I would really like to hear about the experiences, and strategies to cope with TEA, of other people.Amnesia is loss of memory. But the loss of memories is random, and I can't keep a note of everything in my diary. I am now trying to come up with ways to be more mindful in my life to avoid forgetting important information. I figure this must be because the TEA was already present in my 30s, but I had no idea I had such a condition, and of course TEA fits are almost completely unconscious. Also, as more time goes by, I increasingly notice that my recall of many years ago with friends and so on is much worse than my friends of that time. My situation is way better than before but still not perfect. I got started out on Vimpat (one after getting up and before bedtime) but alone this didn't suppress the symptoms, so this was Fycompa was added (two before bedtime). It's really helpful.įor the TEA, I get prescribed Vimpat and Fycompa. I was glad to receive your answer so quickly. Kyoto, such a relief that you don't have Alzheimer's and that you know what you're dealing with now. "TEA is a form of epilepsy … Compared to TGA, episodes of TEA are typically briefer (<1 h), commonly occur on waking, have a high recurrence rate and may be accompanied by other features suggestive of epilepsy such as automatisms or olfactory and may also be interested in this discussion. "TGA is a syndrome of abrupt and temporary (<24 h) disruption of anterograde memory" – Transient amnesia: epileptic or global? A differential diagnosis with significant implications for management I had to look these up to see that there is a difference and how they are treated is different. I noticed that you posted elsewhere ( ) that your diagnosis has been adjusted from transient global amnesia (TGA) to transient epileptic amnesia (TEA). If TGA doesn't respond to it, why has the doc prescribed it? Vimpat is a non-generic drug and it's really expensive.ĭoes anyone have a similar situation or knowledge about TGA or its treatment? I thought Lacosamide is an anti-epilepsy drug. So far so good, but I immediately checked the medical literature on TGA, and the first paper I read (published in QJM) says that TGA doesn't respond to anti-epilepsy drugs.
Today, I went for my latest check-up and to get my next prescription of epilepsy (Vimpat aka Lacosamide), and he told me that in fact I have Transient Global Amnesia. From my reading, I took it that I had Transient Epileptic Amnesia. Last December, my surgeon started me on epilepsy medication, as a treatment for these memory failures. The surgeon warned of the risk of "convulsions" in the surgical plan, and over the following year or more, I had ongoing occurrences of memory loss.
The operation was successful in that my memory improved. As I have written elsewhere on this site, I was treated surgically for a large, subarachnoid cyst (in the velum interpositum) in the summer of 2017.
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