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Memory issues on Antidepressant
For the last 1 and half yr I have been taking paroxetine CR 12.5 mg for my anxiety (GAD ) & now since few months I've been experiencing difficulties with recalling things from memory be it details of some conversation I had, or what I ate today or what I studied, which seems gradually noticeable with time.
I'm a govt job aspirant so it's so crucial for me to be able to keep things in memory but whatever I study disappears from my memory and I am baffled because my memory used to be great before I was put on SSRI.
I visited another psychiatrist to bring this up but got prescribed sertraline & aripiprazole which made me dizzy.
At the beginning of my treatment I was put on
escilatopram(10mg)+clonazepam(0.5mg) for 6 months and since then I've been on paroxetine.
I read online clonazepam may cause memory loss, while I am no longer on it (stopped 1.5 yrs ago) I can't point out what has caused it.
Without a good memory I will never succeed.
Thank you
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Hello!
I see this must have been a really difficult state for being in for the past 1.5 years. Probably conveying this to your psychiatrist would be the first step. Apart from this there are also many reasons for facing memory or recall related problems which needs to be understood. So probably consultation with a psychiatrist and clinical psychologist would be a good option.
Hope this helps! :)
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There can be multiple reasons for forgetfulness including anxiety causing impact on your concentration and alertness levels. However, medication like clonazepam are not only addictive but also can affect concentration which may elicit as memory problems.
The key thing is to find out the trigger factors for the anxiety and try manage them .
Dr N Bhandari
MSc Clinical Neuropsychiatry (Uni Birmingham, UK); MRCPsych (UK); MBBS
Consultant Neuro-Psychiatrist
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