Hello anyone that might have good info for me -

 This past winter I went through a period of thinking that I was losing my mind.  I found that often times I'd be speaking to someone or looking at the computer and zone out.  I wouldn't just zone out, I'd feel like things were moving on the computer and a whole story developed in my mind.  Other things that happened were I'd be listening to someone and zone.  I think in the beginning it wasn't a big deal and I'd have thoughts during the zone out time that were ok and come back after probably less than a minute.  But as they became more frequent, maybe because I was now worrying about these episodes, I'd come back thinking I was having some type of repressed memory and be so scared afterwards.  My mom has claimed to have repressed memories (from child abuse) and talking to her and her experiences swayed me towards thinking maybe something had happened to me.  All this tension escalated into unhappiness and thinking I was totally losing my mind.

Thank goodness I went to the doctors and he told me to get an MRI.  The EEG showed some type of electrical anomaly and the MRI showed a shadow (very vague information).  I had a second MRI done with dye this time (don't waste your time or $ without having dye as it shows more detail).  2nd MRI seems to be normal, but now I'm on to my 3rd MRI this year to rule out the first MRI that had a "potential" problem.

 So now, I'm a normal (whatever normal is) 44 yo female that can drive again.  Has not had a single episode (other than what I think might have been an auora when I forgot to take my med for 2 days).  And again enjoys life, biking, hiking all the things I feel so fortunate to be able to do again!

 I would love any information from someone who has had similar episodes.  And anyone that developed this condition later in life.  I worry about the med that I take daily and what it is doing to my future health.  Is it possible that stress, less sleep and a time of being unhappy brought all this on and now I'd be ok without meds.  I worry about taking the chance, I won't put anyone but myself in danger, to find out if I'm "ok".  Do you trust the doctors to get it right?

 Sorry so long!

Cindy