Md Abdullah Sayed¹, Ramendra Kumar Singha Royle², Ahmed Riad Chowdhury³,
Abul Khaer Chowdhury4, Suchitra Talukdar5, Md. Mubin Uddin6, Shuvro Tuser Singha7
Abul Khaer Chowdhury4, Suchitra Talukdar5, Md. Mubin Uddin6, Shuvro Tuser Singha7
1. Associate Professor (CC), Psychiatry, North East Medical College, Sylhet.
2. Associate Professor and Head, Psychiatry, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, Sylhet.
3. Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, Sylhet.
4. Associate Professor, Pharmacology, North East Medical College, Sylhet. Sylhet.
5. Assistant Registrar, Psychiatry, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, Sylhet.
6. Associate Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Habiganj Medical College, Habiganj.
7. Resident, Psychiatry, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, Sylhet.
Abstract
Dissociative amnesia or functional retrograde amnesia is one of the most difficult and controversial psychiatric disorder. Functional amnesia for autobiographical memory is a pathognomic sign of dissociative disorders. Here we are reporting a case of a 23 years old female who develops stress induced dissociative amnesia and could not recall the last 5 years of her life and recovery after treatment.
This case report describes a patient suffering from retrograde episodic-autobiographical amnesia after a marital discord. She forgot that she was married and forgot every incident related to her marriage. Her semantic memories and social abilities were preserved. Organic causes were excluded by history, clinical examination and logical laboratory investigation. Same stress can leads to develop variable presentation in different persons.