Forgetfulness in adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder masks transient epileptic amnesia: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inattention due to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can lead to forgetfulness. Transient epileptic amnesia (TEA) can cause forgetfulness, similar to ADHD. We report a patient with ADHD who developed TEA.

Case presentation

The patient was a 40-year-old woman with ADHD. She has been prone to forgetfulness since childhood. Two years before visiting our outpatient clinic, she had begun to occasionally forget events that had occurred several days earlier. However, she was largely unaware of the emergence of new amnestic symptoms. She had also begun to experience various other amnestic symptoms 2 months before she visited our clinic, which prompted her to visit our outpatient clinic. The combination of a detailed interview, electroencephalography (EEG) ex

SUBMITTER: Fukao T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11341431 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature