Hi I'm only 32 but my symptoms happened when I was 27 or 28. Over a day, and continuing for a month, I noticed a rapid decline in my memory and cognition.

At the time due to its severity, for some reason, I got it in my head that someone was testing some electromagnetic weapon on me. So my thinking was delusional too. I also started to hear voices as my thinking grew worse.

To make a long story short during that 2 month period and maybe beyond, I forget, I was convinced people were "erasing my brain." Now I know this isn't the case. But it's now been 4 1/2 years and my memory and learning have improved quite a bit. When the symptoms first came on I couldn't even understand what was on tv! Let alone read a book. Now I have no problems watching any show on tv and I can read fairly hard books, and do so often.

But my memory is still terrible! I forget most of what I read and only remember the gist. Sometimes if it's a shorter article I'll absorb more. I also noticed it's harder for me to learn. And on a neuro psyche exam I did horrifically in math and my IQ dropped 18 points. I also did terribly in abstract reasoning or something like that.

Now I'm really scared! My Psychiatrist, one neurologist, and two or three therapist all think this is the byproduct of Schizo-Affective Disorder as evident from my delusions and hearing voices.

But I'm questioning the diagnosis. I also have many other symptoms like I have trouble thinking ahead, I'm very flat and anhedonic. I have dreams that I'm brain damaged. I hear a ringing in my ear. I feel always uncomfortably foggy in my head and often zone out and draw a blank etc.

I did do quite well on the verbal part of the test and comprehension, and this was 3 years ago when my cognition was worse, at least by a bit.

I'm seeing my neurologist in a week and he knows I harbor this concern. One other thing my cognitive declined happened in a day to two months. Isn't that too fast for EOAD? Plus I was so young, and the gene doesn't run in my family.

I intitially worried I was brain damaged and had two MRI's which came out normal. I also passed all three 10 minute mine neuro exams that the neurologists all gave me. No problems.

So can you offer me your opinions?

Devon