Hi everyone. So over the past few months, my mom's short term memory has gotten worse. She forgets that she told me or someone in my family something already earlier in the day or the day before, she'll notice something new like one of her plants growing a new flower then the next day, notice it again and not remember noticing it yesterday, she forgets words sometimes as well. She sometimes gets weird mood swings out of nowhere and gets angry or upset over small things. She gets very tired even though she gets a full night of sleep too. I'm not sure if that has anything to do with Alzheimer's.
She just turned 50 so I know it's not common for her age and she just started menopause around the time of these symptoms, which could very likely (and hopefully) explain all of her symptoms, but she's so different now from how she used to be. Sometimes she'll forget something and it scares me how simple or common the thing she forgot was and it just worries me. I'm afraid to even bring it up to her because I know she would dismiss it and get upset that I would even consider it a possibility, but if she does have early onset, I'd want her to get treatment as soon as possible. How do I bring it up to her gently that I want her to get tested?
its a difficult one especially as your mum is only 50.
your mum is close to my age , and to be honest she probably knows herself that something's not quiet right .
mayby you could suggest she tries some herbal tablets like ginkgo Bilba? and a high strength vitamin B complex , as she may be lacking in these especially if she is going through the menapause... it may just be a start to getting her eventually go to the Doctors ...
ive been taking the above and after about 6 weeks I noticed a vast improvement .
she obviously has a son who cares for her very much , and that's so important .
it could be a number of other things ... just stay positive ..
it sounds very much like alzheimers to me ,think the best thing to do is have a word with her doctor and he will assess her and if he thinks she has got alzhemiers he will refer her to a specialist. it was actually my mums doctor that told me he thought she has dementia the quicker the better as believe me it is a long road to sort everything out.
I am sorry to hear that jake I hope it's not alzheimers better let her go see a doctor hope it's not alzheimers. And for the mean time why not give her a GPS tracking device just to monitor her movement and track her just in case. I truly hope it's not alzheimers jake God bless and I'll pray for the both of you.