Sharpen my memory

My concentration levels seem to be waning. My drug levels are a little low, but I think that’s because I missed a dose a day or two before the test. I’ve also been stressed-out about making sure that I meet all of the necessary requirements to secure the job I’m trying to get, which means that I haven’t been getting very much rest.

I don’t have an appointment to go back to the neurology clinic until November. I’ve learned that talking to my general practioner about this only yields blood tests and MRIs because she doesn’t know what else to do. Once she gets the results, she tells me that my blood levels are good and my MRI isn’t showing anything new. I understand that she doesn’t want to mess with my meds, but I sometimes wish she would. It’s so hard to get into the neuro clinic and I feel like i have the brain of a three-thousand year-old woman. A change of meds would be a nice start.

For now, I’ll have to stick to list-making to keep myself on task. This isn’t how I like to do things, but it may be the only way to cope for now.

As I reach a better drug level (theraputic level, that is), I’m finding I’m thinking better. Concentration is way up, so memory shouldn’t be that far behind. Although I’ve stopped playing my thinking and memory games, I’m thinking it couldn’t hurt to work on my memory like I would anything else.

This sometimes seems like an impossible task with epilepsy meds and the way they make me feel pretty stupid. Even so, I’m making it a priority to enhance my memory however I can. So far, I’m using writing exercises and games to stretch whatever ability I have.