Bipolar Disorder/awake blackouts

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i am 16 years old and i have severe rls and i sort of have these blackouts, for example:, i am doing something, like typing, but it's like my brain is off, as if i was asllep, eyes open but not aware of what i was doing. and then i get back into "zone". and sort of question if what happened happened, i remeber what happened, but dont remeber how it happened. ex: i read, and "blackout" and i zone back in and i am at the end of the pargraph. i know it happened but i don't have any recollection of me getting to the point i "zoned" back in. could you help?

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Dear Stephania,

I am not familiar with this condition and I suggest that you discuss this with your doctor. Perhaps he should refer you to a neurologist to get an answer.

This seems to be something that cannot be diagnosed over the internet.

I am sorry I cannot help you.

Jurriaan Plesman BA (Psych), Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr.
Author of "Getting off the Hook" (Google Book Search)
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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist

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Have worked as a psychotherapist for overv twenty years, dealing with many personality disorders

Experience

I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the ex-editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

Organizations
Editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia. Its web site is at:

http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

Publications
Author of the book "Getting off the Hook", It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. Various articles in the Hypoglycemic Health Association's Newsletters

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BA (Psych) (University of Sydney), Post Gad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

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