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Poriomania

From the Neurobehavior Center, Boston Veterans Administration Hospital, and the Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Mayeux, Neurological Institute, 710 West 168 Street, New York, NY 10032.

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.

This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health Awards NS 05773–1 and NS 06209 to the Boston University School of Medicine and by research support from the Veterans Administration.

Accepted for publication May 14, 1979.