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Epilepsy and Peri-Menopause

Tue, 06/06/2017 - 14:39
Recently in the last year I've experienced four or five episodes of memory/confusion. Basically it goes like this. Mostly it's a dazed and confused state. An example would be like this morning. I woke up forgot to brush my teeth, didn't turn the coffee pot on, went to check the trash cans (heard the trash truck) and noticed recycles not taken but brought the can up anyway, forgot how I usually make my oatmeal in the microwave, discovered I took my nightly medications this time, got my laptop out and on but don't even know why?? I'm back to normal now (approximately two to three hours later) other than being sleepy from taking my nighttime medications. This is the fourth or fifth time this has happened in a year. Im really scared it could be dementia or something else. Anyone else experience this before. I am 45 and peri-menopause. This last one seemed to happen at the end of my cycle. The other happened about 10 days prior to the beginning of my cycle. Thoughts???

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I wonder if those are

Submitted by Cheezaholic on Fri, 2017-07-14 - 21:22
I wonder if those are actually seizures? Any relation to when you take your meds? Or maybe it just really is getting older! I'm 44, and definitely seeing a lot of changes as well. Tough to get used to. I'd say keep tracking them, and see if you can find any patterns or triggers.

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