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What Causes Abnormal Behavior With Short Term Memory Loss?

yeah well my girlfriends had this thing all her life where she sorta zones out for hours like to the point where u cant get a word out of her and she like glides round the room if u know that i mean then she climbs up on her wardrobe with a blanket she's had all her life and sits there for hours on end without reacting to anything around her. when she finally comes out of it she cant remember anything thats happened to her and feels like its only been 15 minuets when its really been like 2 hours. its really scaring me and scaring her to as i have no idea what i can do to help her and who to ask about it. please help
Tue, 14 Oct 2014
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You should not worry. She may suffering from a treatable neurological or psychiatric condition.
You should take her to a neurologist or a psychiatrist because the behaviour you describe may be an epileptic phenomenon (a complex partial seizure). He or she will evaluate her to get details of the episode along with any peculiar features that point to a seizure like activity. She may be asked to go for an electroencephalograph (EEG) which detects a seizure activity in the brain.
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What Causes Abnormal Behavior With Short Term Memory Loss?

You should not worry. She may suffering from a treatable neurological or psychiatric condition. You should take her to a neurologist or a psychiatrist because the behaviour you describe may be an epileptic phenomenon (a complex partial seizure). He or she will evaluate her to get details of the episode along with any peculiar features that point to a seizure like activity. She may be asked to go for an electroencephalograph (EEG) which detects a seizure activity in the brain. Hope this answers your question.