Barb and other remitters--memory?

[Guest guest]

I spoke with someone who experienced dramatic short-term memory

problems that corresponded with the onset of daytime sleepiness.

After some delay, he was diagnosed with apnea and eventually

successfully treated. What is striking to me is that he said he

didn't recover his short-term memory even with successful apnea

treatment. He believes that the hypoxia/reoxygenation injury

associated with apnea *permanently* killed off neurons in his

hippocampus.

I've been aware for some time now of the unique sensitivity of the

hippocampus to hypoxia/ischemia (as with apnea or intracranial

hypertension) but I figured that if I could get diagnosed and

treated then my short-term memory would return. Now I'm not so

sure. Professionally, this is my most disabling symptom.

For those of you who have recovered from extended illness, did the

illness seriously compromise your short-term memory, and if so did

you recover your short-term memory upon remission?

Matt