I have been getting confused alot especially after having a sleep, I forget what day it is, or any plans I have to recover, I look at my mobile phone.
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Yes, confusion and memory issues are very common with epilepsy. Up to 70% of people with epilepsy experience some form of cognitive impairment, which can affect your ability to remember things and make decisions. This confusion can be especially noticeable in the minutes or hours following a seizure.
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I find the less you do something like writing or spelling words, the more mistakes you make due to memory loss, thats why I play scrabble daily to try and help.
Yes,on occasion it does happen, but I don't let it get to me when it comes about, not like before, I hang in there and try to stay positive and so can you, my opinion
Recently moderate sleep apnea! Brother , I need to loose weight and I had no more symptoms!
While growing up as a young boy I could remember everything. And I still can remember stuff from the 80s. (Like how I would get that funny feeling every now and then. I thought it was part of life - turned out to be seizures.) But immediately after I took medicine for the epilepsy, I felt a little different. I have far less seizures but my memory has been hit very hard - along with other side effects.