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I have seizures in which I lose as much as a month of memory. The first one that I know about I suddenly found myself driving a car as if the universe sprang into existence that very instant.

After a while I decided that I dont have month long seizures rather I have brief seizures in which I lose a month of memory.

For this and other reasons I am concerned I have a brain tumour. That would totally suck.

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Two concerns:

- You should definitely have imaging done to see if you can identify a cause.

- If you have seizures, you should definitely NOT be driving a car, for your safety and the safety of everyone around you

Please get this checked out immediately...

You're absolutely right, but there's one problem: it's hard to get in for an immediate checkup and there's a good chance he'll forget about scheduling one.

Instead, he should tell a family member or close friend right away. Then they can help him make the proper medical appointments, etc.

When I got home from the hospital after the worst of my seizures, I found the instructions that were given to my mother. She was advised not to permit me to go outside unescorted.

She had put it with my stuff then never mentioned it.

Mom is actually quite an intelligent woman but sometimes she can be a little daft.

IANAMD. Go to medical doctor and get a NMR. It provides a lot of information and is very little invasive. Perhaps it's not a tumor but a small cerebral stroke or some other cerebral problem. It may be easy to cure with the correct medication + diet. Even if it's a tumor, some of them are easier to treat than others.

Meanwhile, driving a car seam to be potentially dangerous.

Agree. While it's possible he's still fully functional and able to drive during these episodes (maybe even likely -- a driver having a full-on seizure or in some kind of black-out would crash pretty quickly) it's not worth taking a chance of killing someone or yourself.

Also sounds like he could have had a fugue state episode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugue_state

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