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What Causes Memory Loss And Frequent Urination While On Depakote And Zyprexa?
Question: I"ve been on Depakote and zyprexa for more than three years and recently have started having severe memory loss and frequent urination. What could be the cause of this?
Brief Answer:
Zyprexa may affect memory
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for writing to us.
Depakote can not cause memory loss or even frequency of urine.
Zyprexa may affect memory by its sedative and metabolic effects. But this also can not cause such memory loss. It may affect frequency of urine by its metabolic effects causing diabetes like changes but no direct effects on urine frequency.
In your case considering your age of 59 I think neurological check up is needed. Severe memory loss is related to higher brain function, so opinion of neuro physician matters and if necessary MRI brain scan to be done to search for causes of problem (like vascular dementia).
Frequency of urine may be due to just neurological problem or may be sign of diabetes. So blood sugar check up and HB1ac investigation are required to rule out this cause.
Hope I have answered your query, I will be happy to help further.
Regards,
Dr.Chintan Solanki.
Zyprexa may affect memory
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for writing to us.
Depakote can not cause memory loss or even frequency of urine.
Zyprexa may affect memory by its sedative and metabolic effects. But this also can not cause such memory loss. It may affect frequency of urine by its metabolic effects causing diabetes like changes but no direct effects on urine frequency.
In your case considering your age of 59 I think neurological check up is needed. Severe memory loss is related to higher brain function, so opinion of neuro physician matters and if necessary MRI brain scan to be done to search for causes of problem (like vascular dementia).
Frequency of urine may be due to just neurological problem or may be sign of diabetes. So blood sugar check up and HB1ac investigation are required to rule out this cause.
Hope I have answered your query, I will be happy to help further.
Regards,
Dr.Chintan Solanki.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Prasad
Dr. Chinton Solanki I neglected to ask you a couple of follow up questions. Does the urologist treat frequent urination problems and what is an HB1ac
Thanks
Thanks
Brief Answer:
Yes urologist can treat but first consult GP or ask your treating doctor
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
You are always welcome for follow up.
Urologist generally treats problem in which cause is there in genitourinary system. If your problem is due to diabetes, physician is going to treat the problem.
So first of all ask your current treating doctor or GP to examine for your complaint and if doctor thinks he can refer you to urologist.
Hb1ac is a type of hemoglobin called glycosylated haemoglobin which can measure average blood sugar for last 6 months.It is useful for sugar control measures.
Hope I have answered your query, I will be happy to answer more.
Regards,
Dr.Chintan Solanki.
Yes urologist can treat but first consult GP or ask your treating doctor
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
You are always welcome for follow up.
Urologist generally treats problem in which cause is there in genitourinary system. If your problem is due to diabetes, physician is going to treat the problem.
So first of all ask your current treating doctor or GP to examine for your complaint and if doctor thinks he can refer you to urologist.
Hb1ac is a type of hemoglobin called glycosylated haemoglobin which can measure average blood sugar for last 6 months.It is useful for sugar control measures.
Hope I have answered your query, I will be happy to answer more.
Regards,
Dr.Chintan Solanki.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
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