Still take the meds. Surgeon said think of it as an insurance policy. But I always felt the meds were the cause of my inability to focus. I blamed the meds doping me and expected after surgery I could decrease or get rid meds. Was totally surprised to find the damage spot in the brain, when removed, had actually been the sole cause of the absent mindedness. After surgery I had dramatic improvement in my thought processing speed and memory (short term). My memory probably wasn’t bad; just the inability to focus made it hard to memories. This changed our lives. My wife had carried the family and was used to queuing me to stay on task or reminding me. All that changed and she had to learn over time to trust my new brain function