Anyone else feel like they’re experiencing cognitive decline?

[Close_to_freedom]

I find myself questioning if the things I write or say even make sense. The meaning of words often elude me now. I'm not on meds, so it's not because of that.

 

[Odd_Duck]

YES. This has plagued me since my first manic/psychotic episode a year and a half ago. Nothing really makes sense to me anymore? I'm also not on meds, and have no idea how to attempt to fix it.

 

[KibblesNBits]

I find myself questioning if the things I write or say even make sense. The meaning of words often elude me now. I'm not on meds, so it's not because of that.

Yes. I am extremely forgetful lately and an experiencing what you might call a "brain fog"

 

[Close_to_freedom]

Yes. I am extremely forgetful lately and an experiencing what you might call a "brain fog"

Imagine if it's because of the new 5G.

 

[Kevin_theFrog]

Yeah sadly I kinda have the same thing too. I feel like I make the dumbest decisions nowadays or my intelligence keeps declining and I have to work harder than ever to keep up with everyone around me.
Then again it could also be cuz I started dissociating 4 yrs ago for a few months. Am afraid that fucked me up for life

 

[pentobarbitaldreams]

YES. This has plagued me since my first manic/psychotic episode a year and a half ago. Nothing really makes sense to me anymore? I'm also not on meds, and have no idea how to attempt to fix it.

Yeah I had psychosis last year too and I feel much stupider ever since.

 

[Close_to_freedom]

Yeah sadly I kinda have the same thing too. I feel like I make the dumbest decisions nowadays or my intelligence keeps declining and I have to work harder than ever to keep up with everyone around me.
Then again it could also be cuz I started dissociating 4 yrs ago for a few months. Am afraid that fucked me up for life

Our mental illnesses could just be advancing. More bullshit from this awful life. AHHHH!!!!!!

Yeah I had psychosis last year too and I feel much stupider ever since.

What's psychosis feel like?

 

[glittergore]

There is an inverse correlation between my mania and my intelligence: the more manic I get, the less intelligent I'll be when I eventually crash. I also have OCD, which makes critical thinking difficult due to obsessing over the littlest doubt. I used to really pride myself over my smarts. Now, not so much.

 

[Raminiki]

Yes. I went from being exceptionally intelligent to having short and long term memory problems, an inability to navigate or follow directions, problems with concentration and difficulty explaining what I intend to. I lost my creative abilities too - writing fiction and drawing artwork were important to me and I'm no longer capable. I've also developed an inability to moderate emotions. I believe it's a combination of long term chronic depression and medications I've taken that have damaged my brain. It's only ever going to get worse and I know I will have to end it before I lose the rationality to do so.

 

[Kevin_theFrog]

Our mental illnesses could just be advancing. More bullshit from this awful life. AHHHH!!!!!!

Yah! My memory has gone to shit too and everyone keeps giving me shit for not remembering anything! I KNOW WHAT U MEAN BRÜTHER CURSE THIS LIFE AAAHH!!!!!

Love bojack horseman btw, would watch that show again in a heartbeat :D

Yes. I went from being exceptionally intelligent to having short and long term memory problems, an inability to navigate or follow directions, problems with concentration and difficulty explaining what I intend to. I lost my creative abilities too - writing fiction and drawing artwork were important to me and I'm no longer capable. I've also developed an inability to moderate emotions. I believe it's a combination of long term chronic depression and medications I've taken that have damaged my brain. It's only ever going to get worse and I know I will have to end it before I lose the rationality to do so.

Our situations seem kinda alike, minus the pills. It's like my body just chooses to fuck itself up.

The part where u say it's hard to explain what u intend to do hits me almost everyday, it sucks ass

 

[Close_to_freedom]

There is an inverse correlation between my mania and my intelligence: the more manic I get, the less intelligent I'll be when I eventually crash. I also have OCD, which makes critical thinking difficult due to obsessing over the littlest doubt. I used to really pride myself over my smarts. Now, not so much.

Ocd is Hell. I have it too.

Yes. I went from being exceptionally intelligent to having short and long term memory problems, an inability to navigate or follow directions, problems with concentration and difficulty explaining what I intend to. I lost my creative abilities too - writing fiction and drawing artwork were important to me and I'm no longer capable. I've also developed an inability to moderate emotions. I believe it's a combination of long term chronic depression and medications I've taken that have damaged my brain. It's only ever going to get worse and I know I will have to end it before I lose the rationality to do so.

My ocd has destroyed my ability to read books. What's left but a dull existence when one's mind has gone (died)? So ironic. It's like our mind is giving the signal.

Yah! My memory has gone to shit too and everyone keeps giving me shit for not remembering anything! I KNOW WHAT U MEAN BRÜTHER CURSE THIS LIFE AAAHH!!!!!

Love bojack horseman btw, would watch that show again in a heartbeat :D

Our situations seem kinda alike, minus the pills. It's like my body just chooses to fuck itself up.

The part where u say it's hard to explain what u intend to do hits me almost everyday, it sucks ass

Bojack is great! The side plots that have nothing to do with Bojack irritate me though.

 

[favourite]

YES! My memory is shit (try to fix it with learning foreign language -- it helps a bit) and I speak like a retard, because I often can't remember the word. People sometimes finish sentences for me, 'cause my attempts to form a coherent phrase last way too long.

 

[aliaslena]

I've read somewhere that depression is associated with shrinkage in certain parts of the brain. Inflammation also. When it gets real bad for me, it feels like there is a constant pressure around my head and I start feeling braindead... literally. Walking outside in the sunlight helped me a bit. I heard people who took Vitamin D supplements alleviated their depression by a decent degree but when I lived in a place where there was a lot of sun year-round (Hawaii) I was still depressed as heck. Different strokes for different folks I guess. Maybe my depression stems from my unhealthy mindset. Oh life, why do you have to be so complicated!

 

[Soul]

My memory is shit (try to fix it with learning foreign language -- it helps a bit)

I use two languages on a daily basis and it hasn't helped my increasingly garbled brain. Sometimes I hope I can blame at least part of the problem on the strain of operating bilingually. But either way it's embarrassing and disappointing and sometimes downright scary. Like there's a blues guitarist I've always admired because he had such a great name that recently took me three days to remember. 8[

(Scrapper Blackwell, bless him)

 

[Sensei]

Yes. I 'm bipolar and bipolar epsidose wear on the brain. They entail cognitive disabilities, although usually temporary in nature. I've had depressive episodes almost non-stop for two years now and my memory has deteriorated really badly. I believe that it might be permanent this time.

 

[favourite]

I use two languages on a daily basis and it hasn't helped my increasingly garbled brain. Sometimes I hope I can blame at least part of the problem on the strain of operating bilingually. But either way it's embarrassing and disappointing and sometimes downright scary. Like there's a blues guitarist I've always admired because he had such a great name that recently took me three days to remember. 8[

(Scrapper Blackwell, bless him)

Yeah, forgetting names is scary. I forget even the names of my closest friends throughout uni (havent seen them for 4 years but still).

 

[Notwinnernotawin]

Yes. I often forget things. Like, if I think "I have to clean the litterbox", and walk to the laundry to get a plastic bag, when I get there I'll be like "why am I here?" Then I have to stop and think back in order to remember and do the task.

 

[KiraLittleOwl]

Absolutely, my brains are rotten. And it happened in a very short timeframe.