should i be worried?

thorsoak

Don't think, if he is diagnosed with early alzheimers, that it will be downhill all the way from hereonin - it needn't be!

My OH had short-term memory loss which dated back to an accident he had in 1982 - and he would have good days and what we called "woolly days" - when he might have a cup of coffee and read the paper ...then he'd have a cup of coffee and read the paper. After which, he would have a cup of coffee and read the paper - and so on and so on! When it was pointed out to him, he would have no recollection of just how many times he'd repeated himself!

Anyway, in 2004, after a hospital check-up, he was prescribed ARICET - and that really stopped him deteriorating any further - he was still forgetful, but it halted any additional damage. His memory was tested every 6 months from then on, and it remained the same until he died. We were told that people could be on this drug for up to 10 years before it became ineffective!

lostinrates

My grandmother had alzheimers and was perfectly happy through most of the rest of her life. She never lost her sense of humour. There were problems, but inretrospect not due soley to the condition but our handling of it and carehomes etc.

Very few incidents of her being Upset, or even obviously confused in the early stages.

My aunt has early onset alzheimers and its being managed really well by her husband, and while she has been more stereotypically upset, confused and angry, she has a good quality of life and hopefully will for some time!

My father worried us for the same reason two, three years ago....turned out to be something to do with diabetes. My mother too, and hers was thyroid related.

Definetly a trip to the doctors....it could, as my family experience shows, be any mumber of things, peoe handle things differently!

M

looby75

bluebird, just a out of the box thought but your hubby doesn't take statins for cholesterol does he? The reason I ask is because my sisters boss started having very similar memory lapses and when she went to see her GP the first thing he did was to tell her to stop the statins, within about 3 weeks her memory and concentration were back to normal.

Mojisola

looby75 wrote: »

bluebird, just a out of the box thought but your hubby doesn't take statins for cholesterol does he? The reason I ask is because my sisters boss started having very similar memory lapses and when she went to see her GP the first thing he did was to tell her to stop the statins, within about 3 weeks her memory and concentration were back to normal.

My Dad was put on these and had the same reaction. He stopped them and recovered and then the GP persuaded him to try them again. Same result. He's not taking them any more.

provista_2

My dad had started having forgetful moments like forgetting where the light switch in a room was, plates in the kitchen cupboards and had us all very worried indeed.
Turns out it was his blood sugars were very, very high.