[tailie angel]

I need answers. Last week when my husband came home I couldn't remember anything I had done the entire day. I blanked it, the WHOLE day. He asked me questions about who had picked me up for dinner, who paid for my meal, who took me home, what I did when I got home, how many times I had talked to him on the phone that day (because I had told him all these things earlier so he had known what I had done that day.) I failed ALL the questions. He said I kept asking him the same questions over and over because I couldn't remember asking them. I did the same thing with my best friend when I picked him up for guitar practice yesterday. When I saw my pdoc the next day he was very concerned but said I should get a checkup because he said it didn't sound bipolar related and there might be something else going on? Then today I went with my friend to the bar for a drink before she leaves for college. I had one drink (a small one) at the beginning of the night. I road in there car to a bar downtown and the next thing I know I am walking out in the rain down the street. I was so embarassed I walked the rest of the few miles back to my car at the first bar. I got stopped by two cops on my way that tried to make me get a cab but I only have so much money to last me until friday and legally they couldn't make me because they breathalized me and I was way under the limit so I finished the walk to my car and made it home. But I'm extremely worried about these blackouts and how they are going to affect everything about my life. One entire day is just gone, no idea what I did. And then I am suddenly just walking to my car that is miles away? I don't know what is going on but anyone that has similar experiences that is willing to explain would be nice?

[rollacoasta]

Yeah, if I were you I would definitely get checked out by your doc, it sounds much more severe than the usual BP2 memory loss.

I can relate to a degree, when I am in a depression it is easy for me to forget appointments and plans made in advance but I don't ever recall blanking out the whole entire day. Maybe for a moment or two I might forget the day then as soon as I recall one event, it comes back to me.

All the best and I hope your health gets better soon.

[r010159]

This has happened to me once back when I was in school. I remember finding myself in the cafeteria wondering how I got there, and where I have been the entire morning. That was scary!

I think you need your doctor to check this out. If this happens again, I would go to the ER.

[tailie angel]

Ok thank you for your replies

[x_BabyG_x]

Argh I do this all the time and have yet to find someone who identifies!

I have blackouts during the day (mostly when my mind is racing or I'm heading in to mania) and I also have the violent types where I blackout and end up attacking myself for no aparent reason. I enen lost a few days once and couldn't remember what I'd done or who I'd seen

Check out my blog (link below) there's loads of posts which describe them. I have memory uissues which can explain them, but a few people have also mentioned that it could be down to dissociation?