A person faints or loses consciousness for a brief time when the brain does not get enough oxygen. Fainting orpassing outis also medically called syncope. Before fainting, people may experiencelightheadedness,dizziness, weakness, andnausea. Others describe fainting asblacking outor feeling like sound...
Epilepsy.Seizurescan also cause memory problems. Sometimes, directly after a seizure, you can enter a state of postictal confusion. This means you may be confused and not remember what happened directly before the seizure or what you did after the seizure happened. Generally, your memory of tho...
Pre-syncope or near fainting have the same symptoms, but they don't quite lose consciousness. During the fainting episode, the person may lose consciousness, and there may be a few twitches, which can be confused with a seizure. The person may become confused after waking up, but it shoul...