"(Sex) is actually a well-known precipitator. One of the things people have done to look at transient global amnesia is to look at frequency of various precipitants and sex always comes out as one of the most common," said Caplan, a leading stroke expert at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, who was not associated with Alice's care. "It usually is after climax that it develops," he said about its onset..."Sex, then amnesia...and it's no soap opera"In 1999, Johns Hopkins University doctors described two patients in their 70s who suffered TGA after having sex. In these cases, the act of "bearing down" -- which occurs when people move their bowels, give birth or have sex -- created pressure in the brain's blood vessels, resulting in temporary lack of blood flow that caused amnesia, according to the study published in The Lancet...
Caplan likened the hippocampus, which is responsible for short-term memory in the brain, to a tape recorder. If blood flow to the brain gets restricted, the hippocampus cannot record new memory.
"The hippocampus is responsible for initially recording the information so you can play it back," he said. "So if it's not working, you won't get the information."
Sex, then amnesia
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So THAT'S why nobody remembers my name in the morning...
...Apparently, the curious condition can be triggered by a variety of vigorous exercise, sudden and drastic temperature change, or emotional trauma...
I'm wondering if she would describe her sex closer to the vigorous exercise or the emotional trauma...
I'd check the headboard for dents first.
New meaning to "fuck your brains out" …
Wow, it really blew her mind, eh?
Keppoch: No, it was just that bad they don't WANT to remember your name in the morning :P
Well, at least it eliminates "performance anxiety"...
explain why so few women remember much of child birth (and why they're willing to do it again).
"A woman named Alice, 59, had morning sex with her husband but immediately after, she was hit with amnesia."
Does this sound like the start of some bad joke? Or is it just me?
Its just you - the premise of a joke is potentially there but no decent joke writer would actually write it like that, it doesn't sound like a joke it sounds like the basis of a joke
Interestingly, this nonce in Essex, UK, claims to have a similar condition: http://tinyurl.com/y9y6v9r
Why am I covered in whipped cream and wearing a training bra?
This happened to my dad in a gym at his office a couple of times. He said it was from vigorous exercise but then again it was at a gym in NEw York so maybe I should just go poke out my eyes and bleach my ears with hydrochloric acid and be done with it.
"I've been known to give girls the amneesy!" Cotton Hill, in "Ho Yeah", a great episode of King of the Hill
She: How many times did I...
He: Seven.
Given the way these things work, I'm surprised the media didn't immediately jump on this and declare sex (or at least morning sex) to be a major health risk.
roofies?
Yessss, that episode came on late-nite tv last night. One of the best. "amnee-zee" heh heh
I can honestly say that I'd tell everyone I met about that, regardless of whether I did it to her or she did it to me. That's an achievement worthy of bragging rights.
I often wonder of the veracity of stories of women forgetting childbirth. My mother assures me she remembers every terrible detail of my birth - until they knocked her out and yanked me out with forceps (on account of my huge brain, ha!)
Knocking out the hippocampus also happens frequently in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (and potentially other dementias also). Since I'm currently spending several hours a week assessing people with dementia, I can attest to the importance of the hippocampus. There are only so many times I can smile and act surprised every time I hear the same story repeated several times each visit.
I often wonder of the veracity of stories of women forgetting childbirth.
I know a lot of women who claim the phenomenon. It's not amnesia, but dissociation.
Paul Maher,
Your link can go on your profile page, thanks.
can i consider my self in safe side as i have never had sex