In some instances, sex can be mind blowing—in others, forgettable. In this particular case, it was both. The Journal of Emergency Medicine published a report of a woman who showed up to Georgetown University Hospital unable to remember the past 24 hours or recall, in detail, recent memories. But she did recall her amnesia started right after having sex with her husband.
She was experiencing transient global amnesia, a rare condition in which one’s memory suddenly, but temporarily, disappears. This condition is incredibly rare, only affecting three to five people per 100,000 each year. Sex and other physically strenuous activities can cause it, but researchers aren’t really sure why. People with transient global amnesia don’t suffer any side effects (other than the temporary lapse), and their memory problems usually reverse themselves in as little as a few hours.
