This is a question for folks who have a mood disorder including bipolar illness. For the last several years I have been experiencing mild to moderate memory issues. I have chalked it up to strong psyche meds and basically have not worried about it much. What is the most difficult is that sometimes I forget where I put things. It seems worse for short-term items than long-term items and so far is manageable. It seems worse in the age of covid-19 than before March 2020.
I am wondering if memory issues typically accompany mood disorders including bipolar illness? Not big things like forgetting family names and places but where I put the phone or the keys. So far, I have chalked this up to too much brain function due to the bipolar and too much time at home due to covid-19.
Has anyone with mood issues noticed short-term memory impacts? Thanks in advance for sharing.
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I usually experience problems with my memory when I’m depressed to the point where it’s hard for me to even remember words …I don’t know if thats similar to what you’re experiencing..
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Depression causes memory problems for me. Now I just assume I won’t remember things and write everything down. I have problems with spontaneous recall, too. Sometimes it’s words, or sometimes it’s pieces of information. With that kind of thing, it’s not so much that I’ve forgotten and more that I just can’t fish it out of my head.
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Absolutely. I have dysthymia, and have had several major depressive episodes in the past, and I definitely see a corelation between my mood and my short-term memory. It’s not to the point where it would become a serious limitation, especially that my long-term memory is brilliant, but it does impact my executive functioning and the worse my mood, the worse my short-term memory is.
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Thank you for sharing. Very helpful.
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I have depression and I’ve noticed when I’m in the midst of a depressive episode I experience memory lost. There are conversations and events that I don’t remember.
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I am sorry you experience that. My memory loss is more general and not necessarily tied with an episode.
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