Age related short term memory loss

[Moh 10]

At what age does it usually start?

 

[whitby_2773]

i''m sorry - what was the question?

 

[Moh 10]

What question?

 

[whitby_2773]

ok - seriously -

http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/seniors/common-older/124.html

ETA decline begins in the 20's, shows in the 50's and is not normally debilitating (eg if attached to alzheimer's) till the 70's onwards. that's IF you get dementia related memory loss. most people retain a functioning memory till they die.

 

[lyra]

Plus there''s med related memory issues. My MIL has a kidney disorder that also causes memory issues, although I don''t understand the connection there. Personally, after age 45 I''ve gone noticeably downhill.

 

[Amethyste]

usually in the 50''s - but as mentionned, you can have other factor that can be assiciated with memory loss such as thyroid gland disorders. depression or anxiety and some vitamin deficiencies...

 

[joflier]

I started experiencing it around......14. Seriously. I have terribly poor short term memory. Long term, on the other hand - like an elephant. I forget nothing.

 

[radiantquest]

I forget everything. The only thing that really sticks are my memories from childhood, I guess because I have had them so long.

I don''t know if this is an example of memory loss or a short attention span but sometimes when I am watching TV the commercial break will be so long that I forget what show I was watching.

 

[gemgirl]

Since my Aunt was placed in a nursing facility in the beginning of the year because of advancing dementia, I''ve come to learn an awful lot about age related memory loss.

Our memories (on the average) start to decline after 30.

Chronic illness can accelerate the process that''s already happening. My Aunt''s early stage dementia became mid-stage dementia after two bouts of diabetic shock last year. Diabetes has a lot to do with a patient''s decline, my doctor says, because diabetes shrinks the blood vessels allowing even less circulating blood to reach the brain.

If a person in their 40s or 50s is actually diagnosed with dementia, that''s considered early onset dementia. Most dementia patients are 65/70 and older, but I have found in my family that is starts seriously affecting my female relatives at around 76/77/78, meaning there''s a noticable deficit to everyone around them. My Grandmother lived til 94 and didn''t get diagnosed with early stage Alzheimers until she was already 94, but she suffered from a mild form of senile dementia starting at 78. Her daughter, my Aunt''s case, is completely different. My Aunt''s started showing signs of age related memory problems at 76/77. She is now 82 and is almost completely fogged over. She has almost no memory whatsoever, and no ability to care for herself. I won''t go into the rest. It''s ugly.

In any case, those old brain cells start dying off while we''re all relatively young. I''ve read alot about combatting the affects of aging and we can do it if we''re willing to stay physically and mentally active. We have to exercise our bodies as well as our brains to win the battle over aging.

 

[gemgirl]

Date: 8/12/2009 3:15:53 PM
Author: lyra
Plus there''s med related memory issues. My MIL has a kidney disorder that also causes memory issues, although I don''t understand the connection there. Personally, after age 45 I''ve gone noticeably downhill.

I have CFIDS and even though I''ve had it for the last fifteen years, I still experience exacerbations and remissions, and when I''m in a flare up? I have a hard time stringing words together to create a coherent sentence and I can''t remember normal everyday things like own my phone number. I can go from Mensa member to feeling like a complete idiot within a 24 hour space of time.

 

[Upgradable]

I'd tell you, but I can't remember how old I am.

Seriously..... I have fibromyalgia (related to gemgirl's CFIDS) and the associated "fibro fog." This is a series of cognitive challenges including differing degrees of mental confusion, fuzzy thinking, short-term memory loss, inability to concentrate, and language lapses. I find this much more frustrating than the widespread pain and fatigue that usually affect me!

 

[Gailey]

Date: 8/12/2009 12:52:45 PM
Author:Moh 10
At what age does it usually start?

If you have to ask Moh, chances are it''s started. Welcome to the club buddy!

I have the world''s worst memory coupled with the world''s biggest conscience, which is an indomitable combination let me tell you.

Although I have to report that I have experienced a remarkable improvement since I''ve started eating marmite on toast again for breakfast!!!

 

[atroop711]

Date: 8/12/2009 1:00:43 PM
Author: whitby_2773
i''m sorry - what was the question?

snort

 

[gemgirl]

Date: 8/12/2009 4:51:47 PM
Author: Upgradable
I''d tell you, but I can''t remember how old I am.

Seriously..... I have fibromyalgia (related to gemgirl''s CFIDS) and the associated ''fibro fog.'' This is a series of cognitive challenges including differing degrees of mental confusion, fuzzy thinking, short-term memory loss, inability to concentrate, and language lapses. I find this much more frustrating than the widespread pain and fatigue that usually affect me!

I have FM on top of the CFIDS and the language lapses are the hardest for me to deal with. Word finding is darned near impossible sometimes and when my brain is particularly scrambled, the ends of my sentences come out before what should be the beginning of a sentence. I get very embarrassed by it.

 

[diamondringlover]

Personally for me it kinda started in my mid 30''s once you hit 40''s it gets worse, you will walk into a room and say to your self now what was I in here for?? it''s horrible