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My friend has Transient Epileptic Amnesia: Have any info on it?

Posted by bongo @bongo, Aug 1, 2025

My friend 69 year old man has had trans epileptic amnesia . It has changed his whole life. His memory on a daily basis is so bad. He remembers past things.
He has hallucinations. Angry episodes . Sleeps a lot. Lost his friends due to saying hateful things which is out of character. Does anyone else know of this illness

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Chris Gautier, Volunteer Mentor | @santosha | 3 days ago
In reply to @royanthony "@santosha The following seems long to read, but you may be happily surprised. I've gotten into..." + (show)
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@santosha The following seems long to read, but you may be happily surprised. I've gotten into the habit each day of using inexpensive yellow 3"x3" sticky notes for all things I need to remember for the immediate future. I might have 10 going at one time. At the end of the day, I collect them all into a pile, toss the ones I don't need as I've already done what's on the yellow note. Then, I take what's not been tossed and hand-write the list of items I need to remember or do onto a 5"x7" lined yellow pad. Some of these notes (reminders) may be redundant for a couple days, but since it's only a couple, your task or something you need to remember eventually goes away (tossed). This makes me feel good that I've gotten a few things accomplished EVEN if I only transfer my notes on to the 5"x7" pad. I guess it's psychological for me, but it works. I nearly never forget to do things that should be remembered for only 1 or 2 days. I hope this helps somebody. If you try and have success, please let me know. I'd feel like I helped someone. Thanks

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@royanthony
Hi Roy,
I see now that I've missed your message — sorry for that!
Thank you for sharing this; it wasn't too long at all. It's interesting how different our approaches are, though they solve the same problem — and like you, doing this brings me a similar peace of mind. That "psychological win" you mentioned makes complete sense to me.
Wishing you a nice day!
Chris

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