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Age and memory
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Lots of stuff today about memory loss and dementia. It seems "experts" are always trying to figure out new names for stuff that existed since the beginning of man.
Myself, there are lots of things I don't remember. My early childhood for instance. But then again, I didn't remember it in my 20's, it just didn't make a big enough impression on me. I'm terrible with names. But I have been since I was a child. If I didn't see you for a bit I'd remember your face but not your name (phone contact lists that have pictures are a blessing). Some folks loose keys, phones or what have you all day long. They don't have memory problems, they just have other things on their mind and weren't paying attention to where they put them. But I don't have this problem. So, just because you don't remember things from 5 minutes ago or 50 years ago isn't necessarily a sign of memory loss or dementia, they just might not have been all that important.
Myself, there are lots of things I don't remember. My early childhood for instance. But then again, I didn't remember it in my 20's, it just didn't make a big enough impression on me. I'm terrible with names. But I have been since I was a child. If I didn't see you for a bit I'd remember your face but not your name (phone contact lists that have pictures are a blessing). Some folks loose keys, phones or what have you all day long. They don't have memory problems, they just have other things on their mind and weren't paying attention to where they put them. But I don't have this problem. So, just because you don't remember things from 5 minutes ago or 50 years ago isn't necessarily a sign of memory loss or dementia, they just might not have been all that important.
mr surveyor
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I seem to remember that back in the early sixties older folks were referring to today's dementia as "hardening of the arteries". I'm over 60 (as most here seem to be) so I may not be remembering that bit of trivia right.
I hope I'm posting this to the right thread and not on the Reloading threads
jd
I hope I'm posting this to the right thread and not on the Reloading threads
jd
Since we've been involved with the church transfer, I've been asked many questions about 'old timey' stuff. Things from my childhood. Standing in the church and talking about the pews, I had a vivid rememberance of possibly the last time I attended services about 65 years ago. Some of the pews were donated to another local church but I followed the holes in the floor where they'd been removed and with total clarity said "this is where Mom's family sat". Several other questions from that time frame came up and I had answers I hadn't expected.
Memory is sort of like a 'rag bag' quilt--various colors, patterns, and types of cloth mingled together making a warm blanket.
Memory is sort of like a 'rag bag' quilt--various colors, patterns, and types of cloth mingled together making a warm blanket.
When Ginko came on the scene I figured why not. So I did. I can't say it improved my memory. But it did greatly increase my episodes of lucid dreaming.
Lucid dreaming consists of dreams over which you seem to have control of the story line. They are also quite vivid and memorable.
While this was quite enjoyable I found that I frequently woke up feeling both physically and mentally exhausted. So I quit taking it.
After I retired I started taking it again mainly for the lucid dreaming effects. On nights where I have several such dreams I tend to sleep and hour or two more waking up well rested.
Does it help with memory? No idea. But it does seem to be a legal mind altering drug with no adverse side effects.
Lucid dreaming consists of dreams over which you seem to have control of the story line. They are also quite vivid and memorable.
While this was quite enjoyable I found that I frequently woke up feeling both physically and mentally exhausted. So I quit taking it.
After I retired I started taking it again mainly for the lucid dreaming effects. On nights where I have several such dreams I tend to sleep and hour or two more waking up well rested.
Does it help with memory? No idea. But it does seem to be a legal mind altering drug with no adverse side effects.
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"After I retired I started taking it again mainly for the lucid dreaming effects."
I already have far too many of those about past experiences I'd rather NOT remember.
I already have far too many of those about past experiences I'd rather NOT remember.
JackBull
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Eat more eggs, 6 per day. Your brain is made up of cholesterol. Feed it.
Avoid grains, fried foods and statins.
Avoid grains, fried foods and statins.
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If you don't recognize something from the past, after it is told to you, it well might indicate that the memory has been truly lost. You might well be right that this is a "true sign" but unless it happens repeatedly and it interferes in your ability to conduct your daily life I would think that it is not yet a serious concern.
In any event, despite the best efforts of modern medicine, little or nothing can be done to stop whatever is causing a brain to descend into dementia (or what was once just called "senility" or "hardening of the arteries"). The newer drugs like Aracept do not seem, in my opinion, to really do much to help at all (but I am not a physician nor a scientist studying these things). In my years working in the "senior care" industry, I can say that there are things that help folks manage. Keeping to a routine, and staying in a stable, familiar environment can be very helpful in continuing to live a satisfying life. Having routines to follow, and having assistance with those routines, such as living in a senior focused retirement community, can help achieve that stability for as long as possible.
Armybrat
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My dementia has one advantage - I get to sleep with a different woman almost every night.
Those have always been there Ginko or not. But on the plus side at least I am still able to dream about those past events."After I retired I started taking it again mainly for the lucid dreaming effects."
I already have far too many of those about past experiences I'd rather NOT remember.
My grandmother spent her last days in one of those places. My mom spent a few days in one after each of her stokes or falls. I wouldn't send my worst enemy to one of those hell holes. They aren't the clean and fresh smelling Edens the folks that run them try to convince you they are. Neglect and abuse are the order of the day and all driven by profit.
I have never liked to read books. I would have an assignment in school of reading a chapter in history etc. I would start to read and after the first paragraph or two I would think this was kind of interesting, but after a page or two my mind was wandering and I just couldn't concentrate on it. So, in my entire adult life I have probably only read maybe a half dozen books cover to cover. However, whenever I did choose to read one I just couldn't put it down until I was finished. One of the first ones that I read we had gone to the theatre to watch a movie, "Amityville horror". I was really into it and on the way home one of our kids said that a neighbor boy had the book so I told them to ask to borrow it. I read that one in one sitting. Now, reading magazines about things I was interested in, motorcycles, guns, cameras, etc., I could read forever.
I'm about 80 now and I remember stuff from when I was a kid pretty well. Whenever I am introduced to a new person I almost always have to ask them to repeat their name, it's like initially my mind is busy studying their face etc. and then I have to hear their name, its like I can't do the same things at once. I've always had a hard time remembering weddings, funerals, family trip details, etc. I don't know if it's because I'm not really engaged mentally or what, I just don't know. I mean once a year we go on a family trip with my wife's siblings, and it's not that I don't like them, I really do, but if a month later I have to remember the trip, where we stayed and what we did, I gotta really study hard to do it. My Dad lived to be 93 and he had dementia, but he had suffered a traumatic head injury when he was around 74 and I think that was a large part of it. Movies I don't remember so well. I have favorites that I do and I will watch them again every so often, but regular movies we watch I struggle to remember very well. However we have been retired now for 20 years and we have watched tons of movies.
I'm about 80 now and I remember stuff from when I was a kid pretty well. Whenever I am introduced to a new person I almost always have to ask them to repeat their name, it's like initially my mind is busy studying their face etc. and then I have to hear their name, its like I can't do the same things at once. I've always had a hard time remembering weddings, funerals, family trip details, etc. I don't know if it's because I'm not really engaged mentally or what, I just don't know. I mean once a year we go on a family trip with my wife's siblings, and it's not that I don't like them, I really do, but if a month later I have to remember the trip, where we stayed and what we did, I gotta really study hard to do it. My Dad lived to be 93 and he had dementia, but he had suffered a traumatic head injury when he was around 74 and I think that was a large part of it. Movies I don't remember so well. I have favorites that I do and I will watch them again every so often, but regular movies we watch I struggle to remember very well. However we have been retired now for 20 years and we have watched tons of movies.
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My Mom is 95, tough old Bird. Call her up on the phone and ask if she want to go party and She will be waiting at door. Her short term memory is shot. But she can do Poems and songs from when she was a child and young lady perfectly. We all love to hear her talk about the Great Depression and how her very large family survived.
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This whole thread is because I didn't remember watching the movie. Someone said that it was because the movies are important or something like that. I'm thinking that might be right. Movies today focus more on special effects than interesting characters and dialog.
I mentioned to my daughter that I didn't think that I had watched a Mission Impossible movie and she said "yeah, we watched one" but couldn't tell me which one, the only thing that stuck in her mind was Tom Cruise running on rooftops. So it didn't stick in her mind either. I think that she's far from dementia age and just finished grad school with a 4.0.
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