[QUOTE=nide44;673007]The memory loss was definitely from the meds, for me.
Topamax made me lose 4 months of my life. No memory retention at all. Could not remember anything short term and quite a percent of long term, too.
Gabapentin/Neurontin has 'Neurontin moments'.
Fuzziness and minor forgetfulness
("Now, where are the keys to the car? - Where did I put that shopping list?").

*** I used to wonder if my memory deficits were medication-caused; a few weeks ago Newsweek had a "the state of health knowledge" type special edition of the magazine. Lurking therein, was an article with the latest brain information.


*** For those of you of a certain age, the following information may be shocking. Once you read it, you can never "un-read" it (and, even though it involves memory, you can never forget it).


***So, close the thread before reading any further.

*** Apparently, scientists have identified the precise areas of the brain where humans "learn" new things and remember them. Apparently this section of the brain will physically shrink up to 45% over your lifetime.

*** No wonder I cannot learn new stuff so easily.

*** Now granted, the brain is elastic and can apparently figure out "work-arounds" for such losses, but 45%???

Cowboy