Sex, then amnesia...(CNN)

psychotherapy:

For decades, doctors described cases of a rare neurological condition that usually occurred in patients over age 50. Neurologists noted that patients knew their identities, but couldn’t retain recent memory, where they were and how they got there. They showed no other symptoms.

Sex is one of the major triggers for the baffling medical condition called transient global amnesia in which patients lose their ability to retain immediate memory.

TGA usually occurs after the person engages in strenuous activity — such as having sex, vigorously exercising, suddenly immersing into icy or hot water, straining to dig a stuck car or even bumping the head.

“The unifying thing about each of them is they produce a sudden and significant change in blood flow,” said Dr. Louis Caplan, professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School.

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    this before… scary. …but...least I don’t have amnesia!
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    person with this! He was...a concussion and...bed next to...
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    Is this why guys “forget”...following day…?
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