I wonder if anyone can help?
I have Mild Cognitive Impairment with clear signs of atrophy in frontal and parietal lobes. This affects my motivation, and memory. Tests show my verbal memory is suffering but visual memory remains intact. And MCI (I hate this term) means I have problems greater than are normal for someone comparable of my age.
But I struggle to communicate this to close friends and relatives who deny that my memory has any particular problems, seem to think my lack of motivation can be overcome by 'just doing' and who keep pointing out that at 67 I must expect not to be as sharp as I once was - as memory problems are just what happens when you get old.
They pay little credence to what imaging and neuropsychological tests say about me - despite some of them having backgrounds in psychology and mental health themselves.
I don't really know what to say or how to respond. Any ideas?
I have Mild Cognitive Impairment with clear signs of atrophy in frontal and parietal lobes. This affects my motivation, and memory. Tests show my verbal memory is suffering but visual memory remains intact. And MCI (I hate this term) means I have problems greater than are normal for someone comparable of my age.
But I struggle to communicate this to close friends and relatives who deny that my memory has any particular problems, seem to think my lack of motivation can be overcome by 'just doing' and who keep pointing out that at 67 I must expect not to be as sharp as I once was - as memory problems are just what happens when you get old.
They pay little credence to what imaging and neuropsychological tests say about me - despite some of them having backgrounds in psychology and mental health themselves.
I don't really know what to say or how to respond. Any ideas?