I feel I am losing my memory gradually, why is it for? is there any cure for that?

Question

I am a teacher 50 years old, in the recent years I feel gradually that my memory is not good as before. some time I cant recall my old freinds name. or where did I put my stuff. memorizing a telephone number is getting difficult and I forget many of daily task during the day. One thing that is very strange is to me is that sometimes my mind, eyes, and body are not acting in accordance with each other for doing job. for example when I go up through the stairs, after first step, saddenly I put my foot on the third step instead of the 2nd. This is very dengerous because you might be crashed and injoured. the other example, in dialing a number, after dieling the 2nd digit, my mind jumps to the 4th. digits instead of the 3rd. and it is funny; because you will get the wrong number each time. I think I miss some sequences between the entire task and jump one stage forward. in a mistake dialing a number, you can redial it again. but if you miss a stair you might lose your life. help me plse.

Answer 1

I'v read that exercising your mind is the best way to avoid memory loss, Im still young but alzhiemers runs in my family, so iv started early i get up early every morning and get the newspaper and sit down and do the crossword puzzles. Try it. doing anything with numbers or words, just do something that makes you think outside the box, make it challenging and try to do it everyday.

Answer 2

This sounds very much like Alzheimers, also called pre-senile dementia. The basic symptoms are:-

* Lapses of memory including forgetting things you have known for years and suddenly finding yourself somewhere and not remembering how you got there; and

* Clumsiness - some sufferers in the early stages are often accused of being drunk because their co-ordination doesn't work properly. A staggering gait, tripping over and so on are common.

Get to a doctor and describe your symptoms in detail. There are now several drugs available that are fairly new and which are believed to help arrest the progression of Alzheimers if it is caught early enough.

Good luck!

Answer 3

i wouldn't blame it to your age as i am 28, after loosing 3 close members of my family i was left with a very bad depression which lasted about 2,5 years and afterwards i was left with a very weak memory (similar to yours) doctors said it would get better but it hasn't now i am starting to get counselling. Which you could try too, to find out the what you have been blocking out, good luck....

Answer 4

You know, I'm 25 and sometimes I do the same thing. But mine is with reading numbers and letters. I think it's a slight dislexia, I read things backwards even though my eyes see it straight, my eyes tell my brain that it's the other way around. I would see your family doctor and check it out.

Answer 5

I'm sorry this is happening to you...You should really let you doctore know about this soon...Please get some help befor you fall down the stairs...Good luck And -God Bless-

Answer 6

I would talk it over with a doctor - it could be something that some simple supplements could fix - or it could be something that requires tests and/or prescription medication. Call ASAP, you don't want to let this go on. Be well.

Answer 7

When you past your prime time, things like muscle getting weak, bad memory. It is normal...

don't worry.. it is life. Your peak may be over

Answer 8

go to the g.p. please it could just be your age i think all these thing's have happened to me im 55 years old and some of these things happen to me you must go to the doctors we are not able to guess these kind of things, good luck go befor there's an accident.

Answer 9

dementia i am afraid.................. i had a tripple stroke 3 ys ago [ aged 46] i am loosing mine too