Posted by Mitch on October 31, 2001, at 23:06:14
In reply to ever? never? had this happen?, posted by susan C on October 29, 2001, at 17:35:27
> I decided I should post this experience here, because maybe it is med related...sorry to repeat myself...but soemthing happened today, that I have not experienced..not like this. I have, at times, had trouble with figuring amounts and spelling (who hasn't?) but this time, it was so odd...
> I was writing a check for the lady who has been helping me with the garden. I had paid her previously for the first part. Now she was all done, and i had the bill for the remainder. I had planned this all out...I would take the first part add it to the second part and figure a tip and add the tip to the second payment...she just about choked when i handed her the check...i had added the total of both the charges plus the tip...I had double paid the first charge..needless to say, it was more than she was expecting...so, i sat and refigured it...and as she was leaving i said, if you get home and you figure out I have over paid you more than this way, put it forward to the next time you come (I am going to have her help me in the spring and fall, as my slave labor (son) will probably be gone...sigh....
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> So, that is going on...and we are chatting and i am telling her about a web site, and i go get a piece of paper to write down the address...it isn't difficult, just six letters...but i try to write it at least six times and i cant get it...she is talking to me, i know part of it is concentration, but after the second, third, fourth, fifth....i mouth the words as i write and slow way down...finally I got it right...it took me at least SIX times..
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> it was all there, i could see it in my brain, but my hand was not writing right.
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> I have not had to do this kind of thing for a while...here on the boards, i mouth the words as i type and I can go back and re read, and edit. Can't do that in person.
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> Anybody? Can this be a side effect, a symptom, a a a a a a
> confused mouse
> susan C
Susan,I know you are on Depakote (1G?), have you considered talking to your pdoc about maybe reducing the dosage a tad? It sounds like you are getting a lot of cognitive dysfunction from AC's. You might ask about Trileptal. It and Neurontin are the only two mood stabilizers that I have ever taken that *didn't* cause any cognitive problems (at reasonable doses). I haven't tried Lamictal, though.
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