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Posted 4/25/2013 6:31 PM (GMT 0)
I know I have memory problems from a Pituatary disorder and hgh deficiency, but lately I'm finding my memory loss to be exceptionally difficult. I was wondering about my fellow cp friends.

A good example was a call to the eye dr this am. When I called to check to see what my insurance would pay toward an appointment after all of the new changes. They reminded me of my last appointment, the fact that I have early glaucoma and cataracts. They also gave me the info about the last time I came in and who they had referred me to and that I had actually gone to the other dr....I had literally forgotten all about it...even with them telling me it was in my notes. It is getting really strange.

I just wondered if many of you have memory issues like this.
Posted 4/25/2013 9:34 PM (GMT 0)
Every year make a listing of all the doctor's your currently see, it'll help make a print out of that list and update it as needed and do that with your medications as well....you never know how handy these reminders are...I have an enlarge pituatary gland cause by prolactin (prolactin noma Sp?) but it's treatable but it's the other stuff that causes my memory loss. I also keep a special container for my kitties vet visits and vaccines...it helps when it comes time to travel and move as well...
Posted 4/26/2013 2:59 AM (GMT 0)
Not so far, none that I can tell or those around me can notice, even with the meds I am on.

david
Posted 4/26/2013 4:57 AM (GMT 0)
I do have bad memory problems. I had a bad memory before I fell, and now it's even worse. I have a hard time with remembering my appointments, so I keep a calendar/journal with my appointments in it, so hopefully I don't miss any. I know how you feel. Chartreaux had some good ideas. Take care.

love and hugs
Loretta
Posted 4/26/2013 7:54 AM (GMT 0)
RM I have noticed over the last few years a loss of memory. I had a good bit of long term loss from encephalitis in 86 but this is more short term.

It worries me since at 55 I'm wondering if at 65 what it will be. I recall a psych. Report that one of SS Drs did that had a 15 degree dementia level and that was at 42 again from the damage of encephalitis.

I asked one of the Drs once and of course it was blamed on long-term opiate use. Who knows?

I try to write down the important things.

Vickie
Posted 4/27/2013 8:51 AM (GMT 0)
Oh man I am having this so terrible with all the new meds lately. If you wake me up and tell me something, I will have no memory of it later. I went to the doctor the other day. I had been feeling faint. I remember him saying I am concerned about you feeling faint but I can't remember how he resolved his concern. My husband will say something and say we discussed it. If I think about it really hard I can vaguely remember. I used to have an almost photographic memory. I don't even take narcotics everyday. Just the Cymbalta, and Lyrica and the occasional Percocet or Loratab.

I am scared to drive. If I get pulled over they could say I was driving under the influence even though the Lyrica and Cymbalta are not narcotic. I hate not feeling like me.
Posted 4/27/2013 3:56 PM (GMT 0)
Several years ago my short term memory got so bad I could literally walk into the house and set down my car keys and 2 minutes later could not remember where I placed them. I had not even turned 40 yet when that happened.

I finally tracked it down to being a side effect of the pain medication I was on at the time.
Posted 4/27/2013 4:11 PM (GMT 0)
Nice to meet you hear on the forum, now, I forgot, what is your question?
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