Memory Loss & Confusion
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| Wed, 03-09-2005 - 9:47am |
Hi Everyone.
Has anyone noticed short term memory loss while taking Zoloft? I have been on 100mg for nearly 3 months now and over the last month I have noticed that I am more forgetful. Not about big things, but I am forgetting what I went to the store to buy, or forgetting a name of something, or forgetting an appt until the last minute, I even sat on the toilet yesterday without pulling my undies down :) but quickly knew I did that when I sat down. This is unlike me because I usually remember things very well. I am good with phone numbers and dates and things like that. I may just be reading into this, because I do find myself being afraid of going crazy or losing my mind or having dementia, among other health worries like brain tumors and things like that. My husband says he has maybe noticed it a little more than normal. I am 29 years old by the way.
I also seem to be having vivid dreams about silly things and everyday things and sometimes I will be in the middle of the day and cannot remember if something actually happened or if it was in a dream. This does not happen daily, maybe once a week at most.
Today I was writing a lot of notes while doing some online training for work and found myself skipping over letters as I wrote. Not that I forgot how to spell a word, because in my mind I knew how to spell it, but as I wrote, I would notice myself starting to skip letters here and there, but it only seemed to happen when I thought about it happening. I know that sounds crazy but more times than not it was happening when I thought about it happening. I work on computers for a living (IT) so I type much more than I write and I am typing this post just fine. No skipping letters or anything. I have been typing all week just fine. Yesterday I was writing just fine too.
Any comments? I am just freaking myself out probably. I just get so scared of losing my mind. I have not been under stress at work or home, so I don't think that is what is causing this. I have been worrying about health and mental problems lately though. And when stuff like this happens, I really become ultra sensitive.
Thanks for listening.
Kim

I have had the memory loss. I actually was unable to think of the simplest words when I was talking.( I could not think of *potholder* & my kids still laugh @ me & say
I know exactly how you feel! When I started meds I noticed everything- things that had been happening anyway too.
I do notice my memory is not the best when I am stressed about it. One of my daughters is forever correcting me making me paranoid so that is when I am at my worst!! LOL
I would check with your doctor tho just to be sure!
Dreams of mine are vivid and I remember them. I have always had clear dreams but now they are most everynight!! But I am getting hypnosis which is freeing up thoughts.
I know these things are making you wonder about yourself and feeling worried is natural!
Talk to your doc!
One question is the med helping your anxiety?
I had to trade gaining weight for panic attacks! I picked gain the weight!!
Take care, Judy
Hi,
I have been on Zoloft for 6 plus years. Yes, I often have vivid, weird dreams. I sometimes find myself being a bit forgetful. Sometimes, when you take your medication may help. I take mine in the morning. I found that this decreased my "strange dream" problem.
Good luck!!
Thanks for writing Jan. Yes, we are both worriers! That makes things so much harder doesn't it? Man...
I have always had vivid dreams and good recall so I don't think that is anything new really. It does not seem to be interrupting my sleep or making me feel tired upon waking, so I think I will just stop worrying about that (I will try anyways).
As for the memory loss, I may just be overreacting but I will mention it when I go see the doc Mar 31 for my first eval/check up since starting Zoloft. Mar 25 will make 3 months on the full 100mg dose. I just have noticed myself forgetting things but nothing majorly important. As with physical things, I think I am ultra sensitive these days and notice everything. It is like my mind HAS to have something to hinge on.
Kim
Yes, it is helping. I am much better now than I was before the med.
I think I am just noticing every single little thing these days, like you said. This may be nothing out of the norm for me. I just seem to have to pick something to worry about at every waking moment. I don't want to do it, but my mind fixates on something and sends me into a worry whirlwind!
Kim
Thanks for the input. I take mine in the morning too. I will just have to stop worrying about this somehow.
Kim