Posted by Ritch on January 1, 2003, at 13:52:16
In reply to Memory and Klonopin/Mood Stablizers, posted by Jumpy on January 1, 2003, at 11:03:26
> Hey Everyone,
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> I currently take klonopin 0.5mg/day and might be starting pamelor and lithium. This is for panic and depression-treatment resistant. My job requires solid memory and cognitive skills. I find that these medication all severely affect my memory and cognitive processes.
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> Anyone else have this problem ... medication affecting memory/thinking ability? Anyone have any solutions?
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> Thank you!
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> JumpyHi Jumpy, that is the biggest problem I have--how to get good symptom control of my bipolar+anx. without worsening cognitive function. Lithium may likely make things a little fu*zy, but that does fade somewhat with time (helps to take all of it at bedtime if possible). I can't take more than .125mg of Klonopin in the daytime or I will become very forgetful. Nortriptyline, however helped cognition quite a bit in the past, but for it to work well I needed to combine it with a relatively activating SSRI (Zoloft in my case) which also inhibited the metabolism of the nortiptyline. Prozac should work well for that, too. hope this helps,..Mitch
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