Have I become less comprehensible as the years have gone by?

[Razgovory]

I've been having trouble with working memory and cognition recently and I think it might be caused by some of the medications I have been taking long term.  Since I've been posting here with you guys for the last 15 years I wondered if you had noticed if my posts have gotten worse over time.  The medication is Clonazepam, an anti-anxiety medication.  I've become concerned that my difficulty focusing is a result of some brain damage.  Admittedly, I was never that good at focusing and following instructions, but it seems worse now.  I'm now working on decreasing the dosage of the medication until I can safely discontinue it completely.

Oh, I was diagnosed with Diabetes last week.  It's not serious, and I've been given no new medications as yet.  Hopefully I can manage it with dietary changes.

[Eddie Teach]

Not that I've noticed.

[jimmy olsen]

I haven't noticed any problems in the last few years.

You know yourself best though. If you're worried, go see a doctor if you can.

[The Brain]

I haven't noticed any change.

[Admiral Yi]

I would say less antagonistic and, if anything, more lucid.

[Maladict]

If there was a change, it has not been for the worse from what I've noticed.

[Agelastus]

I would say less antagonistic and, if anything, more lucid.

If there was a change, it has not been for the worse from what I've noticed.

I concur with the above, my mental impression is that your posting has, as Yi said, become much more lucid over the years. I have not noticed this trend reversing over the last few months.

In particular I've taken a couple of "long breaks" over the last few years where I would not read the forum for months or even years at a time; I can recall reading your posts after one such break and wondering if it was the same person posting as they felt so much improved over what my memory said they had been like before the break.

[Razgovory]

I haven't noticed any problems in the last few years.

You know yourself best though. If you're worried, go see a doctor if you can.

Yeah, I've been talking to two doctors about it.  A psychiatrist and a general practitioner.  When I talk to someone in person I frequently forget what I'm going to say.  It feels like it just drops out of my head.  It's extremely frustrating.  I'll be 38 in a few weeks, so some of it may be age related.

[Tamas]

I haven't noticed any problems in the last few years.

You know yourself best though. If you're worried, go see a doctor if you can.

Yeah, I've been talking to two doctors about it.  A psychiatrist and a general practitioner.  When I talk to someone in person I frequently forget what I'm going to say.  It feels like it just drops out of my head.  It's extremely frustrating.  I'll be 38 in a few weeks, so some of it may be age related.

That's way too young for that sort of stuff

Would be quite understandable due to medication, I'd assume, though.

And yeah if anything, you have become more laid back recently, nothing else.

On the diabetes: It is not that hard to drastically reduce your sugar intake. And it doesn't have to be a total one either. Sure, sugary snacks become a rare pleasure from a daily diet, that sucks. And things regular bread, pizza/pasta should be more seldom.

But still, it is quite easy to adapt. The actual "withdrawal" period lasted a day, maybe two, for me, when I really felt weird. But that was like a hardcore diet style cold turkey kind of deal.

Oh and just drop soft drinks with sugar in them. I am pretty much addicted to Pepsi Max, but now I can hardly stand the syrupy sickeningly sweet regular colas.

[crazy canuck]

I would say less antagonistic and, if anything, more lucid.

Agreed

[derspiess]

I would say less antagonistic and, if anything, more lucid.

Agree.  Rest of Languish may have regressed, though (me included).

[Tamas]

I would say less antagonistic and, if anything, more lucid.

Agree.  Rest of Languish may have regressed, though (me included).

It's going to be far worse once senility goes through a tipping point

[derspiess]

Hopefully it will become as entertaining as it used to be

[Legbiter]

You know yourself best of course Raz. If you feel yourself getting foggy, it may very well be just your general lifestyle catching up with you. I did a complete lifestyle overhaul 10 years ago myself. The trick is to set up a system instead of making goals. Something that will just run on autopilot with minimal thinking.

That's very easy to fix through so that's the good news. I'd recommend some daily physical activity like a leisurely walk along with a ketogenic diet to clear up your diabetes because you don't want the doctors and Big Pharma to get their hooks in you with daily expensive insulin shots/metformin.

Otherwise you're tip top, no complaints. 

[mongers]

I sure as hell won't start a similar thread question about me.