TGA - Transient Global Amnesia (temporary memory loss)

I have gaps in my memory for the week prior to the attack. And I’m not sure I’m back to normal in formulating new memories. I feel as if I haven’t rebooted my brain. I’m planning on two weeks of extra  healthy living. More sleep, doing my biofeedback for stress management, no booze, etc. Then I’m going to start actively pushing myself a little more each day. I already use a brain training program and my post TGA results are the same as my Pre TGA results. I wonder if my perceptions are gear driven. 

Hi Maja

Thanks for your story it's so reassuring to know that other people have had the same experience as I had 2 days ago. I'm rather concerned though about having a second one. I must admit it has knocked my confidence and I am nervous about being on my own in case it happens again. I had a severe coughing fit and the next thing I knew it was 6 hours later and I was in a and e. I feel a bit dizzy now and again is this usual?

I wish I could talk to each and every one of u....Yes, it’s scary as hell.  I had mine 4 yrs this coming 11/16 and for 2 yrs, I was so paranoid for a reoccurrence.  Maja, I wish I could see my post but I can’t.  FYI to all:  I never had HBP, I worked out 6 days/week, ate healthy...basically, I was in great health.  However, I was under SOOO MUCH STRESS for a few yrs bq both parents were ill and I was traveling from PHX-NY monthly for almost2 yrs...I was averaging 2-3 hrs of sleep/night as the stress was mounting...and to release the stress, I was hiking daily 8-12 Miles in the AZ mountains.  One morning, I decided to not hike and I did a very strenuous workout here at home...it was then that I got up after working abs that I became disoriented....the next few hrs were actually very funny but my poor hubby was pooping his pants in fear.  I knew something was wrong and I looked like crap.  I kept repeating everything, etc etc...hubby calls son who is a Fire Captain and said I could be having a stroke and needed to go to ER.  During all this, I kept taking my BP and hubby got me a glucose kit.  Both results were extremely high.  My BP has always been 106/64. My blood sugar under 100 and A1C around 5.4-5.7. Get to hospital and everything was bad.  I was dxd  by neurologists w/ TGA....I had to see all sorts of drs for 2 weeks then return to Neuro.  All my reg drs did not want to put me on meds bq prior to this I was so healthy.... they watched me regularly and all my numbers slowly dropped to where they were but it took maybe 2 yrs.  My cousin is a Neuro back east and I had sent him all reports and line my drs here, said don’t worry, u won’t get another...not true.  I’ve met many on line that have had a few so I lived in fear for almost 2 yrs.  I finally said SCREW THIS!!!   However, I have changed a lot on many things...I don’t do any strenuous exercise-I haven’t worked my abs since that day, I try to live a stress free life which is challenging...I know my body/mind very well...a few weeks ago, I got in car to do some running around.  I suddenly felt very different in the brain...hard to explain but I’m sure u all know that strange feeling... did I go home-NO, of course not.  I still had to go grocery shopping and there I went. I enter store and I feel a panic feeling starting like I had w my first episode.  Everyone knows me and one clerk said, r u ok?  I knew then I could be in trouble.  I immedly started eating some of fruit and grabbed a water.  Worked on my breathing trying to not panic.  Not easy but I did it.  Went home and slept 2 hrs.  My advice to everyone, really get to know your body/your brain...try to keep yr stress level at a minimum....definitely exercise but DONT over exert yourself w heavy/strenuous exercises/weights... I continue to hike and walk at a fast pace but I stopped lifting wgts and ab exercise since episode.  I plan on starting wgts again soon but starting off slow and easy.  I also make sure all electronics are off by 7 pm and in bed no later than 10 pm.  It’s hard but I had to make all these small changes.  Before bed, I take 400 mgs of Magnesium to relax....I apologize that this post is so long.  I know u may think I’m nuts but I was elated that I sensed another episode starting and I feel I was able to control it.  I hope if it happens again, it ends w same results. ????????  

I hope all of you who have been commenting on this thread recently can see this as would like to make a general comment, especially for those who are recently new to experiencing a TGA. I have had two TGA experiences, several years apart. I have found that the medical community does not have much information about them and you have to get as much information as you can from these forums and become your own expert as to what may have triggered it and how to prevent future occurrences. Neurologists are not the experts on this and you will find much conflicting information. I carry a medical card so that if I get one out and about, hopefully someone will contact my husband or any of the other three cell numbers listed on my card and if I am taken to a hospital the information about my TGA will be seen by medical staff. It gives me some reassurance but it is scary knowing that one is so vulnerable in a TGA situation. Hopefully most of you will never have another TGA but I suggest you do something similar just in case! Thanks to all who post on this site.

Hi all!!! It's been a while since any of us have been in contact and I was just cleaning out my files and came across this thread about TGA betw' all of us. Anyway, wondering if anyone has had another episode? I had my first episode back in Nov '14 then had "what I call" a mini TGA this past June '18 then had a major one this past Nov '18. With my first one in '14, it took me about 4-5 months to totally recover/feel like myself again..... 'til this day, I will argue w/any dr and/or facts you read on here that there are no ill-effects - just not true for me. However, I can say this, each episode is totally different. My second episode, which I call it a mini TGA was crazy. Like my first episode, I woke up feeling great although I had been going thru some stress. I get in the car to run some errands and I just wasn't feeling right mentally. Of course, once you experience one episode, it's always in the back of your mind that another could be happening. Well, although I wasn't feeling right (mentally), I proceeded to run my errands. I get to the bank and something just wasn't right but life goes on. I decided, I'd go home but nahhh let me just run into the grocery store bq I walk in and clerk says to me, "Vicky, are you OK? You don't look well?" Well, when I left my house, I thought I looked great but now she has me worrying that if I get one here, I'm screwed. So I grab a banana go to pay for it and she now says, "do you want me to call your hubby, let's go sit you somewhere"....to myself I'm thinking, no just get me the heck out of here and into my bed before this crap hits me good...as soon as I got home, I said to my hubby, I need to nap, I honestly feel a TGA coming on...I slept and after a 2 hour nap (which I never nap), I woke up feeling good w/no ill effects but I know I definitely had one just not as strong as the first. During this time, I was under so much stress. We found out son's wife was having an affair w/not just one but w/a few and 2 children (4 and one) we were in the process of having a home built and just life's stresses....We finally move mid Sept, my AMEX account gets compromised not just once but twice w/in 10 days to the tune of $15K!!! so betw' moving, selling our home, son's marriage woes, my countless daily calls to AMEX and now we are up to 6 times being compromised, I am at my wits end and I have another episode Nov '18. Wow, this one was wild but if you can learn from me on how I handled it (bq it is very scary, here goes)....I went for a walk w/neighbor and felt great. As soon as I returned home, my brain went kaput. I started pacing the house like a crazy person but I wasn't as scared as the first one. I tell hubby, "not sure what the end results will be but I am in 'full blown' TGA". He tells me to relax and sit down. Are you kidding me?? You can't relax bq you are so wired mentally but at the same time, crazy thoughts are running thru your head bq (for me) I think, OMG, am I getting dementia like mom??!! Back to my first episode in '14, Neurologist suggested Xanax and I was adament that I wouldn't need them BUT I did fill the Rx just in case. Forward to Nov '18, I have episode and just feeling weird all day and next day, we had plans w/friends to do things. I woke up feeling very anxious bq I was scared to be w/people in a crowd and have another episode. Hubby suggested I take that Xanax that's been sitting in cabinet for a long time. I decided to take 1/4 and OMG it was a godsend. For the next few days, when I felt strange in the head, I'd take a 1/4 and, I have to say, it truly helped. However, one thing I learned, each TGA episode is so different. First episode, I couldn't do math meaning, I couldn't make sense how 1 + 1 = 2. that's the part that took about 5 months to get back. This time around, I had a problem w/speech. My brain knew what it wanted to say but I couldn't spit the words out. It was like stuttering w/certain words. Anyway, here I am 2 months out of TGA and every day gets better. I now carry 1/4 pills of Xanax w/me just in case. I honestly don't think another will be coming bq I am so very stress free for NOW. We are moved in, son getting divorced (thank God) but she really is crazy) I just can't worry about it like I was....I need to learn how to pick my battles and that can't be one of them. If you are a parent, we all know how when someone hurts your child, it hurts you more BUT we can't do anything about it and I think that's what sent me over the edge and my AMEX situation.Hope to hear from anyone espec'ly if you have had more than one episode. Have a great Sunday!!!