Hi my name is Delane Orr about a week and half ago my 18 year old lost his memory. There has not been no head trauma, no illness nothing. He has been in 2 different hospitals trying to find out answers. He has had CT s, MRI s, blood work and a spinal tap and everything has came back ok. The doctors can not give me a reason why this happenend what causes it, nothing. They say his memory may or may not come back. He claims he has a different name and a different family that don t exsist and gets up set when we correct him. If he does remember his name he still can t remember anything from the past. I just need help dealing with this what I should do and not do. PLEASE HELP!!!!
Dear Delaney, I understand your concerns. Losing all memories even the remote memory with preserved consciousness, and no other deficit in body, all of a sudden without any head injury, without fever or without any apparent reason is not seen in clinical practice. And with blood tests, MRI and CSF analysis being normal, adds on to this strange presentation. It does not seem to be a case of organic disorder. It is probably a conversion disorder. Please consult a psychiatrist. I hope it helped.