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Posted by Angekila on October 2, 1999, at 23:37:53
My pal is in hospital with dx Bipolar (atypical)
Male 32 years old and had hypomanic episode 2 years ago. Now also. Anyway the med is causing very severe short term memory loss. He just had dinner and a minutes later does not recall having had any. During the day has memory outages also He does not know who I am or whwere he is, etc. I am very worried about him. Should the pdoc do some pet scans, eeg, etc.
I worry about a physical oproblems, ir brian tumour???
This is his 5th day on the meds1
Posted by Susan Jane on October 7, 1999, at 0:52:52
In reply to valproic acid, posted by Angekila on October 2, 1999, at 23:37:53
I don't know if it's the meds, but I do know that mania caused holes in my memory ranging from mundane things to very important events. Getting stable on a med takes awhile, 5 days is not long enough to be sure that it's the med. I'm sure it's difficult for you to see this happening. Panicing doesn't help ;) Do make sure the pdoc knows about the spedifics of your friend's memory. Good luck.
SusanJane :)
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