Hi everyone,
I'm a 32 year old male. Was diagnosed 2 years ago when I had a memory lapse for 40 minutes. I was having lunch with my colleagues, and they said that I was laying my head on the table for awhile, after which I behaved normally, was able to finish my lunch and was talking normally to students (I worked in an educational institute). I was even able to remember my password to log in to my computer. However, I have totally no memory of these happenings at all, even till now. I was referred to a neurologist. Did a EEG and a MRI scan, and was thus diagnosed with epilepsey.
The thing is I am not sure what type of epilepsey I am diagnosed with. After that first memory lapse, I do not have such ocurrences anymore, or at least not that I know of. However, I do have more frequent (maybe a few times a year) periods when I get kind of confused, usually lasting less than a minute. For example, when I'm on the train to work, I will suddenly forget where I come from, and where I'm going to. I will need to think very hard to try and recollect and trace back the events that lead to where I am now (for e.g. where I stay, how I walk to the train station, which station did I board and change trains etc). I will feel a slight headache, but usually I can recover after closing my eyes and stop thinking for awhile.
These had happened quite randomly, when I am walking in a mall, when taking train, when reading books. Not sure if these are caused by epilepsey? If they are, I'd like to know what type if anyone can advise?
Thanks and regards,
SH
I'm a 32 year old male. Was diagnosed 2 years ago when I had a memory lapse for 40 minutes. I was having lunch with my colleagues, and they said that I was laying my head on the table for awhile, after which I behaved normally, was able to finish my lunch and was talking normally to students (I worked in an educational institute). I was even able to remember my password to log in to my computer. However, I have totally no memory of these happenings at all, even till now. I was referred to a neurologist. Did a EEG and a MRI scan, and was thus diagnosed with epilepsey.
The thing is I am not sure what type of epilepsey I am diagnosed with. After that first memory lapse, I do not have such ocurrences anymore, or at least not that I know of. However, I do have more frequent (maybe a few times a year) periods when I get kind of confused, usually lasting less than a minute. For example, when I'm on the train to work, I will suddenly forget where I come from, and where I'm going to. I will need to think very hard to try and recollect and trace back the events that lead to where I am now (for e.g. where I stay, how I walk to the train station, which station did I board and change trains etc). I will feel a slight headache, but usually I can recover after closing my eyes and stop thinking for awhile.
These had happened quite randomly, when I am walking in a mall, when taking train, when reading books. Not sure if these are caused by epilepsey? If they are, I'd like to know what type if anyone can advise?
Thanks and regards,
SH