Hi All,
I spent 6 months taking Piracetam for it's cognitive and anti depression effects, I have Bipolar 2. I took Piracetam on it's own without any other medication or stimulants. Piracetam started to make me agitated so I quit it cold turkey and decided that I needed to go back on regular medication. I tried a few different SSRIs but didn't like the side effects and then I was tried Topomax, I took Topomax for two days and then something terrible happened.
My vision became full of stars, My speech became slurred, I was drooling and I had almost complete amnesia, I didn't have a slouched faced but I thought stroke. I didn't really know where I was what the date was, who I was and I couldn't remember anything, that was about 5 months ago. I was given blood tests and a standard MRI as the doctor thought I had a stroke as I was unable to answer basic questions, day, month, year, details of my life. My MRI and blood tests came back clear. I spoke to two psychiatrists who ruled out any psychological issues.
I have made some improvement, I don't drool any more, I know who I am but my memory is still very bad. I know my memories are still there. I tried taking Piracetam to see would it help but every time I do my memory gets worse. I tried Ginkgo Bilboa and when I closed my eyes it was like I could see the memory but it was hard to pull out. I am trying Quetiapine at the moment and when I go to sleep I can see my suppressed memories and I lucid dream them in amazing detail but when I wake up I forget them.
It's weird I feel like my memories are being suppressed, I feel my brain has been re-molded to prevent memory retrieval, I have no problem with memory encoding just retrieval, Did I take Piracetam too long or was it the Topomax?
Has anyone ever had issues with memory from long term Piracetam usage or a bad reaction to Topomax?
Is there medications which perform the opposite function to Piracetam or Topomax? Maybe I could try and reverse the process.