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memory loss is real bad I was born with primary generalizes epilepsy and memory loss has always been a everyday battle and anxiety and depression
now my new doctor says he thinks the memory loss is more from anxiety than epilepsy ....this ive been this ive had the memory loss when I didn't have anxiety he said anxiety has probley always been there ..any thought or comments would be great ..thank you

September 22, 2016
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I do thanks to my pills. When I lowered my dose it got better. When I have tonic-clonic seizures though I have severe short-term memory loss that erases weeks or months of memories. My myoclonic seizure give me like a 10 second memory loss so I lose my place mid sentence if I'm speaking. Its not anxiety its real.

September 28, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I have memory loss my Dr said it is from seizures and the medications also add to it as well as age

September 26, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I have had severe memory loss it use to be good but after my last big seizure in 2014 I have been experiencing alot of memory difficulty and I was just diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety disorder back in July this year

September 23, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Yes. I sometimes trail off mid sentence, thinking "what was I going to say?" Started around puberty, a few years before I was diagnosed with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy (generalized). It could be anxiety, but I don't have a diagnosis. MY neurologist says it's most likely due to heightened brain activity

September 23, 2016
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

yes me to I cant think straight and I find myself stuttering but its more like I cant pull my words out of my brain I know what I want to say but I just cant get it so it sounds like im stuttering ...so frustrating

September 23, 2016

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