Some things I remember really sharply from a few years ago.Also tons of songs in my head but..
Other times I forget whole years.
I walk into a room and have no idea what it was I came in to get.

I can remember in vivid detail, anything that happened a long time ago. It is my short-term memory that sucks. My credo is - If I don't write it down, it's gone.

I seem to be best at remembering lyrics and music to songs that I haven't heard in years. I also have years that are lost. My short term memoris spotty.

Yeah... BAD memory here. My brother freaked out because told him the same story like 3 times, 3 days in a row... Hahaha

Mine's mostly in conversation. Did you ask something?

i have noticed that my memory, which used to be sharp as a tack, is fading. i can remember things as far back as 2, but i can't remember much about the past few months. i think my ativan caused some of this, but i also wonder if it is part of BP. i am weaning off the ativan, so we'll see.

What was the question, again? *grin*
Yeah, memory loss is a common side-effect for me. I wake up the next day with a clean slate. Like... what the hell did I do, yesterday? Sometimes, I can regain a portion of it... but, I really have to think about it.
Alot of times... I get "hugs" from people 'cuz they liked my comments... and I can't remember what the hell they're talking about! Yes, Been there. Done that! This message will self-destruct in 10 seconds!

I just started taking medication and I am noticing some major short term memory loss. I am nervous about that because I am in school. I am on lamictal, lexapro and klonopin.

This is a 2007 study:

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1399-5618.2007.00470.x


"Conclusions: These data suggest that patients with BD have a deficit in their ability to monitor the contents of WM. This deficit is not an epiphenomenon of mood, but may be due to enduring brain dysfunction, integral to bipolar illness."

my short term memory is now very foggy on meds

yup same problem here... thought it was my disassociation.. but who knows.

Short term memory is gone but sadly it seems that my long term memory is going as well I am sure it is the meds and the fact I do not challenge my mind much anymore

I get so embarrassed when I forget what I'm saying in the middle of it. It scares me.

I suffered a head injury and i dont know if it is the head injury or the bp which came first the chicken or the egg

Yes. It started a few mnths ago. I just started forgetting things like where I was going while I was driving. Once I had to stop the van and phone my friend to find out where I was going. I notice things in places I've been around for yrs that have never been there before....like a picture on the wall...I just never noticed it in all these 3yrs I've been walking by it! I ask my friends lots of times "was that always there?". It really bothered me at first then I kinda just got used to it kinda. I call it "Sometimers." I have noticed that since my brain isn't "rapid cycling" the past week or so that the memory lapses are less frequent, and I am in the midst of changing meds so could be that maybe too? Hey...too bad we couldn't forget we have Bipolar eh..ha! ha! Let me know how things are going for you I'm curious about this too! Talk later Love and Prayers Ramona xoxoxoxo