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Is it possible that I'm coming down with the early stages of Alzheimer's disease? No, I'm not kidding. Sometimes I really think my brain has gone sour.Sometimes, I'm talking to people..having a conversation. I need a name..the actor, the movie, the song writer, the Insurance Salesman...anyone and I just can't come up with it. It's out there..I started the sentence, and I'm standing there with mouth open..and nothing coming out, until the person I'm speaking with fills in the blank.
Other times, I'm trying to read the instructions on how to use my latest tech toy or some other manual. It's like reading a foreign language. Sometimes, I feel my mind is just drifting when I talk to people and I'm thinking "You know, you're not paying attention to anything this person is saying. You're looking at the nachos over there on the table..(mmmm Nachos...)" I can never remember a name. Hi..my name is Bob. Immediately, it's gone. Who is it that I just shook hands with? God...this is awful. I'm a proponent of the idea that everyone should have the "Hello my name is..." sticker on their shirt at all times.
The guy that helps me coach my son's team laughs at me as I yell out to the outfield:"Frank! Move over" as I waive my hands for him to move for a leftie.
"That's not Frank" he says
"Bobby, move!
"Nope." again he laughs
"Daniel! Dammit! MOVE!
He laughs again.
"HEY! RIGHT FIELDER!!! MOVE CLOSER TO THE LINE!" I finally yell.
Getting older is tough. There's the inevitable body breakdown. The knees hurt now. I got this twinge in my hip. Playing ball two times a week, after working out at the gym everyday is a grind. Some days, I can barely walk up a set of stairs.
But, the mind is a rough thing to lose. What did I have for dinner last night? Who knows! You know people who can name every line from every movie they ever saw? They're so annoying. Ha ha.. remember that scene in Seinfeld when.....
It isn't easy getting old. But, at this rate, I won't remember how hard it's gonna be.
7 comments:
I wouldn't worry about it BLM. They say if you know you're missing info then you don't have Alzheimer's. It's when you don't know you not remembering correctly that you have a problem.
Before I retired I was in a job where thousands of people knew me, but I didn't necessarily know them. One of my assistants never forgot a name or a face. It was her job to stay beside me when we were in a group of people and either tell me their name as they approached or greet them by name before I greeted them so I would know who they were.
Under pressure, I can barely remember the names of people I've known for 15 years.
So you are pretty normal.
Jack Scott
I read somewhere that in most people's brains, there is only room for the names of about 4400 other people. Once you have "known" that many folks, it becomes very difficult to store information on acquaintance #4401+. You basically have to erase the memory of someone you once knew in order to make room for someone new. It doesn't matter at what age you hit that limit. You're going to have to work more at retaining names than you did when you only knew, say, 3000 people.
You might try playing mind games under a deadline, like boggle, to exercise the little grey cells. But seriously I doubt that you have anything to worry about, at least not for another 25 years or so.
As long as you remember to take care of your body and you still know how to fuck like a bunny, you're okay.
WOW. I have the same exact symptoms! I am 49 and thought I was just getting old. OR maybe I was under too much stress. After reading your post, I now think it is from jerking off too much :)
Who are you? only kidding....lol as long as the dick works you'll be ok blm.
There's hope! I just heard a piece about this on the radio. They said that we shouldn't be too concerned about it, because the reason it happens is that we are usually thinking or doing more than one thing at a time. When you think back to the situation, that's usually right on the mark, where we were on our way to some place, but we started out thinking about something totally different when we began. Multitasking, which men aren't as good at to begin with.
Names--I'm the same way. It happened to me last night at work. I think we only try to remember names we feel are urgent to us, the others we simply put on back burners.
Since you have said in other postings that sleep enough time, then I guess it could be a matter of stress. Stress can cause memory loss of all those little things you want to remember because it doesn't allow your brain to function at its best.
Relax man, relax
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