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Discussing MCI with children May 26 1:41pm | By Dr. Courtney McAlister (@drcourtneymcalister)
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@colleenyoung

Good question, @emyliander. I'm tagging @DrDonaLocke and @drcourtneymcalister in the hopes that they can give a plain language definition of the difference between MCI and mild dementia.

In the meantime, I found this definition:
"Both mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia are characterized by objective evidence of cognitive impairment. The main distinctions between mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia are that in the latter, more than one cognitive domain is involved and substantial interference with daily life is evident." Read more here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4185370/

Sarah, have you been diagnosed with MCI of mild dementia?

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Dona Locke | @DrDonaLocke | May 21 7:58am

Hi @colleenyoung and @emyliander

This is a good question and we get it all the time. My counterpart wrote a post about that a while ago. Here is that link:
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/blog/living-with-mild-cognitive-impairment-mci/newsfeed-post/whats-the-difference-between-mild-cognitive-impairment-mci-and-dementia/
Maybe this means it is a good time to repost this one!

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Sarah | @emyliander | May 26 1:41pm

Yes, that’s what my new neurologist wrote on my paper , he didn’t tell me that when we were talking, I think he was more interested in my diagnosis of RBD.
I know I have memory problems but MCI has never been officially written as my diagnosis. Because the antidepressant I’ve been on for years is Venlafaxine, known to cause RBD, I thought it best that I get off it. My family Dr. switched me to Bupropion, the good thing was that I stopped coughing, started sleeping better but my depression returned full force after 5 weeks on Bupropion. Dr thought it best to go back to Venlafaxine, which I did. Now I’m waking up around 4am and not able to go back to sleep but my depression is better 🤷‍♀️
I don’t see the neurologist for another month. I saw the sleep specialist, I had already had a sleep study done, during which I didn’t sleep much and didn’t go into REM sleep, so it was inconclusive. In the meantime I’m not sure what’s what.
I do have an appointment with a speech therapist but I’m not sure if it’s for cognitive issues or sleep issues. It is unsettling.

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