Poriomania

Richard Mayeux; Michael P. Alexander; D. Frank Benson; Jason Brandt; Jeff Rosen

doi:10.1212/WNL.29.12.1616

Poriomania

Richard Mayeux, Michael P. Alexander, D. Frank Benson, Jason Brandt, Jeff Rosen

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Three patients with complex partial seizures experienced prolonged episodes of aimless wandering followed by retrograde amnesia for the experience, a phenomenon called poriomania. Our experience and the literature suggest that this behavior is a prolonged postictal automatism and is not psychogenic. Adjustments of anticonvulsant therapy eliminated this behavior in all three of our patients.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1616-1619
Number of pages	4
Journal	Neurology
Volume	29
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.29.12.1616
State	Published - Dec 1979
Externally published	Yes

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