- 649 days ago by Sheri Segal Glick
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Have you ever read Flowers for Algernon? It’s a short story told through the point of view of a man, Charlie, who has been chosen to undergo an experiment to increase his IQ (which starts out quite low). I won’t go into too much detail, but Charlie’s IQ triples right before it starts to rapidly decline, bringing him back to where he was before the procedure with only a memory of what it was like to be smart. While I haven’t read the story in years, I do remember how sad it was for Charlie to know that he was getting dumber and dumber and not being able to do anything about it. And now I can relate.
The first time I noticed that this was happening to me was after I’d been away from my job as a lawyer for about 14 months to stay at home with my son. More
