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What Causes Depression With Loss Of Memory?
Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here... My wife is suffering from depression. And she loses her memory. She can be very angry and get upset for nothing. she can hit somebody and after some time she behaves as if nothing has happened. what do you think she is having problem./
Mon, 11 Aug 2014
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Thanks for writing to us,
The information provided by you is not sufficient to make a confident diagnosis. From the available information, there is a possibility that your wife is having dissociative spells where she loses memory to those particular events. Memory loss as such is a symptom that is commonly encountered in either depressive illness or in some organic causes of illnesses. It requires a detailed psychiatric evaluation and if felt necessary, a neurological consultation.
Hope this helps,
Dr A Rao
Thanks for writing to us,
The information provided by you is not sufficient to make a confident diagnosis. From the available information, there is a possibility that your wife is having dissociative spells where she loses memory to those particular events. Memory loss as such is a symptom that is commonly encountered in either depressive illness or in some organic causes of illnesses. It requires a detailed psychiatric evaluation and if felt necessary, a neurological consultation.
Hope this helps,
Dr A Rao
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