The description you gave sounds familiar. I didn't and could not have gone back to my banking job. My biggest anxiety in the early days of TM was my inability to think. It took four months before i could read And longer to comprehend. I got stuck or stumbled on words when trying to talk and literally sounded drunk. Had a hard time between left and right. Couldn't follow directions. Got lost in buildings, because I always turned the wrong way. Did things backwards. I had to have a note for everything.
I worked hard to overcome those issues. I sat for hours reading tmic and the TM forum. Typed with two fingers to write my posts, tried for days to make a flow-chart, and even had a nine year old come after school two days a week to play kids games and build items with Legos. I felt like the steroids fried my brain. I'm much, much better and thank God everyday for the improvements. Patti V - Michigan Sent from my iPad On Jan 15, 2013, at 10:44 PM, Dalton Garis <[email protected]> wrote: > Cognitive problems, did you say??? > > Please elaborate. I was a high-flying associate professor economist in an > engineering school when getting TM in 2010. Then I began to experience the > unthinkable—literally. I could go into class and do the entire lecture from > my head. But after TM I would get to a point in the delivery when it was > time to pull out some element from my head and, it wouldn't be there! It had > always been there, but now I couldn't recall it. It was shocking and > humiliating to say the least. It finally did me in. > > Please tell me about these cognitive problems you mentioned. > > DG > > From: <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, 15 January 2013 9:53 PM > To: tmic <[email protected]> > Subject: [TMIC] need for a neuroloist > Resent-From: <[email protected]> > Resent-Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:53:27 -0800 > > I had the same neurologist for first five years of TM. I had several MRI's > and he was satisfied that I didn't have MS (TM left me with cognitive > problems). I had been on the same medications for two years, my primary said > he would renew my rx when needed, and I didn't feel the need to contnue > seeing my neuro (140 mile round trip). > > That worked for another two years until my primary moved and his replacement > refused to write my rx for the Lyrica and Baclofen. She referred me to her > neuro buddy, but I made an appointment with another neuro whom I had heard > was "the best" from one of his MS patients. > > The new Neuro agreed with my med regime, agreed that there was no need for > MRI's, and agreed that I didn't need to see him oftener than annually unless > I had neurological changes. The new neuro also understood my frustraton with > a primary who would not renew my Lyrica and Baclofen rx. > > I never went back to that primary and have since seen a Physicians Assistant > for my regular illnesses. > > I didn't think I needed a neurologist. However, I realize that as long as I > need Baclofen and Lyrica and it is wise to have one available. > > Patti V. - Michigan
