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Hi All,
I searched the forums and there doesn't seem to be much on this topic. Since I started med school, I seem to have noticed a steady decline in my cognition and memory (not an ideal place to notice such problems). Recently, it has gotten really bad. We recently had an exam and I remember the written portion, but have little re-collection of the practical portion (I remember going to it, but don't remember actually doing it though I'm told I was there). There have been other similar occurrences in the last week that seem to have just come on suddenly.
I went in to school physician today and he said it was likely stress-related, and wants to do an MRI to rule anything out (unfortunately, school insurance won't cover it). I initially thought this was study burnout so tried to take the day off yesterday and resume studying today, but that didn't help. Honestly, I can't continue in my classes with memory impairment (I was barely passing before these problems started). I'm working on contacting the dean, but am afraid this may kill the 5+ yrs I worked to get into med school. Thankfully, I do have a fall back career.
Any experience/advice is appreciated.
Thanks!
I searched the forums and there doesn't seem to be much on this topic. Since I started med school, I seem to have noticed a steady decline in my cognition and memory (not an ideal place to notice such problems). Recently, it has gotten really bad. We recently had an exam and I remember the written portion, but have little re-collection of the practical portion (I remember going to it, but don't remember actually doing it though I'm told I was there). There have been other similar occurrences in the last week that seem to have just come on suddenly.
I went in to school physician today and he said it was likely stress-related, and wants to do an MRI to rule anything out (unfortunately, school insurance won't cover it). I initially thought this was study burnout so tried to take the day off yesterday and resume studying today, but that didn't help. Honestly, I can't continue in my classes with memory impairment (I was barely passing before these problems started). I'm working on contacting the dean, but am afraid this may kill the 5+ yrs I worked to get into med school. Thankfully, I do have a fall back career.
Any experience/advice is appreciated.
Thanks!
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