aricept for mild cognitive impairment

Hey, JB! I have a friend with PPMS whose main symptom is cognitive impairment, and her neuro put her on Aricept. She's really happy with it, and it's helped her feel comfortable with social gatherings. Try it - you may like it.

He said that there are no real clinical trials to prove the effectiveness of Aricept on mild cognitive impairment, and that it would be a waste of time. I'm not sure he understands the results of the exam. I'm moderately impaired in a few specific areas. Average it out, and I'm in the 'mild' category. But at any rate, I talked him into giving me a month's worth of Aricept.

It's used to treat cognitive impairment with Alzheimer's. I'm not sure why the drug works for MS patients... It was like when you have low water pressure in the house, so you turn the water up higher. It was kinda like that - I wasn't processing with all my brain, but the parts that were working, were working overtime.

ve been a member of the MS forum since 2007. My husband, who is 55, today, was just diagnosed with Mild cognitive impairment. I, of course, did the google search when I got home and I am really scared. My husband's mother had alzheimer's and he reminds me so much of how she acted 2 or 3 years before her formal diagnosis. The literature I read was from the Mayo Clinic, and it states that 50% of people diagnosed with this eventually progress to Alzheimer's within 5 years.

Hi, cognitive impairment is related with learning disabilities. Mild cognitive impairment is a syndrome defined as cognitive decline greater than expected for an individual's age and education level but that does not interfere notably with activities of daily life. It is usually associated with organic diseases rather than drugs. For what patient is taking these 2 drugs?

Yup, I requested a neuropsych a year after my diagnosis. Depending on the neuro you have, this can be either a painful or reassuring process. I had to argue with mine - he thought I was just 'confused' and anxious because of the diagnosis. I was found to have mild cognitive impairment, and the psychologist recommended Aricept. My problem with cooking was usually not knowing which to do first. Or I would mix up the amounts, so the recipe wouldn't come out right.

In sum, the predominate features of her neuropsychological profile are moderately impaired selective and divided attention, cognitive flexibility, storage of visual information, visual discriminiation, visual attention to details, verbal fluency, and concept formation, and mild impairment in processing speed and memory processes for auditory information. There is evidence for mild decline in intellect into the average range from a pre-morbidly high average level.

It found that I had some mild cognitive impairment, and the psych recommended Aricept. So I asked for some samples from my neuro, and he got mad at me! But I stuck to my guns, got the samples, and found that they really did help. I stayed on Aricept for five months, until I felt that I'd regained much of my functionality. Or at least as much as I was going to!

In sum, the predominate features of her neuropsychological profile are moderately impaired selective and divided attention, cognitive flexibility, storage of visual information, visual discrimination, visual attention to details, verbal fluency, and concept formation, and mild impairment in processing speed and memory processes for auditory information. There is evidence for mild decline in intellect into the average range from a premorbidly high average level.

As you know, I've been taking Aricept for my cognitive impairment, and it's been working pretty well. Problem is, it costs $75 a bottle. My Copaxone also costs $50 to $75 a box, depending on whether I buy $150 worth for three months, or $75 for one month. I can't afford both, so I've been buying the Aricept and not buying the Copaxone. Probably not a great idea, but I figure at least I can think, even if I'm acquiring disability from not taking the Copaxone.

Yup, those timelines can scare the neuros off! I tried to keep mine to a single page, as people tend to lose interest after the first page. I can understand your frustration. My neurologist seems to have skipped all the data and research they've done on MS since 1980. I feel like I have to do the research myself. Then I'll tell him about a symptom I'm having, and he'll say "your lesions don't show damage in that area, so that symptom doesn't exist." WTF?

Az, I just did some neuro-psych testing, and they found I have mild cognitive impairment. The psychologist recommmended a couple of resources - www.happyneuron.com is the only one I can remember. Exercise helps your brain grow new neurons, so there's a lot of value in getting out there and exercising. The brain exercises force your brain to grow connections (synapses) between the neurons. So there is hope!

I think out of all the drugs out there, Aricept is the best one for strictly cognitive problems. I've been taking it for four (five?) months now, and I've definitely noticed improvements in my short term memory and attention span. I feel safer driving to work, and I can remember phone numbers and keep track of change at the grocery store. The only real side effect I've noticed is long, vivid, but boring dreams.

My neurologist wants me to start on Aricept for my cognitive issues. Apparently it just became available in generic about 3 weeks ago, but she gave me a month's sample of the actual Aricept. I'm excited to take it (I'm going to start it tomorrow so I have a few weekend days to know how it affects me), especially if it helps! I've looked online and on previous forum posts but didn't find a lot regarding actual experiences from those taking it who have MS.

Those are standard anti-depressents. However, I personally know about Aricept because I tried it for tardive dyskinesia and had a pretty poor response. My grandfather was prescribed Aricept for age related memory loss after a cardiovascular impairment. He couldn't tolerate it either. That doesn't mean at all its the wrong medication generally. Its just it has a fair amount of side effects for some people.

More than half of MS patients (up to 60%) have some sort of cognitive impairment. This ranges from mild to severe impairment. We were recognizing the signs 100 years ago, before we could measure brain atrophy and lesion load. Jean-Martin Charcot describes it pretty well: "a marked enfeeblement of the memory, conceptions being formed slowly and the intellectual and emotional faculties being blunted in their totality".

I have been taking aricept for about 9 months. It is hard to tell if there is an improvement. It has been a while since I forgot my way home but I still forget a lot of little stuff. I keep taking it because I am convinced it cant hurt anything and it just might help a little.

Yup, they found that I had some mild impairment, and my IQ had dropped about 30 points.

Since you're currently undiagnosed, it's difficult to say where your cognitive issues originate. It's caused by damage to the brain itself, but what caused the damage? Was it a blood clot? Or was it neuromyelitis optica? Or was it MS? I would definitely tell your MD about your concerns. I had to fight to get a neuro-psych exam referral from my neuro, but the psychologist found that I have moderate cognitive impairment in a few areas.

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