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At this point she is watched by us 24/7. Never left alone in the house, Not to stand up for any reason unless someone is in the room with her. This works for the most part unless she decides to roam in the middle of the night. Bed alarms dont work with her, baby moniter doesnt work she becomes super ninja then either forgets it or flat out lies. I guess most of the question is could it be related to the dementia?
What doctors have run tests? Cardio? Neurologist? Vascular?
I don't necessary suspect this might be the situation but mention it because it hasn't been discussed and because we've experienced it. It's called syncope, or syncope episodes.
It was raised as an issue after my father passed out at church, and again after he apparently passed out, fell and broke his leg.
Cardiologist, neurologist, and I believe others I don't remember now were consulted. Apparently syncope episodes don't have specific, identifiable etiologies, and after all the testing, the conclusion was that a cause for passing out couldn't be identified.
There's another remote possibility and that's an inner ear imbalance, which could cause passing out (as it did with me) but I don't know whether or not it would be preceded by blank staring. Mine eventually was traced to sinus issues.
This isn't a medical suggestion, but perhaps on the days that appear to begin roughly, you could intervene with some type of calming activity...play CDs of her favorite music, look through family photographs...whatever could calm her and redirect that anxiety and frustration or whatever causes the rough days.
Since they happen roughly every 3 weeks, have you kept track of the specific days, and spent more time with her a few days before you anticipate they might start, observing everything that she does, eats, and drinks, to begin charting possible contributory factors?
Definition: A petit mal seizure is the term given to a staring spell. It is most commonly called an absence seizure. It is a brief (usually less than 15 seconds) disturbance of brain function due to abnormal electrical activity in the brain.