Cognitive Impairments In Epilepsy - Jon Kleen

Learn all about how people can have memory and other cognitive struggles as part of their epilepsy - in part 1 of 2 with epileptologist Jon Kleen from the UCSF Medical Center, USA! Jon speaks about his career focus, types of cognitive impairments, impacts on quality of life, and more.
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Chapters 📖
00:00 Intro to Jon
02:31 Why focus on epilepsy and cognition?
04:40 Cognitive deficits with epilepsy
06:55 Problems finding words
10:07 Permanent or transient cognitive impairments
16:21 Conclusion & thanks
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[@davidclifford6125]

I can attest that stress plays a big part of my memory issues. It affects my attention, encoding, and retention.Great episode! Looking forward to part 2.

[@brainwaves_awake]

Thanks for the information. In my case, when I started with my first seizure in 2022, I had frequent forgetfulness every week, so I began my study of what was happening to me. And from 2022 to 2023, more cognitive deterioration appeared without a clear diagnosis. until they forced me to be tested for epilepsy and frontal temporal brain damage. So, imagine my memory, but after so much effort and perseverance I am managing to not lose my memory anymore.

[@gerardopc1]

Thank God (and science, lol) I've never had any memory issues because of my epilepsy 20 years after my first seizure when I was a child. On the contrary, I'd say that I have a very good memory better than the average person my age. What I struggled with was the side effects of my medication (depression, anger, anxiety, mood swings). Greetings from Mexico.

[@TorieRobinson]

Ha! Indeed, we thank science! Gosh, that's brilliant to hear about your great memory - I rarely hear something like this in the epilepsy sphere - I'll remember it! I hope that you're doing ok now? Greetings from the UK!