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« on: May 12, 2008, 03:02:43 AM » |
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Hi, my name is Sojo.I was told by a pdoc that my iq was very high, a few years ago.I feel like my learning is slowed down becuse I take psychotropic meds. I take such a small dosage of Risperdal. It affects my memory.I am on other medications too. I am trying to fight being unmotivated.I am going to take a computer class. I kind of feel that for all these years I was half alive.I hope they come up with better alternatives for medicine someday.I 'm worried my meds are going to eventially make me less intelligent. Just for discipline, I want to start reading everything I can. My memory is affected by my meds. I could not tell you one fact about United States history or politics. My former pdoc said that depression can affect my memory.Does anyone know anything about this.You may not be able to answer all of my questions,  but that's allright...thankyou for your comments...Sojo |
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« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2008, 09:07:32 AM » |
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sojo it' true that the drugs do effect our memory and our motivation and our ability to concentrate. i know they do mine. i use to read everything i could get my hands on and now it requires great effort to read and retain what i read. i thought you expressed yourself very well and am not sure what your pdoc is referring to. i thnk it sounds like you're taking great strides in trying to fight the side effects of the meds and try to motivate yourself. it's always just a little harder for us. i too worry about my memory and the dullness i often feel witht he meds but then i try to remember that at least we do have something and that more research is being done all the time. our meds are not the best scenario but our alternatives are often worse. hang in there and keep trying it sounds like you have the right attitude. k
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« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2008, 09:19:06 AM » |
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I don't agree. I am a Mensa member and have never felt that my meds alter my intelligence and memory. I do better on meds than I did without them. Before I started taking the right meds for me I was chaotic and all over the place, and so emotional I couldn't do anything. Since then I have held down good jobs and written two books. I would never blame my meds for any losses.
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« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2008, 12:11:46 PM » |
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I have not been that lucky with my meds and my mental capacity. The drugs drain my creativity, energy, and slow my thinking way down. It is like moving in slow motion. My IQ still tests very high so I know that I am not losing cognitive ability, it is just much slower now. I don't like it and I feel like a different person but it is the price that I pay for having some normalcy in my life.
Donna
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« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2008, 06:59:01 PM » |
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i think that this is all down to the individual
i have bad concentration and a terrible memory and thats before any medication.it is at its worst when im at my lowest and my highest points...
i think that it is a cas of you finding out what works for you.....a lot of the drugs do have side effects like that and sometimes after a while they go and other times you just have to live with them or go back to doc and tell them.
sorry i could really give much help
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« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2008, 11:33:06 PM » |
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Thankyou everyone for all of your input  .I hink I won't be so worried about my IQ.I would never go off of my meds.I think a person needs to nurtures their mind so more creativity can come out.....Bye now |
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« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2008, 12:33:39 AM » |
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I also feel like I am not as intelligent or creative as before. Isn't it a fact that all BP's have higher IQ's than normal? I remember everyone in my middle school just freaking out about my IQ score and putting me in genius classes and advanced classes and even moving me up to higher grades in school. Now I feel like Donna was saying, drained. I don't know which med it is, but it has to be a med b/c it wasn't until I started taking them that I felt this way.
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« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2008, 12:37:46 AM » |
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Oh, and I forgot to say....
Nicki, honey, you know I love you, and don't you get upset when I say this, but you can't evaluate how your intelligence/creativity and such is doing. You are so busy just trying to survive each day, I just don't think you have any time to evaluate that part of your mentality. You've just got so much going on that I don't think it's fair for you to even try to worry about that part of your mind yet. xxxxxxhigh
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« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2008, 09:23:03 AM » |
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Hell I was always pretty dumb, so a little more don't really bother me.
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« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2008, 10:20:17 AM » |
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Hell I was always pretty dumb, so a little more don't really bother me.
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lurker, stop it!!! i hope that was meant strictly as a joke and i just took it wrong. but i surely hope you don't believe that for a second. you are a very intelligent, well informed, incredible caring person and i hate it when you say things like this cause i think so much of you. and besides i was willing to let you be George Bush and i believed you wouldn't screw up the ecomomy. i definately believe you are that capable. |
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« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2008, 02:40:51 PM » |
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thanks high...im not offended by anyone reagardless what they say...i guess that you could be right though...its been so long that i may well have forgotten who i really am because of the constant struggle....i still have me to find and explore...just hope i like it when i find it....cheers and hugs x
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« Reply #11 on: May 13, 2008, 08:05:44 PM » |
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Hi Sojo, your IQ won't change. Unless we suffer a head injury/brain trauma, our IQ's stay relatively constant.
If you feel your medications are interfering with your cognitive abilities, you have every right to talk to your doctor about these issues.... perhaps there is something he or she can do to help. It's your life, after all.
We are all so different when it comes to medications and side-effects. What helps one person tremendously, might not work for the next person whatsoever.
I didn't feel my ability to function or my memory was ever affected by medications, until i took risperdal. Then i felt like a zombie, even on an extremely low dose.
Yes, many bipolars are very bright, intelligent people... some aren't so quick. Individuality, i guess.
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« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2008, 03:42:26 AM » |
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Nicki, you'll love who you are when you have a chance to look inside of yourself. When is the last time you've been able to be yourself? I feel like I know you b/c you seem alot like me. BTW...do you have any idea who I am and if I'll like myself? haha
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« Reply #13 on: May 25, 2008, 12:12:07 AM » |
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Hi Nordicnicki,your support helps me in a big way.I don't want to go off my meds .My meds don't have any side affects except weight gain.I will still get around to putting up my shortbread recipee up soon  .I hope you have a wonderful weekend.Bye now ,sojo |
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« Reply #14 on: May 25, 2008, 03:31:37 PM » |
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I have noticed a big difference when I am on and off of my meds. When I have been off of my meds for a while, like this recent hospital stay, I noticed I could form words "on the fly" rather than racking my brian trying to think if the damn word I was thinking about when I am on my meds. My meds totally drianed my creativity. I no longer do my art work because I am no longer inspired by my emotions because I don't have the strong emotions that I used to have. I'm level now and it is like being in a boat on a calm ocean, gently swaying back and forth while feeling the gentle breeze of the salty ocean caresses my face.
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