Well my husband is having those staring episodes again, witnessed by others this time. Just stopped talking and stared then said what were we talking about? And some people at work saw him just fixated on things. Lasts only a few seconds. He is completely exhausted. sleeping most of time when off. I wonder if he is having more of these per day and just don't know it? I'm really worried about him. He also has a vp shunt and I wonder if symptoms are due to that, even though neurosurgeon says shunt is fine.