I have been doing a lot of internet research recently to try and narrow down the symptoms my husband has been having over the last few years and have arrived to this forum and brain aneurism.

Every now and then he goes through a phase of very worrying behaviour which we came to call "spells". Rather suddenly he would start acting as if he is drunk - his coordination would all but disappear and he would start walking into furniture, dropping things and have difficulty in walking straight and managing stairs. At the same time his speech would be slurred and he becomes incoherent and cannot maintain a conversation anymore. His eyes would look all glazed over and red. He forgets things almost instantly and is unable to follow simple instructions. When this happens, the only solution we found so far is to go to bed and sleep it off. Even if the symptoms developed in mid-afternoon (3-5pm), he would then sleep all way till the next morning and then would have no recollection of what happened the night before, except feeling very tired very suddenly. Once under the "spell" he is also unable to make rational decisons and does not realise something is wrong. I have to asses the situation and send him to bed myself.

Over the last 6 years or or so the frequency has increased form no more than once every 3-4 months to as much as 2-3 times a week some weeks but on average every 2 weeks.

We tried to seek medical advice 5 years ago, has EEG, MRI, full blood tests, urine, etc. They all came back normal. More recently in 2011 he had a full medical with blood tests, blood pressure, etc. High cholesterol was the only thing that was found then.

Since then he is very reluctant to seek further help and does not believe the doctors will do anything meaningful. In the meantime our family life suffers as many evening he ends up being sent to bed by me early and does not get to have that time with me and the kids.

Has anyone else experienced those kind of symptoms and then had a confirmed aneurism? Is it common to have symptoms so intermittently? What can be done to avoid any surgical intervention? Just plenty of rest?

Any comments greatly appreciated.