Is dementia inevitable? Does anything help the symptoms? It seems to affect everything, balance, walking, talking, thinking, fatigue! I don’t seem to be able to concentrate on anything and strangely I can be talking with someone and instantly I am asleep! Maybe only a minute or so but…. Any help ideas?
Brain MRI showed moderate degree of white signal change, demonstrating a deep and subcortical predominance, favoring chronic microvascular ischemic change. Have not heard from doctor yet ... This sounds kind of scary.
Is dementia inevitable? Does anything help the symptoms? It seems to affect everything, balance, walking, talking, thinking, fatigue! I don’t seem to be able to concentrate on anything and strangely I can be talking with someone and instantly I am asleep! Maybe only a minute or so but…. Any help ideas?
Good morning, my husband has the same symptoms. He can be texting a friend and then he's a sleep (or lack of consciousness), drop his iphone and not finish his thought process. He had an MRI and he has a pineal cyst in his brain. This cyst deals with your sleep cycle and could cause seizures. We are dealing with this since last year and he is on seizure medications. We are still trying to get answers on what caused this issue. We are currently waiting to see a Head Trauma doctor. Something has happened between the heart and the brain.
If I were you, I would ask for an MRI of the brain and see where that leads you too. You are not alone out there.
@goodie Small vessel ischemic white matter disease refers to periods of the stoppage of blood flow through the small vessels of the brain. Ischemia is a type of stroke in the brain and when there are many stoppages like this it can lead to more serious consequences such as dementia. This is something that requires treatment and management by a physician, typically a neurologist, who specializes in cardiovascular disease.
Is dementia inevitable? Does anything help the symptoms? It seems to affect everything, balance, walking, talking, thinking, fatigue! I don’t seem to be able to concentrate on anything and strangely I can be talking with someone and instantly I am asleep! Maybe only a minute or so but…. Any help ideas?
@goodie Small vessel ischemic white matter disease refers to periods of the stoppage of blood flow through the small vessels of the brain. Ischemia is a type of stroke in the brain and when there are many stoppages like this it can lead to more serious consequences such as dementia. This is something that requires treatment and management by a physician, typically a neurologist, who specializes in cardiovascular disease.
@goodie Small vessel ischemic white matter disease refers to periods of the stoppage of blood flow through the small vessels of the brain. Ischemia is a type of stroke in the brain and when there are many stoppages like this it can lead to more serious consequences such as dementia. This is something that requires treatment and management by a physician, typically a neurologist, who specializes in cardiovascular disease.
@mitfit Are you seeing a neurologist? What treatment or medications is recommended for you? I am hoping that your physician is helping you to control this so that it does not progress anymore.
I was told some time ago that I have small vessel ischemic white matter disease and that it makes my neurological major anxiety and depression disorder worse, but that is all the neurologist told me. I also have a neurological involuntary movement disorder, in the form of a body sway that affects my balance and walking, and wonder if the white matter disease could also affect that? If anyone knows anything about this, I would appreciate help. I also have MCI, which was once diagnosed as "early dementia", and wonder if the white matter disease is a factor in this? I wish the neurologist would have ever told me more!
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@mitfit Are you seeing a neurologist? What treatment or medications is recommended for you? I am hoping that your physician is helping you to control this so that it does not progress anymore.
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Is dementia inevitable? Does anything help the symptoms? It seems to affect everything, balance, walking, talking, thinking, fatigue! I don’t seem to be able to concentrate on anything and strangely I can be talking with someone and instantly I am asleep! Maybe only a minute or so but…. Any help ideas?
Brain MRI showed moderate degree of white signal change, demonstrating a deep and subcortical predominance, favoring chronic microvascular ischemic change. Have not heard from doctor yet ... This sounds kind of scary.
Good morning, my husband has the same symptoms. He can be texting a friend and then he's a sleep (or lack of consciousness), drop his iphone and not finish his thought process. He had an MRI and he has a pineal cyst in his brain. This cyst deals with your sleep cycle and could cause seizures. We are dealing with this since last year and he is on seizure medications. We are still trying to get answers on what caused this issue. We are currently waiting to see a Head Trauma doctor. Something has happened between the heart and the brain.
If I were you, I would ask for an MRI of the brain and see where that leads you too. You are not alone out there.
@goodie Small vessel ischemic white matter disease refers to periods of the stoppage of blood flow through the small vessels of the brain. Ischemia is a type of stroke in the brain and when there are many stoppages like this it can lead to more serious consequences such as dementia. This is something that requires treatment and management by a physician, typically a neurologist, who specializes in cardiovascular disease.
Microvascular ischemic disease:
-- https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22927-microvascular-ischemic-disease
Have you been diagnosed with this? Or are you asking for a loved one?
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2 ReactionsHave you looked at Sleep Apnea? You may need a CPAC unit.
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2 ReactionsThank you. Very helpful.
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1 Reaction@mitfit Are you seeing a neurologist? What treatment or medications is recommended for you? I am hoping that your physician is helping you to control this so that it does not progress anymore.
I was told some time ago that I have small vessel ischemic white matter disease and that it makes my neurological major anxiety and depression disorder worse, but that is all the neurologist told me. I also have a neurological involuntary movement disorder, in the form of a body sway that affects my balance and walking, and wonder if the white matter disease could also affect that? If anyone knows anything about this, I would appreciate help. I also have MCI, which was once diagnosed as "early dementia", and wonder if the white matter disease is a factor in this? I wish the neurologist would have ever told me more!
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No, primary care said no further action. I am going to ask Mayo about it. Thank you for your comment, its very helpful to me.