Posted by ChicagoKat on October 6, 2012, at 20:05:09
In reply to Re: ECT ruined my memory!, posted by hmariewv on October 6, 2012, at 16:57:30
> Thank you for this post. My Dr wants to do ECT and I've been worried about it. I took Lamictal generic and had a bad reaction to it. Made me much more depressed and affected my cognition functioning for the worse. I thought ECT might speed up my brain again after the Lamictal slowed it down. I'm also searching for cognition boosting medication. I don't know about the Memantine. Looks like it slows down the brain by blocking glutamate which is what Lamictal does and it made me lose my memory. I am not bipolar so I should never had taken it , maybe thats why I had such a negative experience with it. I've bought several different things over the internet but never found any thing that has made a big difference.
Be sure you get PLENTY of B vitamins, they are very important for cognition, sorry I forget which ones in particular are the most important but:
1. SLS will know and will hopefully chime in
2. In the end, it doesn't really matter, b/c since B vitamins are water-soluble you can't really OD on themAlso, I have a friend who knows a lot about meds and cognition and I will ask him for some suggestions for you and get back to you with the info.
Lastly, I hope you have decided against the ect, it will only worsen your cognition, but of course it is your decision.
My best,
Kat
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