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Aging Well | Last Active: Apr 8 10:22am | Replies (214)
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@peat

Hi Susan,

I too have been diagnosed with MCI. This was based primarily on my memory test as my MRI was, as my neurologist said, “not much different from normal for my age (73) and a P-tau217 blood test was well below the level for markers of Amyloid proteins. I am interested in your memory test though. My symptoms however are very similar to those others have described here and are distressing. My test was only about 10 minutes, yours was 4 hours. What kind of test was it and what did they cover?

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SusanEllen66 | @SusanEllen66 | Apr 7 12:28am

@peat of course each of us is different.
The 4 hour test is a neuropsychological test, It is way more than a memory test. It showed a deficit somewhere. The real indicator for me was in the EEG, and PET scan.

Now, It seems my diagnosis is changing based on a whole host of symptoms that are a telltale sign of FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA (FTD) and along with it, PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY (PSP).
My new neurologist has spent a lot of time putting and placing things like my movement problems, eye issues, and other things I never thought were apart of dementia. Those things are the PSP.

I’m having trouble focusing right now so I need to go

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