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I've been away from this community for a while. I just haven't felt up to anything lately.
In addition to my anxiety, bipolar, and PTSD conditions (or because of them), I actually feel brain damaged. My memory and ability to concentrate are greatly impaired. There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to what I remember and forget. I can recall/forget things from the past and present. I can recall/forget major things and minor things.
Sometimes my brain feels like mush and other times I have a headache far different than the sinus and tension headaches I am accustomed to.
I just worked up the courage to look it up (reputable sources such as NIMH and Stanford University- NOT Wikipedia!!) and anxiety/depression, bipolar, and PTSD can be associated with changes in brain function. It can actually change the way the brain works/doesn't work by changing its physical structures.
The good news is neuroplasticity, which means that the brain can be rewired and function can be restored in certain situations and conditions. But the sources don't say how, they just convey the protocol of their studies and the results.
I'm not sure whether to address this with my PCP or psychiatrist. I'm only 53 and hoping this is not early onset Alzheimer's.
Does anyone have experience and/or knowledge about mental illness and brain function? Especially about how to develop/sharpen brain function? I can't see getting back to any kind of work until I get better from this.
In addition to my anxiety, bipolar, and PTSD conditions (or because of them), I actually feel brain damaged. My memory and ability to concentrate are greatly impaired. There seems to be no rhyme or reason as to what I remember and forget. I can recall/forget things from the past and present. I can recall/forget major things and minor things.
Sometimes my brain feels like mush and other times I have a headache far different than the sinus and tension headaches I am accustomed to.
I just worked up the courage to look it up (reputable sources such as NIMH and Stanford University- NOT Wikipedia!!) and anxiety/depression, bipolar, and PTSD can be associated with changes in brain function. It can actually change the way the brain works/doesn't work by changing its physical structures.
The good news is neuroplasticity, which means that the brain can be rewired and function can be restored in certain situations and conditions. But the sources don't say how, they just convey the protocol of their studies and the results.
I'm not sure whether to address this with my PCP or psychiatrist. I'm only 53 and hoping this is not early onset Alzheimer's.
Does anyone have experience and/or knowledge about mental illness and brain function? Especially about how to develop/sharpen brain function? I can't see getting back to any kind of work until I get better from this.