I have had LD for years and been on abx for a year and a half. This morning my husband asked me what my mother said on the phone last night. I am completely blank. He said I talked to her and sat downstairs with him while I did. I can't remember one thing aboout last night other than my son came into bed with me and we fell asleep together. He is 6. I have had this intense headache for three days. Could this be related? Is this what they consider a black out or just another memory problem? I am really worried about this because it has never happened to me at this magnatude. I have had short term memory problems but nothing like this! Someone tell me should I be concerned, or should I just post it up to one more thing this crummy disease can do. Nancy
Posted by brainless (Member # 6771) on :
I think it's common but you should ask your LLMD, just to be sure.
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Posted by lla2 (Member # 2364) on :
I don't think total memory loss, or periods where you lose total track of time is common with lyme or coinfecions. At least for so long of a period. I"ve heard of people forgetting their way home etc..but never losing an entire night of their life.
you may want to check with your llmdand have him refer you to a good lyme neurologoist to look into this further.
remember. we tend to forget, not EVERYTHING is lyme related...this may not be.
Lisa
Posted by peachsc (Member # 4969) on :
Do you take any sleeping meds like Ambien for example?
Ambien would do this to me - I had two abdominal ultrasounds, a picc line put in (I drove myself to the hospital and home), numerous phone conversations, etc. that I have absolutely no memory of.
At the time I was taking 10mg of Ambien before bed. Apparently, a side effect of ambien is amnesia. Once I stopped taking the ambien (and suffered through the rebound insomnia) what I thought was lyme fog and memory problems miraculously stopped.
Lisa is right - we can't pull the lyme card for every bump, twitch, ache, etc. Maybe a good (hopefully lyme literate) neurologist could shed some light on what is going on...