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Posted by PollyFarm on December 6, 2008, at 4:37:53
Well, here I am for the first time...
Having a disturbing side effect of not remembering anything from arguments w/my husband (until I happened to play his apologetic voicemail several days later...and still I couldn't remember what the argument was about) to ordering things online...and just generally not able to remember what I did the day before w/out a whole trail of associations...hopefully a side-effect and not early-onset alzheimers (I'm 38, if I remember correctly)! I take 600 mg of Trileptal (generic) every night...have also just switched from regular Ambien to Ambien CR. Also take Citalopram 20mg, Pro...Pro...see! there goes the amnesia! Propanalol 60 mg for blood pressure(I heard from a very reliable source, "Private Practice", that spin-off from "Gray's Anatomy" that propanalol can work toward reducing anxiety of a traumatic event...like I said, it's a VERY reliable source)...Adderall XR 20 mg for ADD? or maybe just working for depression as it's a stimulant? The Adderall is fairly new. I also just went off of 2.5 mg of Zyprexa...my wonder drug for mood and just making me feel normal but it makes me gain weight (of course), and makes my mouth twitch and I can just start feeling a bit of moisture in the corner of my mouth that I imagine would be full-blown drool if it were a higher dose or a longer course. When off the Zyprexa I tend to reach for the Klonopin, 2 mg, for anxiety. I see my doc tomorrow but she doesn't always know the side effects of every med...just wondering if anyone else experienced similar side effects.
Thanks and hi!
Posted by Phillipa on December 6, 2008, at 10:58:08
In reply to Amnesia from Trileptal or Propanalol?, posted by PollyFarm on December 6, 2008, at 4:37:53
Hi Polly welcome to babble. My thought is that ambien is know to cause an amnesia type effect could that be it? Phillipa
Posted by desolationrower on December 6, 2008, at 14:20:17
In reply to Amnesia from Trileptal or Propanalol?, posted by PollyFarm on December 6, 2008, at 4:37:53
Most of those drugs can cause amnesia except for the stimulant...although not the sri, and i'm not coming up with a reason for the zyprexa. You could take a non-benzoish sleep drug, like trazodone, or try seroquel as it might help your anxiety problem like the zyprexa, and the kpins aren't helping the amnesia. If your anxiety isn't prominently somatic, you could try a different bp med too. Not sure what the oxcarbazipine is for, but since that isn't new it seems less guilty. And mood stabilizers or antiepileptics are a little more dangerous to change than the other meds. And there are drugs to improve memory, too.
-d/r
Posted by PollyFarm on December 10, 2008, at 4:13:18
In reply to Amnesia from Trileptal or Propanalol?, posted by PollyFarm on December 6, 2008, at 4:37:53
thanks for taking the time to reply!
so maybe a change from regular (generic) ambien to ambien cr could be affecting my daytime memory? I know that at night if I take it then take out the computer and write emails I don't always remember and they sound a little druggy...the oxcarbazapine (sp?) is generic for trileptal, switched from depakote about a year ago for mood stabilization for non-specified diagnosis...anxiety/depression/bipolar II maybe? Pretty much treatment resistant...maybe it's the adderall? you would think that would sharpen my thinking...propanalol is used to treat PTSD, so maybe...? I think I will talk to my primary care doc about changing my bp med...thanks heaps for your replies!
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