2. TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA
Transient global amnesia is a sudden, temporary
episode of memory loss that can't be attributed to a
more common neurological condition, such as
epilepsy or stroke.
During an episode of transient global amnesia, your
recall of recent events simply vanishes, so you can't
remember where you are or how you got there. You
may also draw a blank when asked to remember
things that happened a day, a month or even a year
ago. With transient global amnesia, you do remember
who you are, and recognize the people you know
well, but that doesn't make your memory loss less
disturbing.
3. SYMPTOMS
There is a Inability to form new memories and to recall the
recent past events.
The person know their personal identity despite memory
loss
they have a normal cognition, so the ability to recognize and
name familiar objects and follow simple directions is still
intact
there were no focal brain damage or deficits during or after
the attack.
The attack resolved within 24 hours.
The attack was witnessed by a capable observer and
reported as being a definite loss of recent memory
The individual simply cannot recall anything that happened
outside the last few minutes, while memory for more
temporally distant events may or may not still remain
Gradual return of memory
The individual asks repetitive questioning, usually of the
same question, For example, "What am I doing here?" or
4. CAUSES
-Precipitating Events
In precipitating event, past, dramatic, recent event that have
happened days or weeks before the episode of TGA, where the
patient has been exposed to high levels of anxiety and depression
due to being emotionally instable, leaving the patient vulnerable to
many stressful trigger may contribute causes towards the TGA. As
well as this if the patient as experienced a phobic or emotionally
changeling precipitating event, for example suicide .
Other triggers include, vigorous over exercises, emerging in
extremely cold or hot water, Exposure to extreme weather conditions
and temperature changes.
A static I found is that in TGA attacks precipitating events occur at at
least one-third of the time. For females, this event is more often of a
strong emotional character; in males, it is more often related to some
physical exertion
-Migraines
Migraines are often incorporated and reported in cases of TGA.
However, migraines do not appear to occur simultaneously with TGA
nor serve as a precipitating event. Headaches frequently occur
during TGA, as does nausea, both symptoms often are associated
with migraines
5. RETROGRADE AMNESIA
In, retrograde amnesia your ability to remember recent
memories is lost and they are less likely to be
recovered, while more remote or deeply ingrained
memories may be spared as well as they will be easier
to recall due to strengthening over time.
Retrograde Amnesia, memory of the events or
circumstances that led up to the resulting injury may
never be able to be recovered. So, the patient loses the
time that led up to the injurious event. This memory
loss can consist of a few minutes or hours, or up to
several years. However some more traumatic events
may flood back due to the intensity of emotions and
situation of a major event in the person memory but
6. SYMPTOMS
Problems with information recall and the formation of old
memories, people, location etc.
Disorientation
Events in previous history of life and time line is perplexed
Lack of insight of RA, refuse to deny they association with disease
No emotional reaction to RA
Personality changes, a person becomes bleak and any distinctive
personality traits are lost
Confabulation of memory, filling in past events with false information that the
person believes to be true
slow progression of older memories being restored over time
wandering and traveling, and
Acceptance of a new identity as a result of inaccessible memories often
happens
Many of the TGA symptoms also occur
7. CAUSES
-A traumatic brain injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI), occurs from an external force that causes structural damage
to the brain, such as a sharp blow to the head. The impact knocks the brain causing
internal damage. However is doesn’t affect the person's ability to form new memories, but
normally, there is a very gradual recovery, despite this a dense period of amnesia
immediately preceding the trauma usually persists.
-Traumatic events
a traumatic situation that individuals wish to consciously or unconsciously avoid a specific
situations, where emotions are heighted and vulnerability or isolation are present.
The person often blanks out this event due to severity or stress of the traumatic event,
although it may still lye in the person subconscious. Instances of wandering and traveling,
and acceptance of a new identity as a result of inaccessible memories often happens .
-Controlled induction and surgery
Often there is treatments with Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), where controlled electronic
impulses are sent trough the body at different levels of severity, as a form of treatment for
diseases such as depression. If the shock are to high it can cause brain damage and a
person to black out and RA to occur.
Also in surgery it as been found when doctors or scientist are working on patients
sometimes the removal or damage to a section of the brain can occur and RA is formed.
8. SYMPTOMS OF OUR CHARTERS AMNESIA
Problems with information recall and the formation of old memories, people, location etc.
Disorientation
Events in previous history of life and time line is perplexed
Confabulation of memory, filling in past events with false information that the person
believes to be true
Slow progression of older memories being restored over time
wandering and traveling
acceptance of a new identity as a result of inaccessible memories often happens
they have a normal cognition, so the ability to recognize and name familiar objects and
follow simple directions is still intact
there were no visible brain damage or deficits during or after the attack.
they have a normal cognition, so the ability to recognize and name familiar objects and
follow simple directions is still intact
Gradual return of memory
9. CAUSES FOR OUR CHARACTERS AMNESIA
-Precipitating and Traumatic events
We are having are character have a memory about having suicide at the beginning of the
trailer. This is to hint this may be the cause of why he has amnesia as suicide is often
associated with high emotions from the victim like a traumatic event. we also including it to
inflict mystery and provoke curiosity into why he is trying to commit suicide in the first
place.
The suicide event also may flow into the aspect of wandering and exploring that we are
having our protagonist do around the hospital from the trauma of the suicide.
-Brain Injury
Hinting that the protagonist did in face jump of a high building and but still
awakened implies that he may of hit the ground, therefore is head but survived.
Giving another explanation of why he has memory loss and no recollection of his
whereabouts.
-Controlled Induction
Although we aren't including surgery or Electroconvulsive therapy, the idea of
Controlled induction of memory is present in the aspect of our protagonist entering
the dark TV room and getting transfixed by gory images. These shots imply that the
images and TV may be contributed or towards inevitable caused onset of amnesia .
