I agree with you, as I am also seeing an outside counselor to have someone outside of the family and friends to talk too. It’s very helpful and I believe necessary. About 4 years ago my husband began to change. Short temper with me, angry, bad moods. I thought it was our marriage. He started slowly losing things more often, phone, wallet, keys, hat, jacket etc. I was losing my mind and getting angry with him because I didn’t understand what was happening because we had a very good marriage and he never acted this way. Anxiety set it, some depression. He went on meds. Thank God for that!!

Now tat I understand more about MCI I see that anxiety and depression play a big role here. I too, take care of all the appointments, and I write EVERYTHING down or he won’t remember such as a grocery list & he still calls me from the grocery store at least twice. When he leaves the house now, we have a saying: phone, wallet, keys, sunglasses. To make sure he has everything.

Our calendars are sinc’d so that I know exactly what appointments we each have so as not to double book. This is a must!

I write all the bills, I cook, he does the dishes, recycling, garbage. We watch movies together and see our family often to keep the connections going.

He had his neuropsych assessment and he was recommended to go on Aricept, which he refuses to do. Our holistic chiropractor has him on some excellent supplements for the brain and memory.

I joined this group because I needed to have support from other spouses of spouses with MCI to know that I am not alone. It’s scary sometimes. Don’t ya think? 🙃🥹