Lack of brain function

[Diane12855]

I finished my 48 weeks of tx on March 18, 2011. Thankfully all of my sx have gone away except one. This one has me kind of scared that it won't go away. I have lost the ability to take in very much information. I get totally confused. By not being able to take in much info, I mean that when I watch TV on my small screen TV, I can't see the details like what the people are wearing. It is all I can do to get the story line. If there are any words on the screen that need to be read, I'm in big trouble because I am never able to read all of the words before they change screens. I used to be very quick witted, which was great fun in conversations, but now it takes me so long to come up with a response to people that I prefer to stay away from people because it is so frustrating.

Has anybody else experienced this after tx, and how long did it take to go away if ever?

[rambleon40]

Big Pharma HAS hijacked sanity in medical care.  While chiropractors and other alternative med providers have been saying it for almost 20 years, I am now finding more and more physicians saying (and feeling) the same way.  

It may also be that we have let them do it.  

Want to fight diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, cholesterol and depression?  Buy a bicycle and use it daily.  

Here's an interesting take on BigPharma and antidepressants from, of all places, Aljazeera - English:  

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/07/20117313948379987.html

Here's a beautiful clip on bike riding, health and society in large:

http://www.grist.org/biking/2011-07-07-detroit-reborn-as-bike-city-video

[rambleon40]

I'm a bit puzzled  that Kellogg's has linked to my post above on "good habits"!

[Diane12855]

I appreciate your input. Somebody said something about my vision... I think you are thinking about somebody else. I only have presbyopia... you know... when you can't see up close after 40.
I already did my 48 weeks, so there isn't any undoing that. I was UND after the first 6 weeks post tx, and my doc isn't going to check me again till September which will be 6 months post tx.
My job is a real estate title abstracter... I have to be able to keep names and details in my head till I finish a title search... details like the dimensions of a piece of property... mortgages, taxes, judgements against property owners both present and previous. My poor husband has had to do the hard searches for me so far because I can't keep the details in my head. I guess in a way I'm glad that the real estate market has slowed down. I had to quit working last June because I made a $1,900.00 mistake that we have to pay and we can't afford that... not after paying my 5,000.00 deductible on my insurance so it would pay for my tx.

For people reading this and thinking they don't want to do tx because of it... base your decision on the condition of your liver. If it is worse than stage 2 you just have to sacrifice a year or so in order to save your liver. As nygirl often says, and I agree with her completely... all of these problems are nothing compared to end stage liver disease.

[curiouslady1]

Susan,  note that I said "Big Pharma and doctors are not responsible for ALL your woes".  There are side effects for nearly all meds.  Seroquel is an anti-psychotic but it is important to note that people with Major Depression do have psychotic symptoms.  I didn't read the whole thread so I don't know what you were responding to.   I do not like psy medication and I think that most of the time psychotherapy of a substantial frequency suits just fine.  Howevr, when speaking about something like Hepatitis I don't think it is a good idea to take an extreme view against doctors or medication.  

I was on another thread for a time re a new approved med for another condtion (not Hep).  There were some on the list who, likewise, had a tendency to attribute all their symptoms to the med.  and the incompetent doc who was treating them.  I do believe we need to advocate for each other and our families and would never go under anaesthesia without someone standing by to ensure I wasnt the victim of a med error.  However, I also feel we need to pick our docs and our treatments before hand and then have some faith that they know what they are doing.  It also helps to realize tht we are dealing with a powerful enemy and can feel helpless at times.  Helplessness can push us into looking for a target that seems within our control when really, it is in the hands of the gods.  

[James10500]

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[James10500]

You have diabetes ?  I don't understand the point you tried to make.  I'm not 64 with a poor memory.  Putting my phone down, for 1 second and totally forgetting it is new to me.

As you said you have not treated, so why are you telling people who what's up ?

Get real.