I'm 30 and I just woke up and dont remember my cell, home, and bank account numbers

[MassVt]

Originally Posted by FreshFresh

Should I go see a Doctor or Neurologist?

Here's my dilemma, I don't want to spend $100 seeing a doctor if he wouldn't be able to detect anything and just refer me to a Neurologist anyway. But I don't want to spend $300 to see a Neurologist and find out it's nothing and a doctor could've told me the same thing for a cheaper price.

I guess it all boils down to whether or not a doctor can sufficiently determine if there's something going on with my memory/brain or not.

A neurologist IS a physician, and he/she considered a specialist, so you might wind up needing a referral to see one; however, perhaps if you ran your symptoms by a local internist ( usually the first step), he/she could determine if a neurologist is really necessary. This just might be an isolated incident, and not indicative of a real pattern, but it wouldn't hurt to ask a few questions.

[Rabbidave]

We are mere threaders so most are not qualified me included to give medical advice, but since
we are concerned for your welfare here are a few possiblitiies some minor some major. You may be
overwirght and if so may be in early stages of sleep apnea which often causes a drop in SP02 (Sat-
uration of oxygen) and during obstructive periods of the airway you can experience hypoxia and
this can short chnge your memory. A TIA (minor stroke) can cause these symtoms. Depending
on head tilt on pillow one or both carotid arteries in the neck can lead to partial obstruction and
the lack of blood flow and can lead to short term memory loss upon awakening. Some food or
drink additives (aspertame especially) can mimic stroke ,arteritis and optic nerve neuropathy and
simplly metabolizes to the brain as wood (methyl alcohol) and can cause short term memory loss
if not damage. Hypoglycemia if you lets say late evening had a dessert,donut,alcohol especially mix drinks. Statins (overused) to treat the wrong cause of cholesterol for heart disease can systematically depleat healthy brain cholesterol thereby short circuiting neurons actually leading to dementia! As a side thought this need investigation emergently as its the biggest scam in medicine. In keeping with the subject neuron embarassment can lead to memory loss(permanently) Lastly anti-histamines side effect is sometimes memory loss.