I’m going to have DBS System surgery at the end of October

everyone is different

My condition, I think I don't have the memory I used to, I'd say a 1 on a 3 scale, I'm ok with, considering the epilepsy I have, my opinion

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I still have a poor memory with the RNS. However, I still have seizures and take meds. If you stop having seizures your memory will probably improve.

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Lowering the amount of anticonvulsants will help improve your memory recall some because there is a cumulative side effect in all anticonvulsants and some other medications that hampers memory recall too. As we get older (further away from being a baby (100% memory recall) all {except perhaps those with Eidetic memory or hyperthymesia (full memory recall)} humans memory recall is reduced. And those of us with Epilepsy have advanced levels of memory recall -- even if on no medications and having been seizure free for years.

Note: hyperthymesia: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hype...