I think it was onomatopoeic.

Mary

As I understand it, the same areas of the brain that are causing the
Simple Partials are also the ones responsible for some memory functions.
So that brain is failing in 2 ways: seizures & memory loss.

Looks like it's been around a long long time. :-)

[From Middle English lispen, to lisp, from Old English -wlyspian(in
wlyspian, to lisp), from wlisp, lisping.]
[OE. lispen, lipsen, AS. wlisp stammering, lisping; akin to D. & OHG.
lispen to lisp, G. lispeln, Sw. l["a]spa, Dan. lespe.]

Bob

Yeah, a lot of my memory came back but it's still not like it used to be
when I was younger.  The three things that helped were going on seizure meds
(Dilantin right now), antidepressants, and taking a memory intensive
technical college course (my doctor says use it or lose it, referring to
memory/recall).  I went through memory testing as part of a university study
and they found (which I already knew) that my visual recall is better than
trying to recall verbal stuff for example. They suggested taking pictures of
events if I wanted to remember them later.  My daughter also helped me with
memorizing some family phone numbers (she has some training in that as part
of her occupation).  Those three things I mentioned above, the Dilantin,
antidepressant, and tech course, all seemed to improve different aspects of
memory/recall.  For example, with the anti-depressant I was able to pay
attention/focus much, much better especially to people when they talked
(that was very noticeable to me).  The Dilantin helped with the amnesia I
had the year prior to diagnosis, and so on.  Since there were big time spans
between each of those three things; it was more noticeable when things
improved and easier to figure out what was actually helping.

Of course seizures can cause memory problems, and in my experience with
simple and complex partial seizures, those memory problems can hang on for a
longggg time in-between seizures.   Are you having any minor symptoms
in-between your seizures at all?  How about seizures in your sleep; does
that happen to you?

Barb

I've been thinking about this post, seriously.

My first reaction is that memory loss isn't the end of the world, none of us
can recall everything, it's all a matter of degree.

My second is that your memory can't be all that bad if you can remember the
names and dosages of the drugs you take, it takes me some time to think of
the names of what I take, I certainly don't know the dosages.

The third is that you just might be lucky enough to forget all the bad
things. Some good things go with them but is it really important? You're
alive!

And kicking, it seems :-)

As for the cause, I suspect - but don't know - that seizures can damage
parts of our brains. My memory has certainly been worse since I had surgery
to remove the tumour, but I think my memory was affected by the tumour too -
it might have damaged the relevant part of my brain by pressure or
diminishing the blood supply - or of course it just might be aging :-)

Yesterday our baby (36) said how sad he was that he could remember so little
of his childhood ... but he's having so many new experiences every day (as
we all are) that it's not really important.

What things ARE important?

Appointments? I put them on the wall planner. Then forget to look at the
wall planner. The computer can be programmed to remind me.

Things to buy? I make shopping lists. Then forget where the list is.

Names? That's easy, you say that you're sorry, you can't remember someone's
name and when they say, "Mary" you say, "Oh I remember that of course, it's
your second name I forgot!"

That's not quite as simple when they're family names but the family is more
willing to be understanding of frailties than others, as a rule.
Grandchildren think it's quirky for Grandma and Grandpa to forget. I often
deliberately call them something odd even when I haven't forgotten their
name. Words like "Star" and "Tiger" are accepted, "Stupid Boy" is accepted
by ours because they know that it's not meant in a literal way but in a
loving one. They call me all sorts of things in return ... in the same way.

Birthdays? The pc helps again with this.

For some reason - have no idea why - we've kept a log of every car journey
we've made since the 1960s. We fill in the details before we get out of the
car, even if it's just a shopping trip. That growing pile of log books has
become a wonderful resource for reminding us of times we thought we'd
forgotten.

A Big Tip: when you take photographs either give them a proper title
(subject, place and date) on the computer or write the same on the back of
the print with a permanent pen.

The fact that you're forgetting shows that you're human. The fact that
you're concerned about it shows that it's not so bad :-)

Hugs,.

Mary