talk about Alzheimer's

[lavender27]

Absent of mind, went into kitchen to make hot drink, stood there for ages, put the washing machine on instead of kettle, waited ages for it to boil, on last spin realised kettle wasn't plugged in. Alzheimer's is contagious, you'll see.

[womanofdulwich]

That sounds like normal pregnant behaviour to me!

[lavender27]

womanofdulwich Wrote:

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> That sounds like normal pregnant behaviour to me!

I didn't say I was pregnant, I am not pregnant.

[Sue]

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> I didn't say I was pregnant, I am not pregnant.

Womanofdulwich didn't suggest that you were ...... :)

[JohnL]

I'm scatterbrained too

Need to double check everything before I go out - walk into rooms and can't remember why I'm there - but been like that all my life :)

[lavender27]

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Yes she did, why would she refer to it as pregnant behaviour.

[tasha1]

My mother has Alzheimer's. It's an awful awful disease and not something to be made light of.

[tasha1]

Apologies for my previous post. I clinked on the link in the hope it was going to be something really helpful.

[IlonaM]

Lavender, there's lots of good information and advice out there if you are concerned (Alzheimers Society etc.). The BBC Horizon series did a very good documentary on Alzheimers which is available on YouTube and the Mayo Clinic has interesting information on research (https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alzheimers-disease/in-depth/alzheimers-treatments/art-20047780).

It is more likely that you were feeing tired after a busy day. We all forget why we have gone into the kitchen/upstairs etc. I'm always doing it.

[Penguin68]

There are numbers of causative factors which might lead to apparent confusion and lapses of memory other than dementia (Alzheimer's and vascular dementia are the most common, but not the only 'senile dementia diseases'). These include some forms of depression, responses to acute or chronic pain, as well as, and probably most commonly 'having a lot on your mind' - i.e. simple distraction and, as above, forms of tiredness and exhaustion. Dementia is not contagious (some forms may be genetic however) - but I have noted that aberrant behaviours can be copied, possibly unconsciously. If these behaviours become annoyingly habitual it is worthwhile seeking professional help, but the very fact that they are being noticed by you at all is probably a good sign. 'Forgetting things' (names, why you walked upstairs) may be annoying but it is very often a sign-post to nothing important at all.

[lavender27]

FIGS, thanks all, my own dear old mother went through Alzheimers, I know all about it, but never enough,thanks east Dulwich she had a big family, and was one of the first ladies to do something but I cannot remember what it was.