Talk:Blackout (alcohol-related amnesia)

Hmm
Hmm, I would have thought there would already have been a wikipedia article on this topic, but I can't seem to find one, maybe this really is the first. --Xyzzyplugh 15:29, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I was quite surprised myself, and on the second of two ventures to wikipedia for blackout information, i decided to take matters into my own hands drf 02:01, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

This is a great article. I might, however, suggest the usage of "brown-out" in addition to "fragmentary" blackout. Think in terms of electrical power grids where a blackout means that electrical power is severed for an extended time whereas rolling brownouts mean that electrical power will fluctuate between on or off periodically for the evening. Brown-out is a term my friends and I use regularly to describe when you were in pretty rough shape the night before, but not quite blacked out.BradRonin (talk) 17:57, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Can we add 'teleporting' to this article as the experience of having fragments of your memory missing seem as if you are teleporting. BabycakesBurger (talk) 01:08, 8 August 2009 (GMT)

Spelling? Shouldn't it be 'Blackout (alcohol-related amnesia)' not 'Blackout (alcohol-related amnaesia)'?

Addition of neurophysiological/chemical mechanisms section
I have added a short section to comment on the neurophysiological/chemical mechanisms of a blackout at the molecular basis. Mainly, I have provided a link to the Effects of alcohol on memory page that explains in more detail how alcohol disrupts memory at the molecular level. Additionally, with that section (and the introductory sentence I have added) hopefully the "Other GABAA agonist drugs" section will be more coherent. However, that section still needs a citation for all the agonists that are enumerated.... Yevangelina (talk) 23:55, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Name change?
It seems like this article should be named Blackout (drug-related amnesia), not  Blackout (alcohol-related amnesia), as the phenomenon is not exclusive to alcohol. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DemonicPartyHat (talk • contribs) 19:34, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree. I'd further point out that people have blackouts for other reasons than drugs. Brain damage and psychological disorders, for instance. Maybe it would be better to move it to Blackout (amnesia). Rifter0x0000 (talk) 01:03, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

deceptive link to passing out
At the beginning, there is the sentence:


 * Blacking out' is not to be confused with the mutually exclusive act of 'passing out', which means loss of consciousness.

I think it is highly deceptive to link the term "passing out [from excessive alcohol intake]" to fainting. The two conditions are highly different, despite the fact that both result in loss of consciousness.

We should have a page for passing out from excessive alcohol intake.

I think it's right the way it is because a lot of people think that blacking out is the same as passing out. It's not saying that blacking out from alcohol consumption is the same as passing out from drinking too much, it's saying that blacking out from drinking is different from passing out for whatever reason you may pass out since passing out means a loss of consciousness and blacking out is actually a loss of the ability to form new memories during the time of intoxication hence why a person who is blacked out can still act fairly normal other than the fact they are extremely intoxicated. Least that's the way I read it. Though I agree the link to fainting shouldn't be there. it should be a link to a page about passing out for whatever reasons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mchaggis79 (talk • contribs) 20:05, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

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