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Caregivers: Early Onset Alzheimer's, diagnosis age 19 to 65
Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Oct 25 4:13pm | Replies (45)Comment receiving replies
My husband had been seeing the same neurologist for years for treatment of essential tremors when dementia symptoms began appearing. Eventually, we got an appointment with a neuropsychologist. I don't know if that helped, but at least we have a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment. The neurologist put him on meds that are not helping in the least. The positive side is that I can see what our future is likely to be and I can try to be grateful for our present. I don't successsed in the grateful department very often.
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Hi, Can you explain I'd it was the neuropsycholigist that made the diagnosis of MCI and what tests were used by the Dr. I have never heard of a neuropsychologist but I will look to see if there are any in our area. You mentioned the medications were not helping, can you provide me with the names of the medications?
Are there different medications that they can try for your husband? You are definitely right in being grateful for the present, who knows what the future will hold! Even without a diagnosis I have an idea of the future and I definitely am not looking forward to any of it. My Grandmother, my Father and his mother all had Alzheimers and we saw the devastating disease first hand.
I will pray that your husband does not develop any of the symptoms of the disease that will cause him to completely forget🙏🙏