lavender27 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 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. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219270-talk-about-alzheimers/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
womanofdulwich Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 That sounds like normal pregnant behaviour to me! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219270-talk-about-alzheimers/#findComment-1319690 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender27 Posted February 28, 2019 Author Share Posted February 28, 2019 womanofdulwich Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> That sounds like normal pregnant behaviour to me!I didn't say I was pregnant, I am not pregnant. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219270-talk-about-alzheimers/#findComment-1319707 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 lavender27 Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> womanofdulwich Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > That sounds like normal pregnant behaviour to> me!> > I didn't say I was pregnant, I am not pregnant.Womanofdulwich didn't suggest that you were ...... :) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219270-talk-about-alzheimers/#findComment-1319716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnL Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 I'm scatterbrained tooNeed 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 :) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219270-talk-about-alzheimers/#findComment-1319718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender27 Posted February 28, 2019 Author Share Posted February 28, 2019 Sue Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> lavender27 Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > womanofdulwich Wrote:> >> --------------------------------------------------> > > -----> > > That sounds like normal pregnant behaviour to> > me!> > > > I didn't say I was pregnant, I am not pregnant.> > > Womanofdulwich didn't suggest that you were ......> :)Yes she did, why would she refer to it as pregnant behaviour. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219270-talk-about-alzheimers/#findComment-1319772 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasha1 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 My mother has Alzheimer's. It's an awful awful disease and not something to be made light of. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219270-talk-about-alzheimers/#findComment-1319774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasha1 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Apologies for my previous post. I clinked on the link in the hope it was going to be something really helpful. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219270-talk-about-alzheimers/#findComment-1319780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlonaM Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 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. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219270-talk-about-alzheimers/#findComment-1319789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin68 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 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. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219270-talk-about-alzheimers/#findComment-1319800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender27 Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 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. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/219270-talk-about-alzheimers/#findComment-1319816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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