Do they ever get it back? (trigs)

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Do they ever get it back? (trigs)
Wed, 12-07-2005 - 8:38pm
My partner was diagnosed only 2 1/2 months ago. We no longer live together. He is looking for different work. He seems to be getting more stable. I think the hardest thing for me to see is how this has shattered his self confidence. I know it's understandable but it's hard to see. This is a person who ran his own business and was a real problem solver. I'm not talking grandiosity I'm talking the ability to look at something and figure out a way to accomplish it that no one else would have ever thought of. I asked him about his confidence and he said he has lost it because he doesen't remember certain things and feels very slowed down.He gets overwhelmed trying to do things he didn't have to think twice about in the past. I know when he was just coming out of his episode there were big chunks of his life missing (like birthday parties, etc) that seem to be coming back to a degree.
I wonder if it's the meds? I wonder if there was brain damage? I wonder if it's just part of the process to go through this? He seems very humbled.
I'm also concerned that he may have some PTSD from his time in the hospital. His body was bruised and abraded from being tackled, held down, strapped down. Actually if he had been in prison we would have considered it torture. He knows these people were just doing their jobs. He says it doesen't bother him but he has also had some nightmares recently something he doesen't remember ever having before.
It is hard to see him so humbled. It is hard to see him doubt himself. It's understandable but difficult to observe. Kind of like a spirited horse that goes through a rough breaking and submits.
Does any of this make any sense? Does the memory or confidence or problem solving abilities ever come back?