Transient Global Amnesia - Husband lost memory for six hours. No explanation!

Try not to spread it, quarantine yourselves.

Wow! Scarey. How old is he, if I may ask?

60, but the other person that had this happen that we also heard about was in their 30's.

Out of curiousity, how did you come to the conlcusion that a blood thinner (aspirin) would be the best course of action if you suspected bleeding from a stroke?

Are you absolutely sure he didn't hit his head because this fits all the symptoms of concussion amnesia.

Does he take statins for high cholesterol?

TGA is a side effect that the big phrama drug pushers deny. Look it up.

That is a known remedy to help someone that may have had a stroke. FYI While at hospital before they concluded that it was not a stroke, they gave him aspirin, too.

Ironically, my husband does take statins for high cholesterol. I will check this out.

I'm not a medical professional, but that sounds like a mini aneurysm (possibly).

I actually witnessed something similar with a family member years ago, and that is what it turned out to be.

I was with the person, traveling in a car (they were driving), and they suddenly didn't know how they got there or who they were.

I thought they were joking at first, until I saw the look of panic. It took some hours explaining and a long trip to get them home (refused to let someone else drive), before they started to return to normalacy again.

Found out later, after some trips to the doc, that this wasn't the first episode the person had of this experience of amnesia...and it wasn't the last. There was a slow bleed happening which went undetected for quite some time.

OK, now I am pissed. I bet we spent at least $8000 in an overnight hospital stay, 2 MRIs, one cat san, EEG and EKG to find nothing, and yet the ER doctor and Neurologist should have known that this was a side effect of statin drugs.

Here is the link I found: [link to www.spacedoc.com]

Yes. The doctors should haveknown that, but unfortunately as it seems they have to rake in all the medical expenses theycan.

I feel for youand your husband that this happened. Just glad he is ok now and you know whatit is.

there you have your answer, dangerous statins.

They did check him for an aneurism.

Are you sure he didn't bump his head? A severe concussion can produce the same results. It happened to me as a kid when I was car-surfing and took a tumble. Lasted about as long, too.

When my friends got tired me asking what time it was, and the driver got worried about getting in trouble, he dropped me off at my house. I then walked around my house asking my family if I'd taken any hallucinogenics.

Presuming I'd taken some hallucinogenics my family promptly put me to bed.

I woke up the next day and was back on track.

Last Edited by FireInCairo on 06/16/2015 08:06 PM

next time someone is possible bleeding out internally, dont give them something to thin their blood. its just the opposite of what's needed.

He definitely had no bumps on his head. He was downstairs getting dressed to work out at the gym but never went to the gym. I just found him wandering around after a long time after he was to leave. He had a folded pair of underwear in his hand ( which he most likely was placing into his gym bag when this amnesia occurred.) He had no clue as to why his underwear was in his hand or why they were folded. Or even why he was in is gym clothes.

I will look this up.

seriously, wtf are some of you doing on glp??

Asprin for an possible bleed, not knowing statins are extremely bad and not understanding cholesterol is essential to well being are just a hand full of things that have been discussed in depth on glp over the years.

They likely did know about the side effects of statins, but still had to rule out other (life-threatening) causes for his amnesia/confusion.

I do not take statins and will not. I have only been married for three years, and my husband has taken these meds for a long time. I can only suggest he stop them.

Healthcare is becoming a corporate owned entity run not by the healthcare professionals but by the corporate executives with little or no medical knowledge. But....remember, most of the people asked for it.

Give me, give me something free!

Would you expect to go to your local grocery & load up your cart with the best of the best & walk out without paying for your groceries?

Would you expect to fill up you gas tank for free?

It is not the cost of the physicians knowledge that is expensive, it's those automatic self opening doors at each entrance & exit, & the marble tiles & all that TV advertising that makes the cost of healthcare skyrocket. And then there's the lawyers. The scourge of the Earth. There's were the cost of healthcare skyrockets.

As a child & young adult, I don't remember my hometown hospital ever advertising themselves. No doctors advertised either. You saw your "family" doctor until they died or you died. The only time you ever saw a "specialist" was serious. Everybody assumed you "must be a goner".

I have one more thing to say. If you have a "family doctor" and he treats you with respect & knows you & your family. Treat them well. Tell them how much you appreciate the care they give you & your family. Stop repeating what the MSM shouts at you all day. "It's the Doctor's fault" You don't believe the other propaganda they are feeding you, don't believe this BS either.

This is again, the corporate take over of healthcare. They will fail. This will take them down. Trust me. They don't get it. They are not capable of understanding what it takes to become a successful healthcare provider. A clue....it's not money, it's knowledge & compassion.

They've already failed! They have neither!

This sounds like a mini stroke of some kind. Please have him checked out by a specialist.

He did see a neurologist at the hospital. plus the EEG looked for strokes and aneurisms.

This event was very scary.

Fortunately he recalled who I was ( wife of three years). Sometimes when this happens, people lose several years of their life temporarily (according to the article).

Can you imagine one morning waking up to your husband thinking you were an intruder? We own a gun.

STFU please.

Thiamine deficiency?

"I gave him two aspirin ( in case he was bleeding from a stroke) and took him to the hospital."

This is the opposite of what to do for any type of bleeding.

It is interesting that you say thiamine deficiency as I muscle tested him for any nutrient deficiencies and I got that he was deficient in thiamine.

When I google search TGA along with thiamine, I did read where this is given in some circumstances. Thanks for connecting the dots. It also says that these incidents can reoccur in 5 percent of the patients so I will make sure that he is taking this vitamin.

Strokes are often caused by blood clots, thus you want to give them something to thin out the blood.

Hot sexy intruders are always welcome.