Unsure what my experience is due to??
 

I do have epilepsy, pre-TBI, which I had surgery to correct exactly one year prior to my TBI.

My TBI occurred in March of 2008, I think??

Anyway... I have these moments of complete confusion. I feel like I don't know anything. Names of things or people are simply meaningless words in these moments. Thankfully, these moments only last a minute or so, and then my memory kicks in slowly. Does this sound like effects of my TBI to you, or more like epileptic "auras"??

I see my Epileptologist next month ( in a few weeks from now), but I am just wondering if I should mention these events to him, or should I contact my Internal Medicine doctor? The IM doc is my primary physician.

Anyone ever have this feeling?

Talk to your neuro. I have had brain freeze issues from time to time. Usually when I am under stress. I consider them cognitive seizures.

Thank you Mark in Idaho.

These events are occurring during high stress situations for me as well. It is the weirdest thing & hard to explain. My mind just goes completely blank, and words don't mean anything, names, etc. I just cannot make sense out of them and I feel dissociated, but also a little part of myself is trying to make sense of everything & get my brain to get back to work. Scary!

I guess that I'll let me epi's nurse know about it later this morning. See what they say...

Thank you!

I have these, too. They are momentary with me. I'll be talking to someone, and all of a sudden I'll realize that I have no idea what they are saying to me, and the words just sound like a bunch of sounds put together in no particular order.

I consider it a sign that my brain is overwhelmed with all the incoming information and it's taking a break to sort out all the details.

Sometimes I will be driving, and I will have no idea where I am or where I am going. But I just keep driving, and after a minute or so, it all comes back to me.

I think sometimes my brain just needs a break from all the input. At first, I worried about it a lot, and I discussed it with my neuropsych. But since it passes pretty quickly, now I just take it in stride.