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Old 08-24-2014, 07:48 AM #1
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Hi, I am a bit of a stranger here but just freaked myself out and wondered if any of you had similar experiences. I had a mild head injury over 2 years ago that left me with real problems. Generally these days I function quite well, but today I went to tidy out a cupboard and don't recognise lots of the things in it. Does this happen to any of you? If so how do you not get freaked out? Thanks
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Hi, I am a bit of a stranger here but just freaked myself out and wondered if any of you had similar experiences. I had a mild head injury over 2 years ago that left me with real problems. Generally these days I function quite well, but today I went to tidy out a cupboard and don't recognize lots of the things in it. Does this happen to any of you? If so how do you not get freaked out? Thanks
A I recall, this is called visual agnosia. Some might be familiar with this from the book "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat."

There are two main categories (apperceptive and associative) and a number of subtypes, like inability to recognize faces, inability to recognize landmarks, word blindness, etc... I struggle with the latter and and my neuro-psychologist told me it's due to damage in my occipital and/or temporal lobes.

Is this the first time it has happened to you, post injury?
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I have had this happen a few times. I found I needed to step back and sort of regroup my thoughts. It is disturbing.
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No this has happened several times before. I often don't recognise where I am in the car or people's houses, or even my own things. Not happening as much as it used to but it still freaks me out.
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Does not happen to me except with words... however... do you have a seizure issue?
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Current Situation: I'm about 7 months in and my local neurologist has waived her white flag and therefore I am headed to Dallas to be seen (I have family there). The headaches are still daily. I have nausea, dizziness as well.

Drugs I have been on- Vicodin (off), Naproxen (off), proanolol (off), topamax (off), cataflam (off), Midrin (off), Flexeril (off) and now Namenda XR (off), Nortrptylin (off), Verapamil (off)

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Does not happen to me except with words... however... do you have a seizure issue?
I can be "word blind," too. I also have moments when I feel lost, in a totally familiar area - like my own road. To overcome the latter, I use my GPS everywhere I go.

I do find this is more likely to happen when I'm tired or overwhelmed.
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