Memory loss and enhanced smell
 

Does anyone have my symptoms?
My Kaiser Permante Drs unable to give a firm diagnosis. About every month I wake up with no memory...blank. (No alcohol or drugs.) I have no advance notice that it's coming. I don't know the day, week, year, etc., nor what I did previously. All memories must be rebuilt and it takes a couple of hours. However, I know that some things are not coming back. Videos show I went to Hawaii on vacation but I have no useable memory. this has been going on for at least two years, but I believe longer.
Had a 48-hour Digitrace (portable) EEG. The results show an abnormal brain wave pattern that "must be" seizures (Drs have no other explanation).
What's got them stumped also is that I usually have an enhanced sense of smell that lasts through that day, but is gone the next morning at wakeup.
I'm on Dilantin but it seems to be giving me vertigo/fairly severe balance problems, especially going downstairs.
Please, does anyone else have these symptoms? And if so, has anyone accurately diagnosed it? Teated it?
Thanks,
cpmjohn
Petaluma, California

Hi cpmjohn and welcome to NeuroTalk

i am also going to copy over your post to our General health forum to see if anyone there has some insight for you

here is the link to it there
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...ad.php?t=14412

Thanks Chemar
 

Frankly, I'm having a little trouble navigating this board. I can't tell which forum I'm in. I'd prefer a simple navigation system and no smilies....I know, I'm no fun...chuckle.

Hi

if you use the index page http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/index.php

it will show you the list of all our forums here and then you just click thru to a specific one to read or post there

Wow, everything there is to know about seizures and epilepsy
 

Thanks again, Chemar.
There's enough reading there to keep me busy for a year.
John

hi john and welcome.

you can try the search feature. that will direct you to either threads or posts that will help.

also...on the very bottom right...it says archive...clicking that will give you a different view of the forums. you can also change it on your User CP ( top left ). go to edit options, it gives you different options on how to view the threads.

boy..i did good...didn't add a smiley. but your stuck with my siggy. lol

We copied your post and put it in the epilepsy forum, here's the link!

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...ad.php?t=14431