Hi Fellow Dementia sufferers,
Do people think you're crazy? I suspect people think I am. I can't correct it. I still work. I think there are those who say I am crazy.
Something is terribly wrong with my mind. Today during a typical professional development class, the speaker passed out literature for the group of about 15 to view. By the time it got to me I could not figure out why I was given the literature and became confused. I gave it back to the person who gave it to me and she gave it back to me a few minutes later. When the speaker collected it from my desk, I retorted that it was mine and it had been given to me by the person sitting behind me. I felt humiliated and stupid once I realized a few minutes later what was going on. Lately I have started back forgetting names of common objects and names of people I see every day. I sometimes am forgetting how to start the car -trying to start it without a key. I am driving extra slow because I am not sure how my mind is thinking. I think I may have to go back on Aricept if this continues. My mind answers questions before my mouth can speak them and when it's my turn to speak I have gone through so many complex responses to the simplest of questions it borders grandiose thinking. I was once very very smart. Now I feel like I can barely make connections to simple things.
Getting older but still too young for this at almost 62. Bones degenerate, eyes dry, arthritis settles in, but...I'd like to keep my mind if you please. I'd surely like to keep it.
Do people think you're crazy? I suspect people think I am. I can't correct it. I still work. I think there are those who say I am crazy.
Something is terribly wrong with my mind. Today during a typical professional development class, the speaker passed out literature for the group of about 15 to view. By the time it got to me I could not figure out why I was given the literature and became confused. I gave it back to the person who gave it to me and she gave it back to me a few minutes later. When the speaker collected it from my desk, I retorted that it was mine and it had been given to me by the person sitting behind me. I felt humiliated and stupid once I realized a few minutes later what was going on. Lately I have started back forgetting names of common objects and names of people I see every day. I sometimes am forgetting how to start the car -trying to start it without a key. I am driving extra slow because I am not sure how my mind is thinking. I think I may have to go back on Aricept if this continues. My mind answers questions before my mouth can speak them and when it's my turn to speak I have gone through so many complex responses to the simplest of questions it borders grandiose thinking. I was once very very smart. Now I feel like I can barely make connections to simple things.
Getting older but still too young for this at almost 62. Bones degenerate, eyes dry, arthritis settles in, but...I'd like to keep my mind if you please. I'd surely like to keep it.