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Too much detachment?

deleted_user
deleted_user
I dont know if its the drugs or the mindfullness that detaches me so from reality..I do things, n dont remember doing them..I start something, n start something else, only to turn around n see the first, half done, but forgotten...I do not seem to have any logical thought process, everything so haphazzard..I have to write down instructions, that I may forget half way thru..I do not remember what people have said, yet the words seem to float around me?!! multi-tasking, whats that?!? n my head has been hanging on to a sentence in ma pdoc assessment, that really hurt me - I told ma mate about it..she looked at it, couldnt find it..nor could I???It appears it is not there..
Does anybody else have this? How do you deal with it? It scares me silly..
Shelly4
Shelly4
Medication can cause that, I would be sure to document it and tell your pdoc next visit. Hugs
deleted_user
deleted_user
I am not medicated right now and it happens to me on a daily basis. i started painting a room 3 montha ago, one wall is finished and the rest is still waiting. Started making a baby blanket 6 months ago and have about 6 inches finished. household chores never get completed, only enough to suffice. I hate it but what can we do?
deleted_user
deleted_user
Hi my pdoc told me that this was side effects of my meds. I really have to wonder. I've had some abuse and had my head bounced off the floore several times. Very hard. I think maybe it might be more than meds, I don't know. Maybe someone else can shed some light on this.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Some meds I have taken make it worse than others. I still have to write things down daily and I have no short term memory due to brain surgery, but I have learned to live with it.
deleted_user
deleted_user
i thought that i was the only one going through that,im like that all the time,i can stare right into someone face while they are talking and don't remember a word that they have just said,im losing it i guess,or thats what i thought
deleted_user
deleted_user
I do this too I often have to look at a person lips while they are talking so that I can understand what they are saying. Sometimes its worse then others. Yet I was always able to get a BP on a PT. I guess it was the hyper focusing when doing PT assessment that alloed me to actually hear what I needed. Although if a PT talked during transport I would have to look at their lips then too!!!

I had an MRI and checked out ok.
deleted_user
deleted_user
shit bipolars ALL detach
deleted_user
deleted_user
I zone out often. I also can't do much around the house except be on DS, read or sleep. Such a productive life.
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