Posted by Solstice on February 27, 2012, at 21:54:55
In reply to Re: Saphris/Lithium - effect on comprehension - » Solstice, posted by SLS on February 27, 2012, at 21:16:59
> > My daughter is just distraught. Her functioning has been impaired for so long. She got started on assignments, and is just overwhelmed because she does not feel like she is comprehending anything. She has been complaining about this since before the Saphris.
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> > But.. which do you think would be more likely to cause this thing? Lithium... or Saphris?
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> Cognitive impairments might be the result of a mixed-state rather than medication side effects. Such impairments are very common with depression, which is a component of a mixed-state. Does the appearance of cognitive impairments coincide with the onset of her present mixed-state?
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Yes. And that's helpful to know, because she's been thinking it's the meds.. which is distressful to her. She's a perfectionist and the grandiosity she's got going on exacerbates her unreasonable self-expectations. I've been trying to get her to understand that her intensely high self-expectations are getting in the way of her getting well.oh.. when she was fretting about her cognitive impairment, I told her I was writing the board to ask. One minute later, she asked if I'd gotten a response :-) I told her we'd have to wait until someone saw it, and I told her "I hope Scott sees it because he has a lot of personal experience with these meds." Anyway, so when I just checked in and saw you posted - I said "Oh! Scott responded!" I read it to her, and she said "Tell Scott I said Hi.. and that I like cats" :-)
It's really stressful to watch her go through mood swings so quickly. Right now she's just rattling on at a fast pace about a million random things..
Solstice
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