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I also am starting to forget words at 72. If my husband says the word I am thinking of, I recognize it as the word i was trying to remember. My Dad died from dementia at 87. My Mom did not have this problem. I am very frightened. I pass the Medicare test every year (clock, 3 words) but still have to say the words over & over in my head. I just feel "spacey" and like I am floating in a cloud. Menopause or Alzheimer's?

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SusanEllen66 | @SusanEllen66 | Jan 22 11:27am

Two years ago I told my doctor that I just didn’t feel like myself mentally. He told me to go to my neurologist.
I had MRI, EEG, and a 4 hour neuropsychologist administered test.
I was diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairment.

Over the last two years I’ve noticed other things happening. I’m in the middle of testing again.
They said my brain has shrunk more, and now I have Ataxia.

If I were you, I would get tested so you can get treatment ASAP.

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