Transient global amnesia

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I've never heard of this before but think I've just suffered a bout of it and I hope it never happens again. I'm 72 years old and apart from diabetes and mild angina I'm quite fit with most of my marbles still intact. However around 6pm today my mind suddenly went blank, I couldn't put words together, couldn't read properly, couldn't understand what I was watching on TV, couldn't hold a conversation with my wife and couldn't even remember my daughters surname. I had just written a sympathy card half an hour earlier and couldn't remember what I had wrote or even who it was meant for, bloody terrifying experience if I'm being honest. I went for a sleep totally mixed up, but after two hours of kip I woke up perfectly normal and could remember everything including the experience. I've spent the last hour googling it and self diagnosed TGA, apparently it leaves you with no lasting problems, I HOPE!
 
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Golly.

I've never had anything like that. The closest I get is thinking I have to do something and forgetting what it was for a bit.

Hope it doesn't happen again Neil and at least you remember everything, including that £50 you borrowed off me earlier.
 
JohnC6 said:
I obviously don't wish to make light of that experience but you said, after Googling, that you think you've experienced TGM without saying what that means so, I googled it myself.

Some Google answers. The station code for Teignmouth railway station. :) Territory General Manager.Total Gaseous Mercury and many others

Did you mean TGA ? From various sources hence some duplication.

TGA...Transient Global Amnesia mainly affects people between the ages of 50 and 80 (75% of cases). It rarely affects people younger than 40. Those experiencing
appear disoriented and confused. They repeatedly ask the same questions, especially about the date, time and their location. TGA is an episode of confusion that comes on suddenly in a person who is otherwise alert. TGA is a rare medical condition in which you experience a sudden episode of memory loss.TGA episodes usually last no more than several hours. In rare cases, they last up to 24 hours. TGA is rare. It affects about 5 to 10 people per 100,000 per year in the general U.S. population.

Researchers don’t know the exact cause of transient global amnesia (TGA). But they believe it’s due to a temporary issue in the hippocampus — the part of the brain that plays a significant role in learning and memory.

One source I read https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21028-transient-global-amnesia
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TGM probably came from recent conversations about Transport for Greater Manchester, sorry about that. The report you quote is in line with other reports l read that lead to my self diagnosis.
 
beyond the blue said:
TGM probably came from recent conversations about Transport for Greater Manchester, sorry about that. The report you quote is in line with other reports l read that lead to my self diagnosis.
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That's ok. I also made an error. I was so intrigued by the content of the post and read TGM forgetting that the title did actually read TGA. I had to delete the post but you obviously read it before I did that. Anyway, glad you got over it and it doesn't seem like anything to worry about. An aberration.

PS. Don't forget WW's £50.. :D
 
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Wow. I've never heard of that before, which I find surprising, and disquieting.

It must have been really terrifying, as you say.
 
@beyond the blue

That certainly sounds a disturbing & discombobulating experience. I am pleased to hear that it was indeed transient and fingers crossed never again.
 
Quack time IMO.
 
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