I have long bemoaned the shortcomings of my short-term memory, which is like Swiss cheese. (My long-term memory is excellent.) I also have the attention span of a goldfish. I was afraid I was developing dementia, which is not unheard-of at my age (60). But I've had two different pdocs tell me that I'm not, and that all this is due to a combination of meds and brain damage from repeated bipolar episodes, which makes sense. I can't do anything about that, so I deal with my STM loss with as much humor as I can muster.
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DX: Bipolar 1
Anxiety
Tardive dyskinesia
Mild cognitive impairment
RX: Celexa 20 mg
Gabapentin 1200 mg
Geodon 40 mg AM, 60 mg PM
Klonopin 0.5 mg PRN
Lamictal 500 mg
Levothyroxine 125 mcg (rx'd for depression)
Trazodone 150 mg
Zyprexa 7.5 mg
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