Hello Everyone! I was diagnosed with Bipolar type 2 about 4 years ago now. I am currently on seroquel, duloxetine and lamotrigine. My biggest frustration is that my memory is not very good. my boyfriend says that he will tell me something and I will either forget completely or get the details mixed up. the biggest problem is that he will tell me something 2 or 3 times and I will still forget that he said it. Even my ex-boyfriend mentioned the same sort of thing while we were dating. does anyone else have this problem? does anyone know if this is a result of my medication or just the bipolar itself? I know that we all have our good and bad days but is there any solution to this or anything I can do to make this better? I've tried talking to my psychiatrist and he just tells me to go see my family physician. Thank you for your help!
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Hello BellaJoy827 abd welcome to the forum. I have terrible short term memory. I write a lot of lists and notes. In my case I think some of it is the illness and some of it is a medication fog.AJ
Humans punish themselves endlessly
for not being what they believe they should be.
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I also have a terrible memory as well as terrible eyesight. I 100% believe it’s a medication fog. Frustrating but it is what it is I guess.Comment
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Hello BellaJoy827 and welcome. I have memory problems as well. I think that part is due to the medication and part has to do with the illness. I make notes to help my memory. If my wife asks me to do something while she is at work I either write it down or repeat back to her what she wanted done. Sometimes I just have to say" sorry about that I forgot". Not the type of forget as in I just didn't do it, The type of forgot where I have no memory of being asked. Take Care. paul m."Alone we can do so little;
Together we can do so much"
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