I've had clinical depression for over a decade. Back in the 90's (don't ask me when because I can't remember!), I had 27 bilateral ECT treatments over a several month time period. Even tho' the depression was TEMPORARILY lifted, I ended up losing a big chunk of time from my life that I have yet to recover. Also, my short term memory (although it has recovered somewhat -- I'm no longer asking people questions that I just asked 15 min. ago), has been greatly affected too.
This loss has forced me to switch professions, and has made life more difficult in general. I have a learning disability now that was not present before, and learning new ideas, theories, etc. has become a great and sometimes very frustrating challenge for me.
My question is this: is there ANYTHING out there that can help me to improve my memory? What about recovering my long term memory? My psychiatrist and psychologist have been absolutely no help to me regarding this problem, and I'm sick and tired of feeling so frustrated!
I guess that I should add that I have the following health problems:
1) Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
2) Hypercholesterimia
3) Fatty liver disease (fibrotic/borderline cirrhotic) -- NOT induced by drugs, ETOH, or viral Hep.
4) Clinical Depression, with Anxiety
...With a myriad of medications for all of the above mentioned crap!
Looking forward to hearing some, if any, suggestions!