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Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) to introduce MCI interventions?

Brain & Nervous System | Last Active: Jan 3 6:20am | Replies (10)
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I am ok - staying very focused on fighting against this effectively. I am also fighting a torn meniscus in my knee from my lower limb exercises. Aging sux 🙂

Her tools were pretty fundamental and I actually had already implemented many of the tools such as calendars and pill minders and such during my career - one less thing i needed to remember.

I did also go back after 20 months from first tests to repeat the neuropsych tests. I actually improved in a couple of tests and the neuropsych doc describes visuo-spatial as the primary weakness observed. She remains unconvinced she sees evidence of AD - genetics and lab work notwithstanding.

All very interesting but my family history and genetic test revealing the APOE4 gene and undeniable weakness in maintaining train of thought and word retrieval.

So i keep fighting. I am optimistic about Lithium Orotate. I am not satisfied with my neurologist and am looking for another one.

Other than that… LOL

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Helen, Volunteer Mentor | @naturegirl5 | Jan 1 8:41pm

@pb50 It's unusual to see improvement on neuropsychological tests when cognitive impairment is suspected. You still are the best judge of your own capabilities. It's very possible that the tests that were administered are just not sensitive enough to pick up what you observe in yourself. With your family history and positive APOE4 gene does not mean that you will 100% develop Alzheimer's disease. It does place you in that high risk range and it's evident that you are doing everything you can to minimize that risk.

Here are two articles I located on this topic:

Mayo Clinic: Alzheimer's genes. Are you at risk:

-- https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alzheimers-disease/in-depth/alzheimers-genes/art-20046552

Stanford Medicine: A news article based on a published article in Aging & Geriatrics:

-- https://med.stanford.edu/news/insights/2025/09/rethinking-alzheimers-gene-variant-apoe4.html

Since you are dissatisfied with your neurologist it's good you are looking for someone else. Are you interested in looking for a neurologist who specializes in Alzheimer's disease at an academic medical center? This would be a neurologist who conducts research and publishes in that area as well as sees patients. That's what I would do.

And what else? You wrote: "Other than that"...your turn to keep up this conversation.

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