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Does Anyone Find Themselves Feeling Very Forgetful?
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I used to have a great memory and now I feel like my mind has been erased like an etch-a-sketch. My roommate will mention something that I've done and I have absolutely no recollection of it at all. I feel so stupid because of it. It really scares me sometimes, too. Have I forgotten anything REALLY important? I can remember the lyrics to '80s music and dialog from TV shows but I can't remember what happened at a family gathering just the other day. I'm not even taking Topamax anymore (AKA… read more

posted June 23, 2016
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Ive had conversations that I dont remember and sometimes I am very cruel. They only happen in seizure mode. I also have short term memory loss. I was diagnosed as an infant 10 months old. I am now 60. I can put so ething down and forget where it is within 5 minutes. Its normal, at least for me. Ive even forgotren my teeth, now thats bad...lol.

posted June 25, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Whenever I feel that way it's usually OverMedicated. I don't recall having SEIZOR'S, but who wants to anyway. I believe that is how it started: "People having SEIZOR'S are forgetful".

posted July 18, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I could be told someone's name more than once and still forget their name.

posted July 18, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Dopamax; and they want to give me more!

posted July 17, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

That's me other than loosing my Job l took severance before it because the offer was good glad l did may have been dismissed on medical ground if not since leaving had 2 knee replacement and ankle plus one one more to have on next knee

posted June 28, 2016

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