can clean house and things aren't so bad, but I'm still much more forgetful than I used to be.
I'm less articulate too. I stammer and I can't seem to put sentences together when I speak (in the real world). I used to only stammer when I was very excited about something and the rest of the time I was very clear and concise. Now I do it a lot.
Hope this gives you some idea....
sl
Posted by SalArmy4me on June 24, 2001, at 21:03:51
In reply to Re: And..., posted by sl on June 21, 2001, at 11:15:04
Maybe you could go on a more benign tricyclic like desipramine. Or you could try the tetracylcics mirtazapine and maprotiline.
> > also would apprecaite if someone could tell me what the "cognitive impariment" is all about!
>
> Since Sal says it's a tricyclic thing, I'll tell you what the cognitive impairment of my tricyclic med does to me....
>
> I get confused easily. I used to be able to keep up with 2-3 light conversations at once in a chatroom, now I have to just watch for my name/initials and respond ONLY to whoever's talking to me, cuz otherwise I just get confused. Not overwhelmed, exactly, just CONFUSED.
>
> I'm very forgetful, absentminded. In the beginning I would walk into a room when I was working around the house and forget why I walked in there (I'm 27!) and have to do that 2-3-4 times before I could retain the info from one room to the other. Now it's a little better, I can clean house and things aren't so bad, but I'm still much more forgetful than I used to be.
>
> I'm less articulate too. I stammer and I can't seem to put sentences together when I speak (in the real world). I used to only stammer when I was very excited about something and the rest of the time I was very clear and concise. Now I do it a lot.
>
> Hope this gives you some idea....
>
> sl
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