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I have very selective memory. I can remember the score of every buck that has been killed on our property, but not the unimportant stuff.
But I do worry about the rate I am losing my short term.
It has gotten much better since I retired and my hard drive is not so full of work related items.
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Temporarily not being able to recall a familiar name when you get older is common. It’s frustrating and a little scary but no big deal. It happens to me occasionally and the harder I try to remember, the further away that name gets. If I quit thinking about it, it later pops into my head at random. In my experience with older family members the time to get worried is when someone starts repeating the same question over and over - evidence that the brain is not holding short term memories. That and getting lost driving a long-familiar routeLast edited by jerp; 07-01-2021, 07:52 PM.
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Originally posted by jerp View PostTemporarily not being able to recall a familiar name when you get older is common. It’s frustrating and a little scary but no big deal. It happens to me occasionally and the harder I try to remember, the further away that name gets. If I quit thinking about it, it later pops into my head at random. In my experience with older family members the time to get worried is when someone starts repeating the same question over and over - evidence that the brain is not holding short term memories. That and getting lost driving a long-familiar route
I'll see the brain doc in a few weeks and maybe it's meds.
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Originally posted by sharkhunter View PostI do good to remember basic things now. I actually spend the last 30min of work each day filling out a to-do list for the next morning and check it off as the day goes. It’s hell getting old )-:
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I do t speak as well as I did when I was younger. I speed up and slow down as I hunt for the words.
Having had three family members develop Alzheimer’s and dementia I'm not worried about having to pause for words. Like it’s been said. The repeated stories, surprised at the same old things. That’s when it’s going down hill.
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