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My friend has Transient Epileptic Amnesia: Looking for info

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So has my husband, he was in his 60s when 'eventually' diagnosed.
He has Transient Epileptic Amnesia, all totally treatable. Lamotrigine.

Repeated questions, episodes maybe once a month, or a daily cluster. Weird smells! Yes, all of those.

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Chris Gautier, Volunteer Mentor | @santosha | 18 hours ago

Hi @wendywoo
Welcome to our group on Connect - glad you found us!
I'm really pleased to know your husband's Transient Epileptic Amnesia responded well to lamotrigine.
The weird smells really resonate with me — I have temporal lobe epilepsy myself, and unusual smells are a symptom I know well too. Memory issues are also quite common with temporal lobe epilepsy.
Could you tell me more about what his episodes look like? How has his memory been since starting lamotrigine — have you noticed any improvement? And how are you both doing with the day-to-day of it — is there anything in particular you're hoping to find here in the group?
Chris

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