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

Hello Cpmjohn!

I'd recommend you visit us over at the Epilepsy Forum. I'm going to copy this thread over there for ya'. Your symptoms are actually quite common (in our world). I have a few questions!

How long have you been having these episodes

How many times per month does this happen

Do you know if anything triggers it (stress, sleep deprivation, etc.)

Did they happen to tell you which area the seizure activity was (frontal, right/left temporal, parietal, occipital)

How long have you been on Dilantin and what dosage (mg per day)

Sorry for the questions, but it helps to give the best answers. :)

Here's a link to your thread that was copied to the Epilepsy Forum.

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