oh my... heavens YES!

I have indeed experienced it. I told my pdoc and he's forever changing meds and dosages to try to help.

You are not alone.

Welcome to my world...
Sometimes there is good reason for your brain to block things out.
Has nothing to do with your intelligence.
One of the world's smartest scientists has to talk through a word modulator, whatever those thingies are that create electronic words for you so you can speak. He's very smart.

This is common with many people. I have the same exact problems with memories. I also have trouble following conversation and all that you mentioned. This has been most of my life (from what I remember, lol). Last year, shortly after my diagnosis of BP, my doctor wanted to test me for ADD. He did and I have it! Maybe ask your doctor about it. There is a very spacific test for it. It's non-evasive, you just sit with a clicker in your hand and computer screen in front of you. You click when you see the image in the right spot.

Yup. I call em' brain farts.

Ali, I think in my case it's the meds and stress all mixed up. I asked my pdoc about this one before...That's all he could come up with...I worry too, so I play puzzles on this site that Moodmuse put up a couple months ago called Pogo.com Sounds goofy, but I've read that if you keep "exercising" your mind, it doesn't get too much worse and maybe better! :)

When I used to have major depressive episodes before my meds stablized it, I would go through months of not remembering anything and I would lose lots of weight. So, in my experience it was the depression.

I'm with beccasp -- In the past I used to wait too long to get treatment for my Major Depressions and I'd get like that. One time, I was being admitted to the hospital, couldn't remember my Social Security number, the date, day of the week, was taking slow, I was in a bad way. Memory, concentration, information retieval all have a whole lot to do with depression.

Could be other things too, but since you mention depression, that's my guess.

Yes, that is one of my husbands biggest complaints of his BP. He has a hard time taking meds too, to help with the rest of the BP issues. He forgets appts. for our business, and you name it he forgets it. Sometimes it is so often, I feel he uses his memory loss as an excuse. But he also lies so much I don't even know anymore. He too has ADD. Frustrating for him,,,moreso for me!
Does anyone feel they have lowered their standards with being BP? Like my husband doesn't care about being on time, looking nice, what others think of him or his family. I am so embarrassed and am always making excuses for his actions.

gee u get that in both directions of the bipolar pole hon your not alone

i get that way too. when im manic ill do a bunch of crazy things and when im done i wont rememebr i did them....like ive posted some journals that looking back in days later I wonder, "what was i thinkin? where was i when i wrote this shit?" madness