Hello everyone,
I saw my Doctor back in October 2006 with problems regarding memory loss. He sent me to a neurologist who arranged a neurological assesment and a CT scan. In the meantime he had written to my doctor telling him he thought i fitted a
pattern that would lead to Alzhimers disease.
My CT scan was ok i also did quite well on the neurological assesments. I saw im recently in his clinic and he now thinks my memory lapses (which are getting worse) may be some sort of deep seated depression . He described it has Occult Depression. I must say i do not feel depressed and my wife (Marie) who came to the clinic with me agreed that other than being concerned at the possiblity of having Alzheimers i was not of a depressive nature.
Bearing the above in mind he has decided it will be a good idea to try a course of anti-depressents before making any more judgements on a likely diagnosis.
Has anybody out there had any similar experiences and if so what was the eventual outcome ?
best wishes to you all
Gordon
I saw my Doctor back in October 2006 with problems regarding memory loss. He sent me to a neurologist who arranged a neurological assesment and a CT scan. In the meantime he had written to my doctor telling him he thought i fitted a
pattern that would lead to Alzhimers disease.
My CT scan was ok i also did quite well on the neurological assesments. I saw im recently in his clinic and he now thinks my memory lapses (which are getting worse) may be some sort of deep seated depression . He described it has Occult Depression. I must say i do not feel depressed and my wife (Marie) who came to the clinic with me agreed that other than being concerned at the possiblity of having Alzheimers i was not of a depressive nature.
Bearing the above in mind he has decided it will be a good idea to try a course of anti-depressents before making any more judgements on a likely diagnosis.
Has anybody out there had any similar experiences and if so what was the eventual outcome ?
best wishes to you all
Gordon