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I've had epilepsy for 20 years and my memory has never been that great. I've forgotten a ton of stuff that happened before I was diagnosed. My long term memory, things that happened years and several months ago I wouldn't remember. Things that happened a day or two before a seizure I wouldn't remember either.
It seems like my memory has gotten worse. Things that happened right around the time of the seizure, even just hours, I'll remember. But now things that happened only a few months, or even weeks, ago I won't remember. If someone will tell me about it in detail then chances are I might remember it, not always.
I have a heck of time with words. I know exactly what the word is but it just won't come out. I'll have to describe it and sometimes it seems like I'm playing charades. I recently went grocery shopping and got eye drops for my boyfriend. I wanted the eyedrops in a separate bag but could not think of the word eyedrops. I kept pointing at my eye and telling the cashier 'The things for your eyes'. After playing charades, and she had a few guesses, she realized what I wanted.
People, especially my parents, get so mad because I'll ask them the same thing five time. But I can't help it, I just don't remember that I've even asked it once.
Trying to explain all this to someone is useless because. I go to the neuro in January, maybe he can.
It seems like my memory has gotten worse. Things that happened right around the time of the seizure, even just hours, I'll remember. But now things that happened only a few months, or even weeks, ago I won't remember. If someone will tell me about it in detail then chances are I might remember it, not always.
I have a heck of time with words. I know exactly what the word is but it just won't come out. I'll have to describe it and sometimes it seems like I'm playing charades. I recently went grocery shopping and got eye drops for my boyfriend. I wanted the eyedrops in a separate bag but could not think of the word eyedrops. I kept pointing at my eye and telling the cashier 'The things for your eyes'. After playing charades, and she had a few guesses, she realized what I wanted.
People, especially my parents, get so mad because I'll ask them the same thing five time. But I can't help it, I just don't remember that I've even asked it once.
Trying to explain all this to someone is useless because. I go to the neuro in January, maybe he can.