She is not alcoholically person and never drink in her live. She has heart disease and take atorvastatin for 10 years and also donepezil and ladiomil for 4 years. Since her doctor discover problem with GOT and GPT she stopped taking atorvastatin (3mounts before) because they were suspicious that atorvastatin was reason for this problem but again GOP and GPT increase. Next step was cancer marker (CA19-9 = 34.4, AST = 5.47, CEA=3.22) and virus markers (HBsAg Es = 0.13 negative, Anti-HCV = 0.
I have been taking Effexor XR 75 mg for 4-5 months, then I suffered from deterioration of my cognitive functions;as memory loss, slow thinking, difficulty in understanding written or spoken words, poor flow of ideas.
when these symptoms occured , I have decided to stop the drug but my symptoms have not improved .
Now I spend about 1 month and my intellectual functions is still impaired.
Hello my peeps. Sorry I've been MIA - but those of you who know me, know the multiple medical reasons why.
Anywho, I went to my neuro again today (now I see her every 2-3 months instead of every month). I had told her that my primary sent me for another neuropsych eval because of the issues I told her I was having. I had the testing at the University about 3 wks ago & won't get the final results until the 18th.
My 79 year old father sustained a TBI when he was knocked out for about 20 minutes. He is on Namenda and Plavix, is it possible that Adderall could help with his short term memory loss. Before the accident he lived on his own.
I had dementia symptoms with B12 malabsorption. In my case due to autoimmune pernicious anaemia. I had severe B12 deficiency. It took a month for my memory to start improving after weekly B12 injections. I switched to 2000 mcg daily of sublingual (under the tongue) B12 spray which I find superior personally. I have permanent nerve damage.
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Excerpt from Livestrong - Be Aware of Alcohol's Effects on B-12 Absorption..
I have known many people with this illness. For some it is best to be in a care place where they will not get hurt, for others the siblings decided to care for the parents at home. I hated watching a woman friend to my Mom who was placed in a home and just was in bed till she died, maybe that was best- but it was hard to watch.
I don't know if there is any connection, but I read once about Gluten and Memory loss. You might read up on that and just see... I really don't know.
If anyone in your family has experienced dementia at a young age (before 65), you and other family members may be at increased risk of developing frontal lobe dementia (FTD) – also known as Pick's disease.
A new blood test may reveal your specific risk.
In 1892, Czechoslovakian neurologist Arnold Pick first documented a type of dementia in which degeneration of cells occurs in the cerebral cortex (the outer layer of the brain) where cognitive and behavioral functions are controlled.
Thank you for your words. My mom was diagnosed this past October. She is 87, she is currently in a nursing home. Mom had sister that had lewy body the last few years of her life before she passed.Mom had a bad fall a few years ago,she did have a concussion.My dad is 92 and still living at home.He wants to go and live with mom in the nursing home, so he can be with her for the rest of her life.
t know the name of the drug but I believe there are new drugs for dementia. My husbands friends mother is on something that is new and she is doing better... I would discuss this again with the doctor and even if nothing else, maybe a mild tranquliser for the daytime would help..The ativan is good for situational anxiety but maybe your mother needs something a little stronger to quiet the chatter in her mind.
Agree with Iladvo,
It is tempting to write down behaviour for older people as dementia. It could be anything really and the facts given here are that he has seen a doc who has given advice. Follow that advice, if possible. If he won't follow the doc's advice there isn't much you can do without getting very personal and create enormous problems.
Can you go to the doc with him and ask for clarity and get a referral.? Maybe?
"Causes of dementia include:
Alzheimer's disease —the most common cause of dementia
Brain damage after multiple small strokes (also called vascular dementia)
Lewy body disease
Alcoholism
AIDS
Multiple sclerosis
Huntington's disease
Parkinson's disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Front-temporal dementia (including Pick's disease)
Normal pressure hydrocephalus
Untreated syphilis
Toxic levels of metals, such as aluminum (can sometimes occur in dialysis patients)
Vitamin B12 defi
With the coronavirus, am I a high-risk person if I had hydrocephalus in the past and still have my shunt? and would I be in the high-risk group especially with having very minor dementia due to either the hydrocephalus or the surgery? (It’s uncertain which one triggered the minor dementia) I remember to wash my hands and not touch my face, so my minor dementia is not that bad.
Dementia is not a specific disease. It's an overall term that describes a wide range of symptoms associated with a decline in memory or other thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person's ability to perform everyday activities. Alzheimer's disease accounts for 60 to 80 percent of cases. Vascular dementia, which occurs after a stroke, is the second most common dementia type.
One of the reasons this is possible is because of the new program for obtaining medical degrees. You collect two thousand boxtops from a popular breakfast cerial, eat thirty five hot-dogs consecutavely (this is a times exercise) and must obtain a written recommendation from the Dahli Lahma.
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