Can I have a Duel Personality

[vickie5989]

For Bipolar. Is it possible to memory problems?  I can do things and forget I did it.  For instance I was looking at my journal and I don't remember writing it.  In fact, it didn't sound like me.  Is this possible.

[Xila31]

I think that Alzheimer's is not just a disorder that effects the brain and causes dementia, it is actually a pretty serious illness otherwise and people die from it. :(

[Csandnugget]

Hello Vickie,
Apologies for asking - how did your family members die of dementia?
Accidents and so on?
Or how does it work - sorry - don't know

I also suffer from short and long term memory loss, badly. Always have.
sigh.
But I have stages where my memory is 100%.
Strange

[vickie5989]

Yes, I  understand.  I've the same magazine twice, rent the same DVD, totally forget what I was suppose to get at the store.  This week has been bad I can not remember what day it is.  I was getting ready to go the doctor  yesterday thinking it was Friday. A while back I was driving trying to find the Salvation Army and I got last.  I was looking then suddenly BAM I had ran into the back of this car.  I called my insurance agent and was told my insurance had expired.  I didn't know it.  I thought I had paid the bill.  Then I got a letter from the Texas Public Safety and was told my license had expired.  It was all too much for me.

As far as remember days,  I've decided to put a big sheet of paper in my room that's like a calendar so I can remember.  I have too much I have to remember.  My parents (alzheimer's) doctor's appointments, my doctor appointments, pick up prescriptions, that's enough in itself.  I hope I don 't forget to get on the plane next week.  I'd hate to miss that.

So I really think memory plays a big roll  in bipolar.  They don't talk much about it but I believe.  Either that or it does cause dementia.  Of course, I don;t have a change since my mom, dad, grandma, uncle, two aunts all had it and three have died of it.

[Soggymoggy]

Hi Vickie,

I don't know enough about BP yet to know if it's a recognised symptom (I was only diagnosed about six weeks ago), but I definitely have some of the same issues.

I do things without knowing I've done them - just little things like moving items, turning the heating or the TV on, sending someone a text.

Morfe weirdly though, I also get what seem to be false memories.  My boyfriend told me something awful about a daughter of one of his patients, but I REMEMBER being told the story by one of my colleagues - to the extent that I then started to repeat the story to my boyfriend!  There's been a few things like that and they're awful; not only can I not trust my own memory completely now, but my family thinks I'm a liar.

Interesting to know if the percentage of people with BP who also have memory problems is higher than in the general population.

[blacksoul004]

very possoble. i do this all the time... i eat  things n dont know i did till someone yells at me for leaving everything out. sometimes foods i dont even lilke or knew we had! i feel for you

[vickie5989]

Thank you - nice to hear from you.  Well I have two strikes against me mom and dad have altzheimer's, mom also has bipolar.   I'm afraid that I have some of the same signs she does, but I a still mobile and still can make some decisions on my own.  My problem is I can find the words sometimes, always walking somewhere and wondering why  I'm there.  Bipolar - yesterday I'm was trying to work on my ebay store and I was getting so confused.  I could concentrate on what I was suppose to be doing.  It was frustrating.  I finally left the computer to try and forget about and go back with a clear mine and I was able to finish.    To me that's the best for everything = chill - meditate and go back with a clear mine.

Thank you

[Xila31]

I actually just read up on dementia a few weeks ago and it was sort of scary because a lot of it sounds similar to me and I am forgetting more often and confused, but I am able to keep a budget as long as I write it down. I don't think I am getting dementia. Plus, I'm only 30. I think I just have too much in my head and my bipolar cycles have changed for some reason, sending me off kilter.

[vickie5989]

Thanks, I'm surprised not many people replied to this.  But I do, and I believe it could also be early onset of dementia and having bipolar doesn't help.  Bot parents have bipolar and my mind is so full all the time that sometimes I think I just shunt down and don't want to think or hear.

[Xila31]

I've noticed my memory getting worse all the time. I forget to do things, forget dates, forget how much money I have, ect. I also get lost a lot more than I used to. I also get confused a lot more, too. Not sure if that's bipolar or not.