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Have Several Episodes Of Memory Loss. Have Watery Eyes, Inability To See, Short Memory Loss. Eats Healthy. Suggestions?

Hi. My mom has experienced several episodes of memory loss. The process starts with watery eyes, followed by inability to see (vision gets blurry or she sees black and white lines), followed by a short memory loss (she can't recall names of certain people, or certain events). All of this lasts for about 30-60 minutes and then she is back to normal, fully functioning. My mom is 55 years old, eats very healthy (macrobiotic diet where everything is organic), and takes no medication. What could it be?
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Your mother have sudden onset episodes of watering of eyes, loss of vision or blurred vision and followed by mild impairment in memory. The episode usually last for 30-60 minutes. There is no significant medical history.
Such type of symptoms can occur in some form of Seizures. Epilepsy like temporal lobe epilepsy may show such type of clinical features. But usually episodes of seizure last for few seconds to few minutes. Still I would advise you to get her EEG done in order to rule out seizure discharge.
Other rare possibility is dissociative disorder. Due to some mental tension or conflict some times dissociative symptoms are seen.
Other possibility is some neurological complaint.

I would advise you to consult a Psychiatrist for her expert opinion.

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Have Several Episodes Of Memory Loss. Have Watery Eyes, Inability To See, Short Memory Loss. Eats Healthy. Suggestions?

Hello Welcome to HCM Your mother have sudden onset episodes of watering of eyes, loss of vision or blurred vision and followed by mild impairment in memory. The episode usually last for 30-60 minutes. There is no significant medical history. Such type of symptoms can occur in some form of Seizures. Epilepsy like temporal lobe epilepsy may show such type of clinical features. But usually episodes of seizure last for few seconds to few minutes. Still I would advise you to get her EEG done in order to rule out seizure discharge. Other rare possibility is dissociative disorder. Due to some mental tension or conflict some times dissociative symptoms are seen. Other possibility is some neurological complaint. I would advise you to consult a Psychiatrist for her expert opinion. Thanks