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Posted by crstabel on May 4, 2004, at 15:06:56
I am a 33 y.o. female taking 150mgs of Lamactil for mood (I tend to be cyclothymic). I have returned to school to complete pre-med coursework and have found it much MUCH more difficult to retain what I've learned. Particularly difficult for me is new vocabulary - and my word recall in general (even for common vocabulary) has really fallen off.
Is this age/parenthood related (I did have a child 2 years ago, and a horrible recovery - taking steroids that made me insane + very rough post-partum year - i.e. could this have burned out something that was there before)? Or is it related to the anticonvulsants?
My verbal recall had not been good since the birth of my son, but I attributed this to being out of the workforce and isolated from people. But it is not getting better now that I've been in school for 1 year (although I started the anticonvulsant at the beginning of that time).
FYI - I was treated for ADD from age 26-30 with stimulants ( i no longer take these, due to the fact that they wind me up too much now). Wonder if I don't form new memories well without the "boost", or if using dex for 4 years fried my head.
What do you guys think?
Posted by Sad Panda on May 6, 2004, at 16:31:52
In reply to Memory / Cognitive probs, aging vs.anticonvulsants, posted by crstabel on May 4, 2004, at 15:06:56
> I am a 33 y.o. female taking 150mgs of Lamactil for mood (I tend to be cyclothymic). I have returned to school to complete pre-med coursework and have found it much MUCH more difficult to retain what I've learned. Particularly difficult for me is new vocabulary - and my word recall in general (even for common vocabulary) has really fallen off.
>
> Is this age/parenthood related (I did have a child 2 years ago, and a horrible recovery - taking steroids that made me insane + very rough post-partum year - i.e. could this have burned out something that was there before)? Or is it related to the anticonvulsants?
>
> My verbal recall had not been good since the birth of my son, but I attributed this to being out of the workforce and isolated from people. But it is not getting better now that I've been in school for 1 year (although I started the anticonvulsant at the beginning of that time).
>
> FYI - I was treated for ADD from age 26-30 with stimulants ( i no longer take these, due to the fact that they wind me up too much now). Wonder if I don't form new memories well without the "boost", or if using dex for 4 years fried my head.
>
> What do you guys think?
>
>Hi,
How well are you sleeping? Sleep is thought to be the time when memories become more permanent. If you sleep fine then maybe try stimulants again at a lower dosage to see if ADD is still a problem.
Cheers,
Panda.
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