@Brawe Wocker UA-cam offers a lower resolution option so you don't turn your video card into Chernobyl. I just watched this video at 360 with no issues.
I am 86 years old. Forgetting a few things is perfectly normal at any age. Yes, I go upstairs to do something, get distracted, do something else. Not the worst thing that can happen ( unless I was going to the bathroom). I have an active life to lead. Worrying about all what might be as I get older is counterproductive and likely to induce just those problems. Nothing you can really do anyway. My advice? Get on with your life. Keep active. Do those things you enjoy and stop worrying.
Stress and anxiety can do this to you as well. What happens is when you're very stressed you don't concentrate on what you're doing at the time, then it's easy to forget things. I noticed when I'm relaxed I remember better.
That's very true. I used to think that there is no amount of distraction that can cause me to deconcentrate while doing everyday routines as well as more complicated work. But I was wrong. Last year i went through a period of a sheer amount of stress (the symptoms were mostly anger and anxiety) and noted how things were just "falling out" because suddenly your mind and attention belonged elsewhere. Priorities suddenly changed. Things that used to be important were not anymore. I could almost hear that scale of life priorities rolling like an empty barrel in my head. Then, I guess some mental fuses worked to get relief, and my mind gradually healed itself.
that must of been hard ... during covid i turned up at my mature friends home who was like a mum to me .. she had ptsd from her son ad freaked out at me that i was him .. i had to start talking everything off my face and head ... so she could see who it really was .. and she calmed down and said sorry i said i forgive you and i love you ...
Here's my opinion about memory as we age. When you are 25 and you need to remember something, you only have 25 years of files to go through. When you are 80, you have 80 years of files to go through....of course, memory is not going to be as quick! That's my story and I'm sticking to it! 🙂
The thing I dislike about getting older is dealing with this short term memory loss. And secondly, the thing I dislike about getting older is dealing with this short term memory loss.
My beloved Gram died at 91 and was still sharp as a tack. When she stopped doing her puzzles I knew she was declining in health. She died of bladder cancer and she was aware of everything going on. I don't know if that was a blessing or a curse. But I was blessed that I was able to spend the last week with her.
Interestingly, bladder cancer is associated to dimensia. I don’t know exactly how but I’ve read that people who get that type of cancer more likely to get dementia while that cancer is growing in them. That happened to my mentor.
My 94 year old mother has onset dementia now! She retired from work at bank at 83! She used to walk everyday with her little dog! Dog passed away three or so years ago and she stopped cooking and walking! She sits and watches TV and eats junk food and diet cokes! She hasn't had a sense of smell for quite awhile! My 98 year old dad is still driving, cutting grass, etc! He rides a stationary bicycle everyday! He can hear but is pretty mentally sharp for a 98 yr old! With mom's decline their independent living is nearing it end! Feb 20 2024 will be 75 years of marriage!
They are truly blessed. Your Dad understands how important activity is. My brother (81) has dementia and lives with me. He still drives. But will NOT stay active!! His doctors have stressed physical activity, but he sits and watches TV 24 hrs a day. I have tried talking to him, to no avail. Decline is on the way.
im a physician and i LOVE this guy, ive never heard anyone else speak on health who makes SO MUCH SENSE. His gift is being able to extract the important FUNDAMENTALS and present it in a way that ANYONE can understand.
True, he is THE man, giving out quality information for free, others would pay big money for. You know he is doing it for the good of the world. He is also one of the few successful youtubers that actually answer to comments regularly.
@@herindoors3694 I’m in early stages of dementia & greatly appreciated his presentation especially the fact he spoke slowly. Even then I had to rewind a few times. To each their own. Be well ✌🏼
I always wonder about this. For example does your mother play solitaire because she is sharp or is she sharp because she plays solitaire? Either way I’m so glad your mother enjoys good health❤️
Chronic stresses High anxieties Narcissistic abuse Years of repetitive abuse Neglect Years suffering from untreated, undiagnosed PTSD PTSD developed because of years of abuse Years of complex Trauma after Trauma… emotionally, physically, spiritually, economically, mentally, sexually, etc Can cause all these symptoms too 🤯
My mom had dementia for 5 years. Very slow fading away. Very heartbreaking condition and it’s tough because you want to help them get better and you can’t. In the beginning she knew who I was but towards the end she slept most of the time. She read, did crossword puzzles and was very smart about most subjects. She was a wonderful mother and I miss her but I’m glad her suffering is over.
In stage one, two, and three we must go on keto or ketovore in a strict way (low carb) moving toward one meal a day. Exercise too, high intensity interval training with weight training to ensure max cardiovascular and strength, the two things most important. In other words we must be strong and be breathing deeply regularly while never consuming sugar, starch, or seed oils. Dr Berg, Dr Berry, and Dr Ekberg. Good mentors.
My wife was diagnosed with dementia and Alzheimer’s about 18 months ago. Her planning function is gone and her personality is changing / has changed. As frustrating as that is for me, I remember that is her dementia talking to me but I’m still talking to the love of my life.
Don Kemp, bless you. I wish there was something I could do. I'm so sorry. I watched a video long ago where several people were helped by coconut oil, 1-2 Tablespoons. It's easy to take when you wash it down with a hot drink. Couldn't hurt. Saying a prayer for Mrs. K.❤
1. Reduction of brain endurance 2. change in posture 3. smaller handwriting 4. reduced sense of smell 5. reduced quality of sleep 6. hunched and curled up posture 7. loss of arm swing when walking 8. chronically poor judgment 9. losing track of date or season 10. losing things and being unable to retrace steps 11. difficulty being coherent in speech
My mom had dementia for about 4 years before she passed away, and watching her go through it was the most heartbreaking experience I’ve ever had. By the time she died, there was nothing left of HER, who she REALLY was. Her death was a blessing, I’m positive that she never wanted to live that way. She passed away exactly 2 months ago and I still grieve everyday, but I’m grateful that her suffering is over.❤
My Mom just passed away from dementia 5 days ago She was totally debilitated leg muscles contracted had to be spoon fed no more use of her voice but she still knew me when she wouldn’t eat for the rest home I would come there and she would eat for me She was surrounded by us in her transition and after she took her last breath I said out loud Ma you are free 😢❤
My father died from complications of vascular dementia last year. My fathers symptoms started 2 years earlier, but according to the specialist he must have had issues many years before that. He was a art history teacher at the university for over 45 years. It was heart wrenching to have seen him decline from a very intelligent man that gave art history master classes to someone that could not even go to the toilet by himself and watched cartoons all day long. Even now that I'm writing this I get all emotional......... The problem is that the more intelligent the particular person is, the better he/ she can hide it by compensating somehow.
I also lost my father last year to Alzheimer's. Like you, looking back with the benefit of hindsight, we believe that his decline also started many years ago. Going through his paperwork we can see inconsistencies and mistakes that are now glaringly obvious but were not picked up at the time because my dad used to maintain all of the household bills and deal with all of the paperwork himself. He also developed a hobby, upon his retirement, of tracing our family history and researching our family tree. However looking back through what he has done, sadly the majority of it has had to be discarded as it really just doesn't make sense. Not only has he developed links to just about every major historical figure worldwide, but he has even listed nonsensical data such as my mother is the father of some of her siblings. 5 years before his actual diagnosis, my mother became concerned about symptoms that he was displaying and went with him to see a doctor but was directly told that he didn't have dementia. We now know that wasn't true though and with the advice in this video I now wonder if the outcome may have been different today. My condolences for your loss, I'm glad that your dad found comfort in his cartoons at least. Mine had a stroke and was unable to move for 2 years before he died. He had no interest in reading or watching TV but would just lie in bed or sit in a wheelchair and call out for my mother all day. Even when she was there he didn't know her. I sat with him one day while my mother attended an appointment and he asked me if I was his jailer! Such a cruel and heartbreaking disease and I absolutely agree that at the time of his death, my father had long gone!
It was my mom that brought it to our attention. They were visiting us in California. Their home is in Arizona. They were getting ready to head home one morning when my mom approached me to say, "He can't do it." In other words he doesn't know how to get home. Mom knew there was a problem, but she could no longer keep it to herself. I would say, dad hid it well. He was in the early stages. One image I cannot erase from my mind is the look in my dad's eyes, in the later stages, wondering who I was??
Thanks! Stage 2 , age 70 . I'm working on better posture, particularly in movement like walking , intermittent keto fasting to get insulin resistance lowered and more ketone fuel for the brain, and staying physically active. I just hope this works . I have improved on recall and organization recently . Thank You Sten ❤
I just lost my sweet Mother to the horrid disease of dementia. She didn't get combative, but she forgot everything. She was my rock and best friend. My brother kept her at home and was her primary care giver. We were both with her holding her hands as she died. I wouldn't have it any other way. I take great comfort that I was able to tell her bye. I pray that we don't get dementia of any kind. I am going to be more active and try to eat more properly. Thanks for this video.
I moved out of state to try to split the difference between Mom's two homes. That was a mistake. Sadly none of my siblings knew how bad nursing homes are! They put her in assisted living which was bad enough, but when she went into the last place the pandemic hit and we couldn't even visit her; that was made worse because she could no longer use a phone, and visiting through the window was like she was seeing strangers staring in 😢
@Ken Fullman Keep a positive attitude about yourself. Eat right. They have a lot of good videos here with good information. Stay with good friends. Exercise as they say. Take care,
@Ken Fullman I'm so sorry you suffered with your mother's decline this way. May I ask, what is your lifestyle like, and what has been your diet? Smoker? Drinker? Take lots of medications? if yes, which ones? Are you a meat eater or vegetarian? Do you eat a lot of processed foods, and/or highly refined sugary products, sweets? Are you depressed? Do you live alone, or if you are in a marriage is it a stressful, rocky relationship, or more stable? How is work? still working, or retired? What do you do for leisure and to de-stress? These are all crucial questions to ask, and things to improve in your life, to clean up your life habits, etc.
As a Christian with, perhaps, early stage dementia, I tell my wife, "Try not to mourn me if it happens. Remember, "This, too, shall pass"." And, as I've been saying since my stroke (TIA), "I am EXCITED about the future. I can't WAIT to see what comes next!" If there's nothing after life, no one will ever know. In the meantime, my faith gives me ever-increasing joy, hope, and love for my life and appreciation for those around me. These are the BEST days if my life!
Such a good attitude. Faith is so important to have. May God Bless you always. May God also Bless your family as they move through this with you. They will all need faith, strength and patience to get through this with you. My Mom is 88 and has dementia. It is very hard on our family to see her like this. I just hope that inside herself she is happy. Stay strong.
This is fascinating. UA-cam didn't notify me of any of you all's comments until the fourth one and none of the Likes. Very strange. Thank you for all the well-wishes. They are appreciated. Let me clarify. I only think I may be developing dementia and so I am doing everything I can to arrest it. There are some very encouraging videos on UA-cam about possible Nutritional treatments. So... great! I'm all in!
I truly thought I had a touch of dementia when I realized I was going through perimenopause. But, things are turning around, as I am post-menopausal now. Thank God! Great informative video!
I've noticed when I am under stress, I forget things or get confused. I've seen similar reactions in other people. I think it's emotional overload. Good to know that exercise and posture can correct or postpone decline.
Mental tunnel vision. Also do you evet look for a term to flippantly use, fro. Another decade of life activity? Not eady to find anymore. Altho i don't have any problem besides verbal right now.
I've been thinking the same thing for quite some time now. I've been under stress about various parts of my life, and I've also noticed I'm more forgetful too. It's like a cloudy day sometimes.
I'm 70 and take omega 3 and multi vitamins and this year won the Dorset Major Chess championship. I have won it twice before but each time it coincided with losing weight. I lost 4 stones over 6 months through 1000 calories a day dieting. The message to me seems clear...lose weight and stay active.
Congratulations on your incredible achievement and for maintaining such discipline with your health and lifestyle! It's inspiring to see how staying active and managing your weight can make such a positive difference. Winning the Dorset Major Chess Championship at 70 is no small feat-well done
I have to say that I genuinely love listening to this guy. He really does have a way of explaining things without being alarming or dismissive. Very well spoken and QUALITY info presented! THANK YOU!
I really appreciate the feedback. My purpose is to help people understand and trust the healing capabilities of their bodies by explaining mechanisms. Comments like yours make it all worthwhile
I was in early stage dementia where I was already stuping and arm swing and leg swing out of sync. I'm 70 years old. I changed my posture and forced my legs and arms to swing properly then did high intensity exercises coupled with intermittent easy walking and my brain noticably responded the next day. I've kept it up and have revovered my MIND after only a month of attending to getting blood flow to my brain !!!❤😂😅😊 Thank you dr. Ekberg !
Many of those symptoms listed under the "When to worry" section have been with me since forever. I mean it, I'm 42 and I've always had problems with time perception, managing budgets, retracing steps, even being hunched over (my family always tried to make me straighten up my back, but I still struggle standing up straight). The thing is I also have ADHD and I found out recently I'm autistic, of all things. There's a lot of overlap on the symptoms and they are very, very similar.
Hi Jean, I am 73 and was diagnosed with "mild cognitive impairment", but I am a Spanish teacher and am not going to let that stop me. You mentioned that you are autistic. I would recommend you not let any of those "Labels" define you or hold you back! You are awesome and I wish you a very long and productive life.
@@wandamcdonald3908I was so scared my self, I felt like there was a whole in my brain, I couldn’t remember my thought or what I was speaking about, I just start HRT, I’m 54 I start to feel better , no labels we are whole and perfect as the creation of the god the most high 🪴🍀💜
Facts. I'm 67, also on the spectrum and have ADD, CPTSD and blah blah lol. Anyway, meds help a great deal as far as organization and focus. But also we (autistic people) just see and perceive things differently - I think, including time. Some people struggle with the concept of a layered multiverse - to me, it's like "Well geez, you all are just now figuring that out?" My Gram summed it up well so many years ago when she said (in heavy Maine brogue) "Never you mind, dear. We may be weird, but we're harmless." So Imma not worry about all that. Memento Mori. Life is short. Friggin' enjoy it instead of making yourself miserable. (Just an aside, my husband and I MMO game - we also play some FPS and such but we love being able to play together MMO style. Seriously it takes your total attention to play even somewhat well. There are many things which keep your mind constantly busy. Personally I think it's a great way to exercise the mind. I'm not talking about repetitive point-and-click stuff or mind-numbing nonsense like candy crush or whatever. I mean completely open world gaming. He got me into it when we first got together and he created a monster.😆😆😆) Be well and happy, folks!
My late husband’s dementia specialist told me “everybody forgets where they put their keys sometimes, worry when you find them and don’t know what they’re for”
It's important to mention that forgetting specifically names or having a habit of not being able to remember names specifically is not a sign of dementia per se. So it's really important to recognize that. Some people are not good with names at all during their entire life. Doesn't mean they have dementia.
Also, forgetting where you put things can be a sign of too busy or stressed. Even if you forget important things, it can be lots of other things, or just the way you are. Forgetting the name someone new can be just because they were not interesting enough to remember. It is when you forget people very close to you, or even your own name, that bells should ring. When we have so much to remember these days with pins passwords phone numbers, how not to get scammed, killed or catfished…something has got to give. An old friend used to say, when your brain gets full of information some things have to be ditched to make room for more. My mother wasn’t demented but even in her 40s because she was highly stressed, she would forget all sorts of things, leave taps running, things cooking until burnt and she would go through saying all our names before getting to the one she wanted. Stress is bad.
Indeed, I have always been bad with remembering names, I constantly forget WTH I put my keys my entire life. Always chalked it up to just being forgetful, or what nowadays is considered attention deficit disorder (which wasnt even a thing when I was growing up).
@@PetroicaRodinogaster264 agree, although even forgetting names of those close to you can be caused by severe stress. Happened to me and once that passed the name issue disappeared. Stress causes all sorts of issues and none of it has to do with dementia.
I have always had trouble remembering names. I worked in a local government office and first names were so difficult to remember. I knew their last name, i knew where their farm was, what it looked like, and what their farm number was. Their first name? As soon as I saw the folder I knew his name! There was 1800-2000 farms.
I've never been able to remember names. In a group setting where people are being introduced, by the time the third person is introduced, I've forgotten the first two people's names! I've been like that since I was 20!
I've worked with the elderly for 15 years as an assisted living and memory care Administrator. There is ONE commonality that is an underlying factor in every case with those who had dementia aside from substance abuse. They lived highly stressful lives, either to stressing over everything small thing, stress in their relationships, events that are beyond their control, or the profession they worked in. If you want to preserve your memory eliminate as much stress as you can from your life.
@Juliana Lacroix i left my toxic job after working there for over 13 years. Stressful and toxic. At my new job it had made a world of difference. I almost geel guilty for no longer feeling stressed.
That's a very good point. As I was watching the video, I was thinking about two close friends that are showing signs of dementia. They both have experienced (and continue to experience) stressful relationships. One of them also stresses over every small thing. It can certainly be difficult to avoid stress in our lives, but I agree it's very important.
@@larryhagman5514 Jobs are not the only cause of stress. There are relationships ... and not just relationships one can get out [easily] like simply quitting a job ... there are relationships where one cannot be free until the other in the relationship answers the call of God.
This video was very painful to watch, but it is spot on. I am 64. I lost my mother to dementia yesterday morning. She was just a few days short of her 89th birthday. Watching this video was exactly like watching Mom decline. I only wish my brother, who held all the cards, could have seen this video too, and maybe agree to pay for the care she needed and deserved.
My mom passed this January 31, she was 19 days from celebrating her 88th birthday. She had dementia and Alzhimers. Had a massive stroke 7 years ago..Sorry for your loss. 😔😥😟🌹🕊
I think every person with a parent who developed dementia lives with the concern it could happen to them. I'm seriously worried how I can't remember where I just set down my coffee (phone, glasses, etc.).
@@bjelfin my mother is almost 94 and has been in the last stages for a long time, she needs total care. I came to see her as my sister thought she was dying, she didn’t. My sister looks 10 yrs older than her age, my mother was never easy but she looks good, better than I do. I’m 67. So far my sister who runs her estate figures we’ve spent about 500,000 thousand dollars on her care, she’s in California. She had a good life, any thought of the money going to her hard working children instead of the long term care industry and CEO’s is questionable. No one, absolutely no one wants to live like this and have their inheritance go to Corporate instead of their family or whoever they wanted to have it. But they have no idea what’s happening. And yes it’s my biggest fear, I do have a plan in place. I’m not going to have people feed me me and change my diaper for the last 10 years of my life and chip away the inheritance for my children while I lay in bed groaning in agony but unable to speak or think coherently.
My sister used to say "It's like this. When we get old, it's either your body or your mind that goes. And if it's your mind, you won't know about it." She died 3 years ago after 20 years of dementia.
Please accept my condolences on the passing of your sister. She must have been a strong presence in your life as you continue to keep her spirit alive by speaking of her. ❤
I could not agree with you more 👍🏻. Dementia is devastating to families and loved ones when it strikes, and raising awareness to help prevent/delay the onset of this terrible disease is a great thing your doing 🙏💪🙋♀️
@@drekberg Hey doc. Hope ur doing well. Thanks for these videos. I wanted to ask u something. Am 17 and recently I've been noticing that my body is vibrating/ shaking internally. It is really annoying when I do any work. Last week I had a really high fever and cold. I took 3 paracetamol tablets each 560 mg and after a few days this started. What do you think I should do ? Please help
My Aunt was the biggest Health Nut ever. Only ate onions, carrots, stuff like that. Took heaps of vitamins. But Alzheimer's is stronger than any 'supplement.' It was kind of funny how I spent 10 of our last 18 yrs. together trying to teach her how to write a check. For the memo line, she invariably would write "electric" or "phone" instead of the account number. I'd explain that they know who they are. Each day, I had hope, would go over it clearly, but still she would write "phone!" She lived to be 91, but in bad shape mentally.
@@rubyparchment5523 did your aunt go into menopause early? That to doesn't help if that is the case. HRT can help with some protection if taken within the first 5yrs.
Symptoms of other illness can present as dementia such as an urinary tract infection in an elderly person. If the doctor or hospital overlook this, demand your loved one be tested for a urinary tract infection.
@@Dbb27 my mom hadd same but we cudnt understand and now im lost without her..her painful situation just haunts even when she is gone .God help me Amen
I think this does not capture the earlier symptoms that I see quite a bit in patients. From my observations, what I have seen first is 1) difficulty learning new information 2) more difficulty with decision making 3) difficulty with cognitive flexibility - when there is an idea fixed in one's head - something happens at a particular time, in a particular way, there is more difficulty coping when the unexpected happens. This all kind of melds into increased difficulty using new information to factor into making a decision.
And what do you advise them (us) about it? Medicines, exercise, activities, diet? I am on the edge of panic a lot of the time and the stress is damaging.
This is really eye opening. I see some of the very early symptoms in myself and have questioned this. I'm very sedentary and this is my wakeup call to get moving, even if everything hurts!
Start very slow. Eg 5 repetitions, the following week up to 7 repetitions and so on...if you do too much, you can get bone fractures due to too much force being put on your bones too quick.
According to research by the University of Virginia Department of Perceptual Studies, there is a phenomenon called "terminal lucidity". It describes situations in which people with severe dementia, who could not recognize relatives, could not express themselves, etc. completely recovered their lucidity shortly before death. It implies that the "person" who has seemed to disappear due to dementia is not actually gone, but elsewhere until shortly before death. The implication is that the "person" is the soul, not the body, not the brain.
Impending doom concentrates the mind wonderfully apparently...but how ? Does it suggest that brain is still 100 % intact but we have lost the 'energy' to access it until 'fear' gives us the necessary energy we need to access it ? My own personal guess is that living alone in old age is the worst situation to be in and the likeliest cause of dementia.
@tom alba my longest-lived grandparent, who was lucid till the end, swore by coconut oil. i also have a friend whose grandfather had alzheimer's and benefitted tremendously from 2 tbsp. coconut oil daily. my friend is a nurse and had heard about the research, otherwise she wouldn't have known. he went from having mostly stopped speaking to remembering more words, to actually speaking in full (maybe short, but full) sentences! i fell out of touch with her but that progress was just within a few months. BTW i googled "Ongo Melena de Leon" = lion's mane mushroom. indeed, known for neurological / brain benefits!
@@drekberg hi dr. ekberg. i love your videos. you're the smartest, clearest, most honest doctor on the interwebs. you're not trying to sell us anything, just educate us so we can be "health champions" (love that phrase!). i have a question i'm wondering if you could address at some point (or maybe you have, and i just haven't found the video), which is about some negative side effects of keto and IM that pre-menopausal women can experience, and any strategies you may be able to suggest to address them. when i tried healthy keto (no processed foods; healthy meats, fats, low-carb veg) and IM, i had some clear benefits, but also, increased insomnia and anxiety, hair loss, and ultimately, i lost my period. doing some research, it seems like i was experiencing increased cortisol. is there any way to do keto / IF but manage it so cortisol doesn't increase? i found a few answers but nothing from trustable sources. plus most stuff out there on keto is very all or nothing. i feel stuck in a bind and feel like given the way you approach every topics with nuance, this is something i'd love to hear your thoughts on!
In my case, the forgetfulness and "brain fog" was NOT dementia. (I wasn't old at the time anyway.) It turned out to be kidney failure, causing in a buildup of toxins in my brain that my kidneys could no longer excrete. If you have such symptoms, don't assume it's dementia. There are systemic causes as well that should be investigated.
@@neena9202 The type of kidney failure that I have--primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis--is not reversible. The treatment is regular dialysis or a kidney transplant.
Thank You Steven Litvintchouk. Sorry about your kidneys. You're absolutely right that there are multiple possible causes for various symptoms. That's why all my videos include explanations of mechanisms, so people can get the bigger picture and start understanding themselves better.
I hope you understand just how much of a blessing you are Doc to millions of people! Your education & clarification of so many things raises awareness and that is so valuable to me. Thank you!
I am turning 70 in one month. This talk is wonderful because I know I am changing but am not considered by my regular physician, friends and family to be moving into dementia. They don't know what I am truly experiencing and how I am compensating for the loss of my brain function. From this video on the various stages I can identify my level of decline. For one thing it is not a straight line but I am experiencing various symptoms that mix/ between the different levels. This is going to give me a way to truly explain to the doctor and family where my level is and not be considered a black and white dementia or none dementia. I know the symptoms I am having and am now going to start a journal of my actions/losses and the dates. Thank you so much for giving me a useful tool to document my decline to discuss it with the doctor.
My mother was in a poor state, but got her BMI down to the recommended level by having large breakfasts, small lunches and no dinner (it took about 8 months). Following the WAHLS Protocol diet (no refined carbs, lots of fresh vegetables and fish/chicken). Her memory and completion has improved dramatically during that time.
I'm 80 but have ALWAYS been extremely "absent-minded" thus its hard for me to judge declination in this regard. I do sometimes grasp for common words. there's a celeb that passed at hard rock cafe here in FL via suicide and it took me quite some time to come up with her name. yeah Anna Nicole Smith. I had to actually look it up! But previously I knew it because that place is about 60 miles from my residence. Are you having difficulty subtracting odd numbers? I've never been that good at math so I gotta think about each subtraction but the thing is how does performance compare now to the past? yeah that's the key. its not how things are going now its how things are going compared to past performance & he failed to mention this. in essence its a relative scenario one really can't compare against someone else in the early stages you gotta compare to an earlier version of yourself.
I am not sure if this is legit, but I started playing piano and it seems to really help with mental function. Maybe its the coordination that you end up developing which that has a positive effect. But it also really stimulates your short term memory because you have to remember patterns in a very fast succession.
Learning new, challenging skills has been shown to help mental function. Need to make sure you keep working on new, more challenging pieces to continue benefits.
I’m watching these to find out how to prevent dementia because my father just died and he had dementia, but I do take issue with saying that the person is “just gone” and “not there.” as if his life had no value. I learned more about my father in the last few years of his life than I ever knew, and his short term memory deteriorated, but his long term memory was somehow better as memories from his childhood in the 1930s and youth up to the 1950s suddenly came to the surface. He was singing songs, telling stories, and full of humor and memories about those days. His brain wasn’t totally gone. His brain just lost massive short term memory
I'm so sorry for your loss. I know what you mean. My mother died of pneumonia 15 yrs after being diagnosed with dementia. I never once thought of her as gone or not there during those years. She was always my mom. I did a lot of worrying about her at first because she thought my brother was my father and that the year was decades before. But I was fortunate to get her on Aricept early on, and it worked very well in her case. She knew who everyone was again and she knew everything that was going on around her. Plus, she didn't deteriorate in all those years. She knew us all right up till her last breath. She sang too. She would sing the theme song to the "New Tricks" TV show nearly every day: "It's all right, it's okay, we're getting to the end of the day." :) And she could even remind me of things I'd forgotten at times! Just because she was different didn't mean she had disappeared altogether. Please don't worry you might get the same condition as your father. I read that the majority of dementia is not inherited by children and grandchildren. In rarer types of dementia there may be a link, but these are only a tiny proportion of overall cases of dementia. The Alzheimer Society says that in the vast majority of cases (99 in 100), Alzheimer’s disease is not inherited. If your father had developed it young that would have made it a bit more likely to be a faulty gene, but it sounds like he lived to a ripe old age. He sounded like quite a character and left you a lot of his memories to add to your history. All the best to you.
Again so sorry to hear about your loss. I listened to a work related lecture on dementia. Speaker explained it’s like shaking a bookcase, and the recently added books (so recent memories) on top will fall off first, leaving the books in a more secure location (older memories) still there. Most interesting. The speaker also explained that even if the person with dementia doesn’t remember the very pleasant outing they just had, they’ll still feel really good about their day (without necessarily knowing exactly why). So yes they have feelings and they’re not gone as a person.
@@paramirarSoy alemán de 72 años y estoy aprendiendo español exactamente por este motivo. Últimamente he tenido problemas para encontrar palabras y tengo presión arterial alta. Por eso cambié mi dieta drásticamente. Ahora estudio 1-2 horas todos los días (tenía el español como segunda lengua extranjera cuando me gradué de la escuela secundaria hace muchos años, pero he olvidado mucho). Aparte de eso salgo a pasear con mi perro también dos o tres horas. Es bueno para mí y sólo puedo recomendarlo.
Dr. Ekberg I cannot thank you enough for this video because I feel empowered after viewing it. I just buried my 80 year old mother who began exhibiting signs of Alzheimer's in her mid fifties. The past ten years was torture for her. I was her caretaker for the past ten years until my mother had to go to a nursing home because of swallowing and breathing problems. I have had a closeup of how devastating this disease is and it terrifies me. My maternal grandmother and aunt also had it. I am terrified that I have it too and actually avoided presentations like yours out of terror. This is the first I have watched and you have reduced some of my fears by informing me I can take actions to prevent or slow it down. I am now in my 60s and was convinced I probably have it and am helpless even though I am not exhibiting symptoms. It seems to me that my grandmother, aunt, and especially my mother, just passively accepted it, but I want to fight it with all I have. Thank you.
@@richardlawson6787 Thank you. I have never heard of huperzine. I am willing to fast. I already cut out most carbs and sugar (type 2 diabetes) How often should I fast?
I just lost my mother to Dementia and Alzheimer's she passed about 2 weeks ago . She struggled with it for more than 12 years . Every word this man speaks in this video is on point , from the very beginning to the end . It's been tough .
I had symptoms of early onset dementia and was devastated. I'd not long lost my mother to vascular dementia ( smoking related). I was talking to my sister in law about getting tested, and she told me before I make an appointment with my doctor to go through the medications I was taking. She is a medical professional and told me that it was the high dose of gabapentin I was taking for neurological pain. I told my doctor I wanted to come off them and would rather tolerate the back pain than feel like I was losing my mind. Over a few months, the dose was tapered until I was off them completely. The difference was like the difference between night and day. The brain fog had disappeared.
Gabapentin interferes with one's brain's ability to form new synapses, make new mental connections, and learn. I was using it for back pain (and anxiety), but have run into insurance issues, so I cannot purchase my long acting Neurontin. The back and knee pain have begun to kick back up, but my inattentive ADD is a bit better.
I was out on huge doses of Gabapentin by my pain specialist. Then over time 3 people close to me told me my personality had changed. I stopped cold Turkey - not knowing I wasn’t meant to- but wow- I had no idea what an effect it had in me. Amiltriptyline was similar in that it made me feel like a zombie until after midday. These drugs sneak up on you. You don’t realize until you stop!
I have the same symptoms on Gabbapentin, I refuse to take any opioids but the brain fog and my loss of articulation is very evident, I feel like I can't win,
My wife had a stroke in 2010. Left her w aphasia and paralized on right side. The last 3 yrs she has gone into decline by looseing weight from a 2x to currently a large . Her appatitite has great diminushed as well . Shes still alert strong vital sighns. This last month in feb 2024 showing sighns of confusion and lack of emotions. She sleeping more as well. I have been her 24/7 caregiver all this time . Shes been on hospice now a year and half. Totally bedridden. I keep her dry and clean .shes incognatent. And constant pain. W pain meds every ,4 hours. I keep her turned and lots of pillows i have listened to you alot .thank you. I lost my mom in 2021 . Wish i had you then. To help. I was her caregiver as well. As she too became bed ridden . She went fast. Only 3 months . You are great keep helping.
Bless your heart, Robert. That is a heavy burden you bear. There aren't many men who would do what you're doing for your wife. I pray all of God's blessings, strength, endurance, and peace be yours through this journey. You have my utmost admiration and a huge bear hug.
I feel so sorry for you but I extend my greatest admiration. I wish I had gotten that opportunity. My loved one suffered from aphasia, paralysis and mutism and neurologists swears he did not have a stroke therefore was not given proper care (therapy, follow up). Claimed he had untreatable dementia. He still knew who I was and was eating well but needed a lot of therapy. His son chose to bedfast him and put him on hospice, restricting oxygen to his brain. He died within one month. I am grieving as it’s only been 4 months and so angry at the healthcare system for their lack of care and misdiagnosis.
Likely you are aware of this as a medical professional: my late husband, who had worked for 9 years as a manager of a retirement village, had undergone ongoing training in this capacity, particularly regarding dementia. Not long before his retirement, he told me he thought he may have early signs of dementia - purely because he recognized some typical symptoms. He continued to be active in our community after he retired from this post aged 65, never mentioning dementia again. But in his 72nd year, he suddenly had typical mild stroke symptoms- our GP was alert enough to get him to a neurosurgeon and have an MRI scan done - Nigel had a massive tumour on the right side of his brain. This was successfully removed, as he came home three days after surgery and continued working part time jobs, intricate jobs! Then 7 months later the tumour returned, this time his symptoms were more aggressive, in that he faded in and out of normal life, getting confused with how old he was. Why I mention this to you - how many people are likely being diagnosed with dementia, when in fact they may have a treatable brain tumour? Nigel did not die from cancer, btw, he died from a hospital virus. - the new tumour, in the same site, was also removed successfully.
June Thiel My deepest condolences on your loss of Nigel. Sounds like you both went through a lot before that hospital "souvenir" got him. My dad survived a difficult surgery, only to catch a horrible virus. The nurse said the surgeon kept a suit on-site that has never been cleaned that he wore for the last patient visit prior to their release. My dad was never the same.
My Father's stress induced dementia is one of the reasons I decided to finally take control of my health. It has been scary seeing the swift change in his mind in such a short period of time. We have to do all we can to preserve our body and mind. Thanks for your extremely helpful lectures Dr. Ekberg!
@tom alba Is it the saturated fatty acids your brain is made off of? Why not choose animal fats containing cholesterol and many other nutrients for a healthy brain? More tastier anyway.
My mother taught yoga until age 95, and could still do all the postures herself. She started dementia at around age 90, and passed away at 98, at which stage she had it pretty badly but still had some lucid moments. I am 85, active, dancing and doing fitness classes. I'm noticing some new forgetfulness that is frightening me. I was told that I would probably develop dementia because my mom had it. I do mind games and am a writer. Although no one has mentioned any changes in me, I am watching myself very carefully-I live alone, and hate to think what my future would be if I went the same route as my mom. I also entertain on piano at retirement and care-giving facilities and have witnessed the power of music-I've heard that playing the piano is a good exercise for the mind.
Did you have the jab? My dad had all doses and since, problems started occuring, like prostate, hearing and the latest is dementia. A very bright, clever, excellent memory man (as was his dad and family) with great knowledge, now forgets serious stuff and even went missing once when he couldn't remember his way back home. I'm not sure if you can detox, but well, do all you can. Look up pranic healing too and also heavy metal detox. Eat cleaner. Take care.
Don’t worry about it you won’t necessarily follow in your Mom’s footsteps. With dementia your friends and family will probably notice it first. I had a dear friend that even forgot she had dementia and kept driving. She ended up on the freeway going down the wrong way. Before she passed she still couldn’t recognize dementia in herself and she was an RN. She died about two years into her diagnosis not from dementia but heart disease.
What is your diet like if I may ask? I might not see your response because I had my notifications disabled so if you just like my comment when responding I can see if you had responded or not. The reason I'm asking is because I've been researching the carnivore diet and there are many people who have reversed their mental ill-health as well as physical ill-health with a carnivore diet. They've reversed MS, fibromyalgia, epilepsy, depression etc. There seems to be a correlation between eating too many carbs and Dementia or Alzheimers. People with these conditions in old age homes deteriorate because their diets are loaded with carbs. The brain is a fatty organ. It needs fats to thrive. And too often we're starving it because we eat too much bread or pasta.
@@Ashtarot77 Someone with knowledge! I'll add to that with my own thoughts: - along with carnivore, add as many Omega 3s as you can tolerate, at least 5-6grams a day of epa/dha. Most 1 gram soft gels have 300-400mg of epa/dha, so try and take 4-5 gels with each meal. Or pay for more quality and go with liquid- Nordic Naturals or Carlsons fish oil. - fasting. Fasting for roughly 3-4 days will get most people into autophaghy, where the body scavenges itself, cleaning uneeded and damaged cells. Many people believe this prevents cancer and even eliminates infections like herpes.
I’m 99% sure my dad has dementia and I brought it up to my step mom and she’s in complete denial. I don’t know what to do. Sometimes I think I’m crazy because I’m the only one in a big family that notices it. But I take notes every-time I see him and it’s undeniable.
Download the dementia test and have her be there while he takes the quizzes. Also, download the dementia for non-paid care givers and have her read it. It explains it to her.
Get him Ch he out in hospital with bloods, thyroid, B12 etc checked. After that no harm to put him on Thiamine supplements. Avoid medications that have anti-cholinergic side effects - they cause/ worsen cognitive decline. After that encourage reading & keeping a diary. Then little else that can be done. I’m not surprised your step mum doesn’t want him labelled- get him checked out while trying to avoid him being labelled as doctors then become biased.
I Just turned 70. My newly discovered sleep issue, due to my recent retirement, and poor posture, due to aches and pains, need adjustment. Thank goodness for viewing your video in time! Invaluable content!
Stage 3 is a story of my life since school. My mother had dementia. So scary. She didn't know who I am. About movment. My dog sais the same: "Move woman. I'll go with you. Just get up." And he is so right.
I always felt my dads alzheimers was caused by his diet and after an unexpected move for him boredom. I wish he could have gotten helped sooner. One thing you said in last stage they say random words with no context. With my father language was the first to go. I helped with some tasks that day I complained of mild back ache my father said " why dont you go water your fins" while it was funny and cute. We were always able to understand him. He was telling me to go take a hot shower. What i didn't see you mention is that besides forgetting names, activities, and location of items things they forget is. I live him I would not steal from him. But every day he was convinced everyone was stealing from him. He actually stole my belongings thinking i stole them from him. Its hard listening to your parent call you a thief every day. They forget how to use the toilet. Like they never had the sensations before. They forget how to walk, they forget that they don't know how to walk. They forget what a fork is and why we use it. They forget they are supposed to eat. They forget how to eat. The pain in the tummy of hunger, they don't know what it is. i wish he would have only forgotten my name I can't imagine the fear he felt. But he kept the connection with his wife and he knew me. So i think it brought him some comfort
I have a sister in law that had a very severe stroke when she was 32 due to lupus. She acted exactly the same as you describe. She to this day has to use a wheel chair and can't speak in full understandable sentences. Stroke can Mimic dementia. People should be aware of this.
I'm so terrified of dementia and I'm creeping into the more concerning stage of decline. Constant stress and fatigue over the past three years have taken a hard toll on my whole body, especially my brain, and I feel so exhausted all the time.
@@iraschellenberg-kollenstei2247 It's s very true to get enough sleep. I've struggled with that all my life. Also have dementia in my family. I just try not to stress, just do your best ok
I have had a problem with names all my life. I learned to listen better which has helped me a lot. I could always remember what a person said but couldn't remember his or her name. I learned Spanish in my late 60s. Lifelong exercise fanatic. Walk, Run every day and resistance training 2-3 times a week. I was a pole vaulter and decathlete in high school. I'm 82 now and very healthy. Thanks Doc. I love to learn.
I also have difficulty learning names. What I find helps a lot is if I say it out loud, more than once if possible. "Nice to meet you Anna." "Well, Anna, as much as I'm enjoying our chat I must go." Sometimes I pretend I forgot something important after they walk away "Anna, wait!" It doesn't seem to matter how much I try to remember a name by thinking about it, it doesn't work. Saying it out loud does the trick, it's like it involves a different part of the brain.
Es gibt viele Menschen, die die Schwäche haben, sich Namen zu merken. Das sind meist Menschen, welche in Bildern lernen und Erinnerungen in Bildern ablegen. Das ist kein Zeichen von beginnender Demenz. Namen lassen sich schlecht in Bildern ablegen, daher ist das vergessen von Namen ganz normal für diese Menschen.
I have had many of these symptoms since I was in my 20s, whenever I was under extreme stress. It’s always upsetting, especially now that I’m in my 70s. So far I’ve been able to handle it by getting through the stressful situations, getting rest and upping my protein and fat intake, and “trying” to limit sugar. I also remind myself that dementia doesn’t run in my family (lucky me) and of my own history. This is so scary.
@@Miz-Newsy for me it’s situational. I think as we get older, though, we might worry a bit more. Yes, there are many possible reasons for just about any symptom.
Try Magtein (Magnesium L-Threonate). I take "Nero-Mag" which is helpful. I have ADHD but doctors didn't figure that out until 2004 (when I was 36) ...even after I suggested it for 4 or 5 years😑 My script for that was life changing to say the least. My brain works far better now at 55 then it did when I was 10.
Also, stress can lower your vitamin D levels. Low vitamin D can lead to anxiety and/or more stress... a vicious cycle. (Vitamin D is actually a hormone). My doctors failed to test my vitamin D levels until I requested it. It was so low they put me on a script. That was my 2nd life changing script.😀 Just something to consider!
The forget names thing freaks me out. I was at church one day and was helping out in prayer. This lady that I have known for a long time and asked for prayer and my mind just went completely blank. I couldn’t remember her name. I was mortified!! Dementia and Alzheimer’s runs in my family on both sides. My grandmothers had it.
Dr. Ekberg please do not change your approach to videos, and keep your 20-25 minute timeframe. We love your in depth approach and the fact you explain things. It is so much more powerful and convincing to learn WHY things are as they are. Thank you! I have learned so much from you.
Love you Doc, I watched my grandmother decline rapidly, and my father who is now a diabetic is showing symptoms at 63. He won't get active, change his diet, or do anything to even try to combat it. I'll try to sit him down and show him this video, thank you sir.
I'm sure that exercise and keeping busy in social clubs, groups, etc. helps greatly. I just think that maybe this works for some more than it does others.
Thank you very much. I'm 85 and barely into the early stage from normal. It is barely detectable. I was an IT System Designer and Project Manager, so Lists and Post-its are not a useful indicator of decline. I write lengthy, carefully constructed political articles, commentary, responses, etc. on the Internet. I am active and straight as a cadet. This is great, but you have reminded me to stay aware that my priority is to be me all the way through. Plus you've given me some things to watch for and to do for maintenance. Thanks again Dr. Stan.
Thanks for sharing. I'm only a retired CNA but I've worked with Alzheimers, dementia and people with declining memory for over 25 years. There are differences. The youngest dementia resident was only 39 years old in a nursing home. She had been a drug addict. So maybe it was caused or triggered by the drug use. She was like a senior in a young body. Her long wavy hair had turned very gray and white. Her body was declining, she used a walker. One client had Louie bodies. Hope I'm saying that right. When I would visit her once she said the little children were running around the apartment. So, I opened the door and pretended to shoo them all out one by one. It worked. She thanked me. She was in her late 80's. Lastly, one client would hide money in different places. Behind pictures in the frame and stuffed in slippers. Then she told her family the money was missing. They thought I took it. I told the Agency what she was doing. They found the money. Lastly a husband was taking care of his wife and she told me ' this nice man is taking care of me', they had been married over 60 years. Thank you for this information.
My mother discovered a few months after Dad's passing that he had hidden dollar bills in books. She was going to donate the books but for some reason thought to flip through them. Boy, was she surprised. I think she finally came up with a couple hundred dollars.
@@mariafox3782 Interestingly, I was helping a senior as a HHA, Home Health Aid, back in 1978. She accused me of stealing her money. I discovered she was hiding money behind pictures in picture frames and in old slippers. I told the Agency I was working for and they told the family that it wasn't me. They found the hidden moneys.
I lost my dad to this evil disease a week ago. Watching his regression over the past year during this horrendous pandemic isolation to his last breath was just heartbreaking 😓
This was beneficial as my 94 year old dad is afflicted with Alzheimer’s. He’s stage 6 according to this and declining rapidly. Thank you for this information and tips.
Having worked in health care for over 20 years the human body has never ceased to amaze me as to what it can endure. I've seen people totally neglect & abuse themselves for years & yet the body keeps going. Imagine if we really looked after our bodies & respected them? What a differance it would make!?
My neighbors were married nearly 60 years. She started down this horrible path and her husband took it upon himself to care for her until the end stage, when he finally surrendered her to a nursing home. The stages you described were very clearly shown in her steady demise. It is a truly horrible way to die.
One of James Garners' last TV movies was based on a man whose wife was institutionalized and didn't recognize him any more, and in fact, was in fear. I can't remember the show just a decade ago but it was really touching .
@@louisliu5638 it sure was a touching performance. The movie reminds me of my parents and the love they had for each other. They were married for 65 years but sadly they both passed away in 2022. I will love and miss them forever.
I took care of my mother for 20 years. I feel my family is putting me there . I dismiss my brothers and sisters because of their lives when they need me. Now everyone is out of my life. I know I get it. Play the way my mom was then I'll be there too. I'm fighting because I'm not going there. I'm 70 and I'm still working my life. Thank you God Bless🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️
I wrote a poem about a visit to my mum in hospital. She had late stage dementia. 'Visiting' A glimpse of mum, as I knew her (And she knew me) Is all I ever have before she sees me And I become my Auntie Jess, and she my sister Who remembers everything I cannot..... Bus times to Market, what’s on the Wireless, Where she’s put her Ration Book. How could I forget 'Gone With the Wind' And seeing it with her at the Grand? (Ten years before she’d even met my dad.) Or how I cried at the end and got mascara on her New 'Joan Crawford' dress? I baulk at outright lies -is this sorry charade For me or for her? My facade falters and her smile vanishes, Her certainty dissolves Into wariness and confusion. It’s time to slip away, Back through the glass door. Another glimpse of Mum, face taut with concentration, As she scans the fog For the wisps of shadow I know to be Her memory of me.
This is a great poem; it gives such insight into this condition. May God strengthen you and your mom. May God also provide for you this day, and always.🙏
I had stress-related memory loss a couple years ago. One important point is that it was good full workup. It is really important to distinguish between stress-related memory dysfunction and dementia. These have different reversal approaches. The cognitive dimensions also have a different profile. Stress-related memory dysfunction is usually a matter of the hippocampus atrophying under high amounts of cortisol. Particular signs of stress-related decline include high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, and even blood sugar control problems.
If you have been under considerable stress for some time and are a senior, how do you know if some of these symptoms are due to stress or beginning of dementia.
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Since I retired I notice that I am having memory loss, sometimes I can recall it with a few minutes and sometimes not at all. I am 77, have arthritis in my hands, I exercise every other day. I eat fairly well no desserts, but some package foods. I am active doing my hobbies. So thank for sharing. I will watch the next video.
My mom is in the later stages of Alzheimers, she was a consistent walker, exercised and ate hordes of fruits and vegetables all her life, never drank, smoked. My dad died afer56 years of marriage and she shortly afterwards was diagnosed with lymphoma and then alzheimers. I believe it was the emotional pain that caused both of these diseases.
I was wondering the same also. My great grandmother who passed from Alzheimer’s was obsessed with her youthful glory days and was angry at the thought of getting old. My grandmother has dementia now but is like your mom, eats very healthy, exercises and dances a lot but there was about 20 years when we couldn’t locate her son (my uncle) and she worried incessantly about him. He turned up a few years ago but while she does remember him (and all of us) she has the signs of dementia.
My mom is 94. She has late stage dementia. She doesn't remember having been married for 65 years. Nor any of her four kids. Her memory retention is around 5-10 seconds and then she's forgotten what was just said. She's in an assisted living group home. This disease is terrible. She led such a full life and dementia has robbed her of all her life's memories.
so very sorry! 😥Sounds like you are still in her life which is hard on you but you'll be glad you were there for her, trust me. I do work in many of these places and so many of these poor souls are alone-no one ever comes. Maybe she doesn't know you are there but it will bring you comfort after she is gone to know that you never abandoned her. Stay strong & God bless you
I was doing a social service survey for the elderly and one poor woman notice my brooch. Every 5 minutes or so, she would notice it and say, "My, you have a lovely brooch." I would tell her thank you, but it made me sad for her. She was so very nice and had a beautiful home.
I have dementia stage#3 nearly 4, i've been a nerd since I was 12, not moving from my chair every day or laying on my bed for almost 10 years. Now i'm 23 years old and finally i started exercising, in 5 months i lost 12kg, despite lack of some cognitive functions, i feel better
I need to look through your videos for anything regarding ADHD. I am in my thirties and now that I know what the symptoms are in females, having it makes so much sense. There is a concerning amount of overlap between the symptoms you said about early dementia and those of ADHD. Please consider doing a video that discusses both and ways to take care of our brains. Thank you so much for your channel and all the information you share with us. Truly grateful.
Just FYI to actually have ADHD (with or without the “H”) you must have had symptoms prior to age 9. If you were fine as a kid and all through HS, your symptoms are not ADHD. This is one of the most wrongly diagnosed mental health condition.
@@l9878 I was a kid before ADHD was really understood. A teacher once called met the most scattered brain pupil she ever had in her class. Never saw it as a condition , but was regarded as naughty.
I started watching you, Dr. Ekberg, for the keto information. I've learned a lot, but I believe that this video is probably the most important video I've ever seen. It is so difficult for an individual to differentiate between normal aging and the beginning of dementia. Thanks for giving us tools to help us.
Lipitor seriously affected my memory and caused me to lose my job. Alzheimer’s runs in my family and at the age of 58 I was sure I was losing it. You could tell me something ten times and I still wouldn’t remember it. I knew there was something wrong with my brain. About 5 mos later I was reading through the literature that comes with medication. Rarely, it said, in small print, it could cause memory problems. I quit taking it immediately and within a week I felt the fog lifting. I feel like there has been permanent memory issues but the difference I feel not taking it is incredible. I was terrified I was losing my mind. My cardiologist told me he has seen this in older patients but never in someone my age. He asked me if he could interest me in another statin. I told him I’d rather have a heart attack than go through that again.
I stopped crestor because of reports it causes dementia!! My endocrinologist even said he heard that too. It's because the lipitor/crestor reduces cholesterol everywhere even the brain. Our brains need the cholesterol. What a situation. No one in Our family had had dementia til my mom. She was on crestor from her 40s on til 85. No thank you. If ripped the waxy cholesterol right outa her brain. The article said we need that in our brain to think straight. Depends on the person I guess.
I'm 61 and for a few years I've noticed changes in my cognitive level. My last family reunion I found myself completely embarrassed when I asked my mom if she had seen one of my aunts. My heart sunk when mom told me she had died a few months earlier. Funny thing is, I don't remember her funeral.
Did you attend the funeral ? If so, and mental defenses of denial or gross minimization are not involved, then this could be neurological and not mental.
For some reason Dave I am unable to respond to you directly (probably offended someone so this platform won't let me, I don't know, lol!) So I don't remember if I attended the funeral. I was so embarrassed that I changed the subject, and I still don't remember. I know it wasn't a denial thing because I really wasn't that close to her. I think some of this could be hereditary because when my Dad was alive he was a cop in a small town for a couple years. He quit the force because he was getting forgetful and he didn't want to jeopardize someone's freedom or let the wrong person go because he forgot something! He would also constantly call my brothers and me by the wrong brothers name. My Dad served in Korea, he was one of the guys that retrieved our fallen soldiers on the battlefield, so to do someone wrong, even by accident would have mortified him! Since my last post, it has gotten worse. I can't count how many times in a day I forget both important and not so important things! When I try to remember, it's like an itch I can't scratch! This sounds weird, but I can feel it just above where the back of my head meets my neck! I don't know, maybe aliens abducted me!
Oh Sten, I wish I had this information three or four years ago... my friend, he wasn't too far gone, but the advice and "help" he got about managing his condition was dreadful. He was encouraged to change nothing... and that was the voice of authority and wisdom? My heart still hurts for him.
My mother was a high functioning woman who was an executive sec. and retired at about 60 and had a heart attack at age 63 but after was never quite herself. By 70 she was obviously having memory, and locomotive issues where she became dissorientated. My father was beside himself and I moved in with them in 2006. What I have discovered that trauma played a serious role in her life and my fathers as both grew up in the midwest but had seperate early lives but she became pregnant and they married. My sister was born. I was born 15 years later and thought my mom was not there for me. She was emotionally unavailable. To my sister, myself, even, my dad. I believe she suppressed her feelings so intensely she coped for so long she just became unable to function. After the heart attack she changed and just wore her mind out. My dad never got over his mom dying when he was 7. Trauma must be dealt with in families. Otherwise the constant focus on the mind takes people down. I try to keep healthy all around.
My mother in law used to be sharp but she simply isn’t there anymore. Her diet included a lot of sugar. We knew that something was awfully wrong when she asked my husband who he was. Very sad.
I had a friend who also declined like that. I took care of her for 10 years. I eventually secured her a place in an assisted care facility as I had to move away. The facility she was in was a few blocks away and I used to stop in after work to chat with her. Right before I left to move to New York, I stopped in and said, ‘Well Frances I am all packed and ready to go to New York.’ She said, ‘Well you should go with Rob, he’s going to New York too.’ Of course, I am Rob. Another time I called her and asked how she was. She said the place was under attack and the place was swarming with cops. I hung up and called the facility and told them what she said, and they said, ‘oh she is watching Cops on TV. She’s alright.’ Now it is 20 years later and I will be 60 this year and forget so many things. It makes me wonder if I am headed to the same problems she had.
My grandma has dementia. It's been hard to see her go threw this. I wish there was a cure for this. My grandma took care of herself , exercise all the time. Like working her puzzles, sewing, and working in her garden. Kept her mind focus and busy all the time. Still got dementia. I think it could happen to anyone. Doesn't matter how well you take care of yourself it still can happen to anyone, I wish there was a cure for this.
One thing that he did not discuss was cause. In this regard I'm wondering is if incidence is on the rise as a percentage (and not just because we're living longer). I further believe that non-thinkers are gonna get this thing more than deep thinkers and this relates to the dumbing down of IQ over that past 3 generations (if you don't believe this drive around the block). This disease also has a tendency to inherit, Katrina so you need to be aware. My spouse died from it and her Mother died from it. And a brother too and now I hear one of her younger sisters is showing symptoms. I'm 79yo and do not have any indicators as the presenter mentioned but perhaps because it does not run in my family on either side.
There is a supplement you can try. Remember even this doctor, they will only endorse pharmacuticals by big pharma or say there is nothing you can do, which is baloney. Try colloidal gold by a company called mesosilver. There is a lot of success stories of people like your mother getting their life back and memory.
I've just done 10 years of dementia care giving. I'm not 60 yet. Much of this resonates with me to the point of hypercondria. My organisational critical path analysis is fouled up and I need to make lists. I've a lot on in life at the moment, I'm moving house after homing mum, and many other issues.
Lost my mother just a few months ago and how I wish I had viewed this before. I was so short tempered with her and will carry that guilt forever. Her mental and physical decline followed this exactly. What I can't fathom is why none of the many doctors I took her to mentioned any of this. Unforgivable that they were so negligent.
Doctors are lazy. They figure people can look up anything on the internet. They do not want to waste time educating people if the information is always available at the click of a mouse.
Sorry for your loss. I know exactly what you are going through. Stay strong and keep learning. I lost my mother two years now. And my grandmom was murdered in a nursing home which the state does not want to follow " because of her age ". The fact is that in this country no one gives peanuts about our elderly population unless you have a big family or you are related to someone of high status. I do not know what state you are from, but I know New York State is the worst abuser of human rights when it comes to the elderly population, because they simply cannot defend themselves. Age is a death sentence for seniors in New York State " because you are expected to die " is their way of thinking. These were the exact words of their famous Cuomo governor when he talked about the many souls dying in nursing homes from Covid19. When someone is old, as opposed to someone who is young, and you are sick the medical system does not want to spend much time with your case. Just look at how much they work when someone is young and sick, but if you are old or getting close to being old you will hear doctors always say " it is age related ". There are so many people in the medical field that should have moved on to something else because they should not be there. They are in the wrong field. As you can see there are many causes for mental decline as presented in these videos and others, but the one thing that stops doctors from finding our and help save a life is the person's age, which is wrong because a life is a life. I saw this with my parents. It does not matter if the person is in a wheelchair or has no arms or no legs. There should be no difference in care and attention between someone who is ten years old and someone who is 100 years old. Life should be respected more, but it is not. Everything in their opinion depends on age. The medical and legal systems do not believe in this which is wrong.
You did the best you could in an impossibly difficult situation so forgive yourself and stop feeling guilty. I know because I am dealing with it now. I am sole caregiver to my mother who has dementia and can’t hear and my father who has just started exhibiting symptoms as well. I do way more yelling than I should because I start off loud so she can hear me and after the millionth time it turns into flat out yelling and I always feel guilty afterwards. She can’t help it, I can help it..but sometimes I can’t. It’s overwhelming. Unless you are trained in dementia care, no one is prepared to handle this. I hope you find some peace of mind. 🙏
Thank you so much for making this video. It was very interesting and informative. I lost my grandfather to Alzheimer's and then, last year, my father who also had it. I am currently caring for my paternal aunt who has it and it seems inevitable that it is something that I am genetically predisposed to which really fills me with great dread! Each time I forget something that I know I should remember, or lose something, I wonder if this is the start for me. You have given me hope that I can do something about it now and not just sit and wait for it to happen, plus the tools to try to fight back . Even if it doesn't work, thanks to you, I will at least have tried! For that I am so, so grateful. I will be watching all of your other videos now and following all of your advice.
Read as much an humanly possible and also practice vocabulary and learn new words. Your brain in a muscle and you need to keep it strong by working it out. Reading is hands down the best thing you can do. Stay off screens and read anything and everything you can.
This is very informative presentation. Once a very good, mentally active person, I’ve been mentally declining for about 5 years. It’s sooo frustrating. My signs are evident in several causes outlined here but more so in others. It’s downright frustrating😢.
Oh! Smart man! Thank you for this video. My husband had a head injury at age 18 and now deals with the early stages of what you mentioned. Now I know more about how to help him. Thank you, Dr. Ekberg.
Difficult to distinguish the difference between "age related" and "nutrition and exercise related" deficits. Not sure myself, from my own experience of improvement through years of Keto, OMAD and exercise, if there is actually a distinction. Now at age 65, having passed through a period of obesity, physical decline and recovery through the above lifestyle changes, I actually contemplate decades more of healthy living and activity. I pity my aging, unhealthy peers but aside from witnessing my own experience to them, am unable to influence the vast majority, including close friends and relatives, to take the necessary steps to correct their decline and contemplate a longer, healthier life.
Wow, well said. It is so common that many people just "give up" and aren't willing to try to improve their situation. I keep hearing "I'm too old to change now." It should be "I'm too old because I won't change now."
Thank You Positive Outlook. Congratulations on your insight and progress. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. Keep sharing your knowledge with others in a gentle manner, but don't have any attachment to, or judge, what they do with it. 😄
@@drekberg Hey doc. Hope ur doing well. Thanks for these videos. Doc plz help!!!! I wanted to ask u something. Am 17 and recently I've been noticing that my body is vibrating/ shaking internally. It ets really annoying when I do any work. Last week I had a really high fever and cold. I took 3 paracetamol tablets each 560 mg and after a few days this started. What do you think I should do ?
Thank you Doctor Ekberg! Thank you for taking your time to clearly explain each topic you present. I am a teacher and I appreciate that you teach so everyone can understand, especially since most doctors do not share information with their patients, nor give them preventative measures they can use to prevent, or slow disease progression. You are a true blessing! THANK YOU!❤❤
ive had these issues since i was 23. remembering names, where the keys are. car is parked. much less now , following a 6-8 hr eating window and staying keto. much love
For the past 3 months I have been simply jumping up and down on concrete floor holding my bosoms before and after my shower in the bathroom, also standing on one leg when brushing teeth. Making funny face in the mirrir, Just to stimulate brain blood flow. My exercises have intensified as i have become fitter and i lost over 30 lbs too. High fibre no sugar foid choicrs have helped...no pain at all.
@@526lawn it's beneficial as long as you don't have essential ADHD (the kind where you're ADHD because your brain has dysfunctional or missing dopamine receptors)
A superb explanation of the different stages of Dementia. The pace of delivery is great too! There are too many videos these days, in which the person giving the explanation seems to be in too much of a hurry.
This was especially useful to me, seeing my grandma and one of her sisters had alzheimer, and it seems another one of her sisters is starting to show symptoms of it too 😢. As a family, we're constantly looking for ways to keep our brains in motion
If you want to help your brain watch this next 🔷 10 Alarming Signs Your Blood Sugar Is Too High: ua-cam.com/video/9bfr0fHG53k/v-deo.html
@Brawe Wocker
UA-cam offers a lower resolution option so you don't turn your video card into Chernobyl. I just watched this video at 360 with no issues.
Joe Biden is a stutterer. Stop labeling it as dementia while ignoring his predecessors much clearer signs of the problem.
@@IQTech61
Biden is demented. Should have gone with the Marxist Sanders and started the civil war earlier.
@Anita Martini
RIP Duncan Lemp
@Anita Martini
Biden is a demented zombie. You obviously don't watch his press conferences.
I am 86 years old. Forgetting a few things is perfectly normal at any age. Yes, I go upstairs to do something, get distracted, do something else. Not the worst thing that can happen ( unless I was going to the bathroom).
I have an active life to lead. Worrying about all what might be as I get older is counterproductive and likely to induce just those problems. Nothing you can really do anyway.
My advice? Get on with your life. Keep active. Do those things you enjoy and stop worrying.
Exactly!
I agree, a lot of these are warning signs for ADD, too. What we focus on expands, so focus on the good.
I forgot what I like doing 🤔🤦♂️🤦♀️
I'm 28 and I have always done these things. Then again, I have adhd... So there's that. I'm just saying that it isn't necessarily dementia.
At 81, I can tell you that you are exactly right. Walk, get a bike and find a good bike trail and use it.
Stress and anxiety can do this to you as well. What happens is when you're very stressed you don't concentrate on what you're doing at the time, then it's easy to forget things. I noticed when I'm relaxed I remember better.
That's very true.
I used to think that there is no amount of distraction that can cause me to deconcentrate while doing everyday routines as well as more complicated work.
But I was wrong.
Last year i went through a period of a sheer amount of stress (the symptoms were mostly anger and anxiety) and noted how things were just "falling out" because suddenly your mind and attention belonged elsewhere. Priorities suddenly changed.
Things that used to be important were not anymore.
I could almost hear that scale of life priorities rolling like an empty barrel in my head.
Then, I guess some mental fuses worked to get relief, and my mind gradually healed itself.
I can definitely relate. I’m grateful our mind comes back. That is, Has that ability.
Yes !!
I do too. Relaxation helps a lot.
The difference, with dementia, you don't have to be stressed. My mother has dementia.
My mother used to say to me, “I don’t know who you are, but I know I love you.”
What a blessing🕊🙏🕊
that must of been hard ... during covid i turned up at my mature friends home who was like a mum to me .. she had ptsd from her son ad freaked out at me that i was him .. i had to start talking everything off my face and head ... so she could see who it really was .. and she calmed down and said sorry i said i forgive you and i love you ...
That just melts my heart.
Oh wow, that's very deep. MY God have Mercy upon us all
That's a beautiful thing.
My mom didn’t know who I was at the end, but she knew I was somebody in her life, and I was very grateful for that
trouble is that once the medics confirm it you are scuppered if you need care or benefits for any other condition
@@doggyvonneExplain more please
Right! My mom didn’t know who I was but I knew who she was but it was my honor to care for her needs through the end.😢😢😢
I went through the same, she lived with me for 8 years, I lost her last year the day before Thanksgiving 😢
That’s such a beautiful perspective. Even in challenging moments, the bond you shared clearly remained strong. Sending you warmth and strength.
Here's my opinion about memory as we age. When you are 25 and you need to remember something, you only have 25 years of files to go through. When you are 80, you have 80 years of files to go through....of course, memory is not going to be as quick!
That's my story and I'm sticking to it! 🙂
Agree! Memory almost full! 🪫🔋
Yes !!
Reminds me of my favourite Far Side cartoon... Classroom scene: Student with tiny head asks "May I be excused? My brain is full."
Awesome love your story ❤️
Love it! ❤
The thing I dislike about getting older is dealing with this short term memory loss.
And secondly, the thing I dislike about getting older is dealing with this short term memory loss.
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Errrm. What did you say …. !
What was first part again? Auto spell check plays tricks on the mind as well. Like, did I type that or did the computer? 😄
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My beloved Gram died at 91 and was still sharp as a tack. When she stopped doing her puzzles I knew she was declining in health. She died of bladder cancer and she was aware of everything going on. I don't know if that was a blessing or a curse. But I was blessed that I was able to spend the last week with her.
Interestingly, bladder cancer is associated to dimensia.
I don’t know exactly how but I’ve read that people who get that type of cancer more likely to get dementia while that cancer is growing in them.
That happened to my mentor.
lucky gramma, a lot of us are totally alone. bless you!
My 94 year old mother has onset dementia now! She retired from work at bank at 83! She used to walk everyday with her little dog! Dog passed away three or so years ago and she stopped cooking and walking! She sits and watches TV and eats junk food and diet cokes! She hasn't had a sense of smell for quite awhile! My 98 year old dad is still driving, cutting grass, etc! He rides a stationary bicycle everyday! He can hear but is pretty mentally sharp for a 98 yr old! With mom's decline their independent living is nearing it end! Feb 20 2024 will be 75 years of marriage!
They are truly blessed. Your Dad understands how important activity is. My brother (81) has dementia and lives with me. He still drives. But will NOT stay active!! His doctors have stressed physical activity, but he sits and watches TV 24 hrs a day. I have tried talking to him, to no avail. Decline is on the way.
Wow!!! God bless you!
Felicidades ❤
That's lovely, 🌹 75years is amazing.
My mother lived to be 91. I was already suffering from arthritis. I wished I had been younger and in better condition when she needed me.
im a physician and i LOVE this guy, ive never heard anyone else speak on health who makes SO MUCH SENSE. His gift is being able to extract the important FUNDAMENTALS and present it in a way that ANYONE can understand.
True, he is THE man, giving out quality information for free, others would pay big money for. You know he is doing it for the good of the world. He is also one of the few successful youtubers that actually answer to comments regularly.
However a little bit less longwinded would be highly appreciated.
I was an MS, MD, spec. of nuclear medicine at University Clinic, and Ayurvedic Doctor. He is excellent.
@@herindoors3694 I’m in early stages of dementia & greatly appreciated his presentation especially the fact he spoke slowly. Even then I had to rewind a few times. To each their own. Be well ✌🏼
@@marirose19 I really should learn to be less impatient. Sorry, wish you well. 🌹
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My mom is 94 and sharp as a tack. She has done 5 different games of Solitaire every night for years. She also stays active.
Go Mom!
I hope that counting a few blessings is amongst her habits...
I always wonder about this. For example does your mother play solitaire because she is sharp or is she sharp because she plays solitaire? Either way I’m so glad your mother enjoys good health❤️
genetic ? all your family is like that ?
@@zibtihaj3213 lifestyle!
Be careful not to assume things are dementia...many times it is anxiety and depression.
Thank you!!! This is so important. Medical diagnosis is so incredibly flawed these days.
True. Relieving anxiety and depression creates more energy to the brain
True
And many metabolic disorders can mimic dementia. For example, uncontrolled diabetes, fatty liver disease and cirrhosis to name just three.
I have those two and was thinking 🤔 do I have it 😯
Chronic stresses
High anxieties
Narcissistic abuse
Years of repetitive abuse
Neglect
Years suffering from untreated, undiagnosed PTSD
PTSD developed because of years of abuse
Years of complex Trauma after Trauma… emotionally, physically, spiritually, economically, mentally, sexually, etc
Can cause all these symptoms too 🤯
My mom had dementia for 5 years. Very slow fading away. Very heartbreaking condition and it’s tough because you want to help them get better and you can’t. In the beginning she knew who I was but towards the end she slept most of the time. She read, did crossword puzzles and was very smart about most subjects. She was a wonderful mother and I miss her but I’m glad her suffering is over.
In stage one, two, and three we must go on keto or ketovore in a strict way (low carb) moving toward one meal a day. Exercise too, high intensity interval training with weight training to ensure max cardiovascular and strength, the two things most important. In other words we must be strong and be breathing deeply regularly while never consuming sugar, starch, or seed oils. Dr Berg, Dr Berry, and Dr Ekberg. Good mentors.
My wife was diagnosed with dementia and Alzheimer’s about 18 months ago. Her planning function is gone and her personality is changing / has changed. As frustrating as that is for me, I remember that is her dementia talking to me but I’m still talking to the love of my life.
That's so sweet of you. That's true love
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Don Kemp, bless you. I wish there was something I could do. I'm so sorry. I watched a video long ago where several people were helped by coconut oil, 1-2 Tablespoons. It's easy to take when you wash it down with a hot drink. Couldn't hurt. Saying a prayer for Mrs. K.❤
You're a good husband. Don. Don't stop telling her how much you love her. God bless you.
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1. Reduction of brain endurance 2. change in posture 3. smaller handwriting 4. reduced sense of smell 5. reduced quality of sleep 6. hunched and curled up posture 7. loss of arm swing when walking 8. chronically poor judgment 9. losing track of date or season 10. losing things and being unable to retrace steps 11. difficulty being coherent in speech
Thank you so much! I was getting anxiety waiting for it!!! I knew to go to the comments!!!
Thank you!!!
Thank you!
@@tiffanyhollywood2108 12. Having anxiety while watching youtube videos....lol!
I would add: loss of interest in reading.
My mom had dementia for about 4 years before she passed away, and watching her go through it was the most heartbreaking experience I’ve ever had. By the time she died, there was nothing left of HER, who she REALLY was. Her death was a blessing, I’m positive that she never wanted to live that way. She passed away exactly 2 months ago and I still grieve everyday, but I’m grateful that her suffering is over.❤
My mom have dementia for 10 years still alive
Sending you a hug from afar!
My Mom just passed away from dementia 5 days ago
She was totally debilitated leg muscles contracted had to be spoon fed no more use of her voice but she still knew me when she wouldn’t eat for the rest home I would come there and she would eat for me
She was surrounded by us in her transition and after she took her last breath I said out loud
Ma you are free 😢❤
You are blessed for being so caring and now is time to be good to yourself and remembering your Mum in peace and how she was.x
@@gerardriordan1458 thank you 😢
My father died from complications of vascular dementia last year. My fathers symptoms started 2 years earlier, but according to the specialist he must have had issues many years before that. He was a art history teacher at the university for over 45 years. It was heart wrenching to have seen him decline from a very intelligent man that gave art history master classes to someone that could not even go to the toilet by himself and watched cartoons all day long. Even now that I'm writing this I get all emotional......... The problem is that the more intelligent the particular person is, the better he/ she can hide it by compensating somehow.
I also lost my father last year to Alzheimer's. Like you, looking back with the benefit of hindsight, we believe that his decline also started many years ago. Going through his paperwork we can see inconsistencies and mistakes that are now glaringly obvious but were not picked up at the time because my dad used to maintain all of the household bills and deal with all of the paperwork himself. He also developed a hobby, upon his retirement, of tracing our family history and researching our family tree. However looking back through what he has done, sadly the majority of it has had to be discarded as it really just doesn't make sense. Not only has he developed links to just about every major historical figure worldwide, but he has even listed nonsensical data such as my mother is the father of some of her siblings. 5 years before his actual diagnosis, my mother became concerned about symptoms that he was displaying and went with him to see a doctor but was directly told that he didn't have dementia. We now know that wasn't true though and with the advice in this video I now wonder if the outcome may have been different today.
My condolences for your loss, I'm glad that your dad found comfort in his cartoons at least. Mine had a stroke and was unable to move for 2 years before he died. He had no interest in reading or watching TV but would just lie in bed or sit in a wheelchair and call out for my mother all day. Even when she was there he didn't know her. I sat with him one day while my mother attended an appointment and he asked me if I was his jailer! Such a cruel and heartbreaking disease and I absolutely agree that at the time of his death, my father had long gone!
I always thought it was the repetitive nature of certain professions
It was my mom that brought it to our attention. They were visiting us in California. Their home is in Arizona. They were getting ready to head home one morning when my mom approached me to say, "He can't do it." In other words he doesn't know how to get home. Mom knew there was a problem, but she could no longer keep it to herself. I would say, dad hid it well. He was in the early stages. One image I cannot erase from my mind is the look in my dad's eyes, in the later stages, wondering who I was??
That’s probably true
@@jonerrek7806 Thanks for sharing Jon! I know exactly what you mean. The first time that happened will always stay with me.........
Thanks! Stage 2 , age 70 . I'm working on better posture, particularly in movement like walking , intermittent keto fasting to get insulin resistance lowered and more ketone fuel for the brain, and staying physically active. I just hope this works . I have improved on recall and organization recently .
Thank You Sten ❤
Thank you @stevewhalen6973.😄
Go full cornivore diet Steve! 💪
Keto is dangerous
God bless you❤
How and why? Blank statements like thst aren’t helpful
I just lost my sweet Mother to the horrid disease of dementia. She didn't get combative, but she forgot everything. She was my rock and best friend. My brother kept her at home and was her primary care giver. We were both with her holding her hands as she died. I wouldn't have it any other way. I take great comfort that I was able to tell her bye. I pray that we don't get dementia of any kind. I am going to be more active and try to eat more properly. Thanks for this video.
I lost mine two years ago. May God give you strength. It is one of the most difficult and painful challenges in our lives when we lose our moms.
I moved out of state to try to split the difference between Mom's two homes. That was a mistake. Sadly none of my siblings knew how bad nursing homes are! They put her in assisted living which was bad enough, but when she went into the last place the pandemic hit and we couldn't even visit her; that was made worse because she could no longer use a phone, and visiting through the window was like she was seeing strangers staring in 😢
I am Joe Biden, what's your diagnosis for me. Don't say you don't know, because you have watched tons of videos.
@Ken Fullman Keep a positive attitude about yourself. Eat right. They have a lot of good videos here with good information. Stay with good friends. Exercise as they say. Take care,
@Ken Fullman I'm so sorry you suffered with your mother's decline this way. May I ask, what is your lifestyle like, and what has been your diet? Smoker? Drinker? Take lots of medications? if yes, which ones? Are you a meat eater or vegetarian? Do you eat a lot of processed foods, and/or highly refined sugary products, sweets? Are you depressed? Do you live alone, or if you are in a marriage is it a stressful, rocky relationship, or more stable? How is work? still working, or retired? What do you do for leisure and to de-stress? These are all crucial questions to ask, and things to improve in your life, to clean up your life habits, etc.
Working in information technology for the past 30 years has given me many symptoms of dementia.
Exercise? Keto? Stress relief?
As a Christian with, perhaps, early stage dementia, I tell my wife, "Try not to mourn me if it happens. Remember, "This, too, shall pass"." And, as I've been saying since my stroke (TIA), "I am EXCITED about the future. I can't WAIT to see what comes next!"
If there's nothing after life, no one will ever know. In the meantime, my faith gives me ever-increasing joy, hope, and love for my life and appreciation for those around me. These are the BEST days if my life!
May God bless and keep you.
Such a good attitude. Faith is so important to have. May God Bless you always. May God also Bless your family as they move through this with you. They will all need faith, strength and patience to get through this with you. My Mom is 88 and has dementia. It is very hard on our family to see her like this. I just hope that inside herself she is happy. Stay strong.
God bless you 🙏🏼🙏🏼👏🏼
I love your comment that if there's nothing after life, no one will ever know! That is brilliant! With very best wishes for your future. 🌹🍀🌹
This is fascinating. UA-cam didn't notify me of any of you all's comments until the fourth one and none of the Likes. Very strange.
Thank you for all the well-wishes. They are appreciated.
Let me clarify. I only think I may be developing dementia and so I am doing everything I can to arrest it. There are some very encouraging videos on UA-cam about possible Nutritional treatments. So... great! I'm all in!
I truly thought I had a touch of dementia when I realized I was going through perimenopause. But, things are turning around, as I am post-menopausal now. Thank God! Great informative video!
Im peri menopausal ..it's difficult....I thought dementia is coming to me.
Everyone was calling it, 'having a senior moment'. I don't experience them now, as I did, a few years ago.
@@veronicac.sparks1795 can you elaborate
Me too I felt that way too
Another great, informative video! Thank you!
I've noticed when I am under stress, I forget things or get confused. I've seen similar reactions in other people. I think it's emotional overload. Good to know that exercise and posture can correct or postpone decline.
Mental tunnel vision. Also do you evet look for a term to flippantly use, fro. Another decade of life activity? Not eady to find anymore. Altho i don't have any problem besides verbal right now.
I've been thinking the same thing for quite some time now. I've been under stress about various parts of my life, and I've also noticed I'm more forgetful too. It's like a cloudy day sometimes.
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And also lack of quality sleep causes one to exhibit these symptoms. Hence, get routine good night sleep!
I think this is what is going on with Biden. Too much stress!
I'm 70 and take omega 3 and multi vitamins and this year won the Dorset Major Chess championship. I have won it twice before but each time it coincided with losing weight. I lost 4 stones over 6 months through 1000 calories a day dieting. The message to me seems clear...lose weight and stay active.
Congratulations on your incredible achievement and for maintaining such discipline with your health and lifestyle! It's inspiring to see how staying active and managing your weight can make such a positive difference. Winning the Dorset Major Chess Championship at 70 is no small feat-well done
I have to say that I genuinely love listening to this guy. He really does have a way of explaining things without being alarming or dismissive. Very well spoken and QUALITY info presented! THANK YOU!
I really appreciate the feedback. My purpose is to help people understand and trust the healing capabilities of their bodies by explaining mechanisms. Comments like yours make it all worthwhile
thank you Dr. you are a wonderful teacher.
He's got a comforting voice, total ASMR for me.
I was in early stage dementia where I was already stuping and arm swing and leg swing out of sync. I'm 70 years old. I changed my posture and forced my legs and arms to swing properly then did high intensity exercises coupled with intermittent easy walking and my brain noticably responded the next day. I've kept it up and have revovered my MIND after only a month of attending to getting blood flow to my brain !!!❤😂😅😊
Thank you dr. Ekberg !
My compliments.stay healthy.❤
I've noticed that attending to my posture and doing stretching exercises helps me function far more effectively.
Yes I’m trying that
Many of those symptoms listed under the "When to worry" section have been with me since forever. I mean it, I'm 42 and I've always had problems with time perception, managing budgets, retracing steps, even being hunched over (my family always tried to make me straighten up my back, but I still struggle standing up straight). The thing is I also have ADHD and I found out recently I'm autistic, of all things. There's a lot of overlap on the symptoms and they are very, very similar.
I can relate, keep us posted for the next couple of years. I'm about 34-35 and I feel just like you.
Hi Jean, I am 73 and was diagnosed with "mild cognitive impairment", but I am a Spanish teacher and am not going to let that stop me. You mentioned that you are autistic. I would recommend you not let any of those "Labels" define you or hold you back! You are awesome and I wish you a very long and productive life.
@@wandamcdonald3908I was so scared my self, I felt like there was a whole in my brain, I couldn’t remember my thought or what I was speaking about, I just start HRT, I’m 54 I start to feel better , no labels we are whole and perfect as the creation of the god the most high 🪴🍀💜
I have scoliosis, and have had it all my life. So, my posture is off. I must have dementia...LOL
Facts. I'm 67, also on the spectrum and have ADD, CPTSD and blah blah lol. Anyway, meds help a great deal as far as organization and focus. But also we (autistic people) just see and perceive things differently - I think, including time. Some people struggle with the concept of a layered multiverse - to me, it's like "Well geez, you all are just now figuring that out?" My Gram summed it up well so many years ago when she said (in heavy Maine brogue) "Never you mind, dear. We may be weird, but we're harmless." So Imma not worry about all that. Memento Mori. Life is short. Friggin' enjoy it instead of making yourself miserable. (Just an aside, my husband and I MMO game - we also play some FPS and such but we love being able to play together MMO style. Seriously it takes your total attention to play even somewhat well. There are many things which keep your mind constantly busy. Personally I think it's a great way to exercise the mind. I'm not talking about repetitive point-and-click stuff or mind-numbing nonsense like candy crush or whatever. I mean completely open world gaming. He got me into it when we first got together and he created a monster.😆😆😆) Be well and happy, folks!
My late husband’s dementia specialist told me “everybody forgets where they put their keys sometimes, worry when you find them and don’t know what they’re for”
Yes but theres sometimes and then all day everyday looking for everything.
Thanks that's extremely helpful. I lose them but I always know what they're for 😮
If you forget it's Tuesday, don't worry. If you forget Tuesday is a day of the week, start worrying.
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Get in line I haven't had such a good laugh for ages :-).
It's important to mention that forgetting specifically names or having a habit of not being able to remember names specifically is not a sign of dementia per se. So it's really important to recognize that. Some people are not good with names at all during their entire life. Doesn't mean they have dementia.
Also, forgetting where you put things can be a sign of too busy or stressed. Even if you forget important things, it can be lots of other things, or just the way you are. Forgetting the name someone new can be just because they were not interesting enough to remember. It is when you forget people very close to you, or even your own name, that bells should ring. When we have so much to remember these days with pins passwords phone numbers, how not to get scammed, killed or catfished…something has got to give. An old friend used to say, when your brain gets full of information some things have to be ditched to make room for more.
My mother wasn’t demented but even in her 40s because she was highly stressed, she would forget all sorts of things, leave taps running, things cooking until burnt and she would go through saying all our names before getting to the one she wanted. Stress is bad.
Indeed, I have always been bad with remembering names, I constantly forget WTH I put my keys my entire life. Always chalked it up to just being forgetful, or what nowadays is considered attention deficit disorder (which wasnt even a thing when I was growing up).
@@PetroicaRodinogaster264 agree, although even forgetting names of those close to you can be caused by severe stress. Happened to me and once that passed the name issue disappeared. Stress causes all sorts of issues and none of it has to do with dementia.
I have always had trouble remembering names. I worked in a local government office and first names were so difficult to remember. I knew their last name, i knew where their farm was, what it looked like, and what their farm number was. Their first name? As soon as I saw the folder I knew his name! There was 1800-2000 farms.
I've never been able to remember names. In a group setting where people are being introduced, by the time the third person is introduced, I've forgotten the first two people's names! I've been like that since I was 20!
I've worked with the elderly for 15 years as an assisted living and memory care Administrator.
There is ONE commonality that is an underlying factor in every case with those who had dementia aside from substance abuse.
They lived highly stressful lives, either to stressing over everything small thing, stress in their relationships, events that are beyond their control, or the profession they worked in.
If you want to preserve your memory eliminate as much stress as you can from your life.
@Juliana Lacroix i left my toxic job after working there for over 13 years. Stressful and toxic. At my new job it had made a world of difference. I almost geel guilty for no longer feeling stressed.
That's a very good point. As I was watching the video, I was thinking about two close friends that are showing signs of dementia. They both have experienced (and continue to experience) stressful relationships. One of them also stresses over every small thing. It can certainly be difficult to avoid stress in our lives, but I agree it's very important.
Find another or Take a lower paid job if you can to reduce stress, life is short it's not worth it
Agreed. Chronic stress is so disabling to the brain.
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Jobs are not the only cause of stress. There are relationships ... and not just relationships one can get out [easily] like simply quitting a job ... there are relationships where one cannot be free until the other in the relationship answers the call of God.
This video was very painful to watch, but it is spot on. I am 64. I lost my mother to dementia yesterday morning. She was just a few days short of her 89th birthday. Watching this video was exactly like watching Mom decline. I only wish my brother, who held all the cards, could have seen this video too, and maybe agree to pay for the care she needed and deserved.
I’m so sorry for your loss. My condolences to you and your family. My brother-in-law just passed 6 days ago. He also had dementia.
My mom passed this January 31, she was 19 days from celebrating her 88th birthday. She had dementia and Alzhimers. Had a massive stroke 7 years ago..Sorry for your loss. 😔😥😟🌹🕊
I think every person with a parent who developed dementia lives with the concern it could happen to them. I'm seriously worried how I can't remember where I just set down my coffee (phone, glasses, etc.).
@@bjelfin my mother is almost 94 and has been in the last stages for a long time, she needs total care. I came to see her as my sister thought she was dying, she didn’t. My sister looks 10 yrs older than her age, my mother was never easy but she looks good, better than I do. I’m 67. So far my sister who runs her estate figures we’ve spent about 500,000 thousand dollars on her care, she’s in California. She had a good life, any thought of the money going to her hard working children instead of the long term care industry and CEO’s is questionable. No one, absolutely no one wants to live like this and have their inheritance go to Corporate instead of their family or whoever they wanted to have it. But they have no idea what’s happening. And yes it’s my biggest fear, I do have a plan in place. I’m not going to have people feed me me and change my diaper for the last 10 years of my life and chip away the inheritance for my children while I lay in bed groaning in agony but unable to speak or think coherently.
Very sorry for your loss. Sounds like it's even more painful given the conditions you alude to. :(
My sister used to say "It's like this. When we get old, it's either your body or your mind that goes. And if it's your mind, you won't know about it." She died 3 years ago after 20 years of dementia.
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i agree with her!
Please accept my condolences on the passing of your sister. She must have been a strong presence in your life as you continue to keep her spirit alive by speaking of her. ❤
I could not agree with you more 👍🏻. Dementia is devastating to families and loved ones when it strikes, and raising awareness to help prevent/delay the onset of this terrible disease is a great thing your doing 🙏💪🙋♀️
Thank You Mick and Trudie. I'm so glad you found it valuable and I appreciate the feedback. 😄
@@drekberg Hey doc. Hope ur doing well. Thanks for these videos.
I wanted to ask u something. Am 17 and recently I've been noticing that my body is vibrating/ shaking internally. It is really annoying when I do any work. Last week I had a really high fever and cold. I took 3 paracetamol tablets each 560 mg and after a few days this started.
What do you think I should do ? Please help
My Aunt was the biggest Health Nut ever. Only ate onions, carrots, stuff like that. Took heaps of vitamins. But Alzheimer's is stronger than any 'supplement.' It was kind of funny how I spent 10 of our last 18 yrs. together trying to teach her how to write a check. For the memo line, she invariably would write "electric" or "phone" instead of the account number. I'd explain that they know who they are. Each day, I had hope, would go over it clearly, but still she would write "phone!" She lived to be 91, but in bad shape mentally.
@@rubyparchment5523 did your aunt go into menopause early? That to doesn't help if that is the case. HRT can help with some protection if taken within the first 5yrs.
vegetables are not what is needed. the brain needs Good animal fats. synthetic vitamins are crap.
we need sunshine and minerals, good water.
and FAT.
Symptoms of other illness can present as dementia such as an urinary tract infection in an elderly person. If the doctor or hospital overlook this, demand your loved one be tested for a urinary tract infection.
Also, Candida overgrowth. It not only mimics dementia, arthritis and infertility .
Plus many side effects of medication in the elderly plus dehydration can mimic some forms of dementia
Yes, my mom goes absolutely crazy when she gets a UTI.
Yes this happened to my friend's father in the nursing home. Very good advice.
@@Dbb27 my mom hadd same but we cudnt understand and now im lost without her..her painful situation just haunts even when she is gone .God help me Amen
I think this does not capture the earlier symptoms that I see quite a bit in patients. From my observations, what I have seen first is 1) difficulty learning new information 2) more difficulty with decision making 3) difficulty with cognitive flexibility - when there is an idea fixed in one's head - something happens at a particular time, in a particular way, there is more difficulty coping when the unexpected happens. This all kind of melds into increased difficulty using new information to factor into making a decision.
And what do you advise them (us) about it? Medicines, exercise, activities, diet?
I am on the edge of panic a lot of the time and the stress is damaging.
This is really eye opening. I see some of the very early symptoms in myself and have questioned this. I'm very sedentary and this is my wakeup call to get moving, even if everything hurts!
Start very slow. Eg 5 repetitions, the following week up to 7 repetitions and so on...if you do too much, you can get bone fractures due to too much force being put on your bones too quick.
According to research by the University of Virginia Department of Perceptual Studies, there is a phenomenon called "terminal lucidity". It describes situations in which people with severe dementia, who could not recognize relatives, could not express themselves, etc. completely recovered their lucidity shortly before death. It implies that the "person" who has seemed to disappear due to dementia is not actually gone, but elsewhere until shortly before death. The implication is that the "person" is the soul, not the body, not the brain.
Impending doom concentrates the mind wonderfully apparently...but how ? Does it suggest that brain is still 100 % intact but we have lost the 'energy' to access it until 'fear' gives us the necessary energy we need to access it ? My own personal guess is that living alone in old age is the worst situation to be in and the likeliest cause of dementia.
@@cwwiss1I agree 100%!
Now that I'm 54. Things like this concern me. Gotta stop the sugar!
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Thank You Brad. What ever it takes to provide the motivation. 😄
...and stop the cooking / salad oil.
I was also going to say something about bread, pasta and carbs ...but I forgot.
@tom alba I will excuse your English if you’ll excuse that’s the only language I speak. I’ve tried. I marvel at anyone that’s bilingual. 🥰
@tom alba my longest-lived grandparent, who was lucid till the end, swore by coconut oil. i also have a friend whose grandfather had alzheimer's and benefitted tremendously from 2 tbsp. coconut oil daily. my friend is a nurse and had heard about the research, otherwise she wouldn't have known. he went from having mostly stopped speaking to remembering more words, to actually speaking in full (maybe short, but full) sentences! i fell out of touch with her but that progress was just within a few months.
BTW i googled "Ongo Melena de Leon" = lion's mane mushroom. indeed, known for neurological / brain benefits!
@@drekberg hi dr. ekberg. i love your videos. you're the smartest, clearest, most honest doctor on the interwebs. you're not trying to sell us anything, just educate us so we can be "health champions" (love that phrase!). i have a question i'm wondering if you could address at some point (or maybe you have, and i just haven't found the video), which is about some negative side effects of keto and IM that pre-menopausal women can experience, and any strategies you may be able to suggest to address them.
when i tried healthy keto (no processed foods; healthy meats, fats, low-carb veg) and IM, i had some clear benefits, but also, increased insomnia and anxiety, hair loss, and ultimately, i lost my period. doing some research, it seems like i was experiencing increased cortisol. is there any way to do keto / IF but manage it so cortisol doesn't increase? i found a few answers but nothing from trustable sources. plus most stuff out there on keto is very all or nothing. i feel stuck in a bind and feel like given the way you approach every topics with nuance, this is something i'd love to hear your thoughts on!
In my case, the forgetfulness and "brain fog" was NOT dementia. (I wasn't old at the time anyway.) It turned out to be kidney failure, causing in a buildup of toxins in my brain that my kidneys could no longer excrete. If you have such symptoms, don't assume it's dementia. There are systemic causes as well that should be investigated.
Is your kidney failure treatable/reversable?
@@neena9202 The type of kidney failure that I have--primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis--is not reversible. The treatment is regular dialysis or a kidney transplant.
Mine was Lyme
Thank You Steven Litvintchouk. Sorry about your kidneys. You're absolutely right that there are multiple possible causes for various symptoms. That's why all my videos include explanations of mechanisms, so people can get the bigger picture and start understanding themselves better.
Spot on
I hope you understand just how much of a blessing you are Doc to millions of people! Your education & clarification of so many things raises awareness and that is so valuable to me. Thank you!
I am turning 70 in one month. This talk is wonderful because I know I am changing but am not considered by my regular physician, friends and family to be moving into dementia. They don't know what I am truly experiencing and how I am compensating for the loss of my brain function. From this video on the various stages I can identify my level of decline. For one thing it is not a straight line but I am experiencing various symptoms that mix/ between the different levels. This is going to give me a way to truly explain to the doctor and family where my level is and not be considered a black and white dementia or none dementia. I know the symptoms I am having and am now going to start a journal of my actions/losses and the dates. Thank you so much for giving me a useful tool to document my decline to discuss it with the doctor.
My mother was in a poor state, but got her BMI down to the recommended level by having large breakfasts, small lunches and no dinner (it took about 8 months). Following the WAHLS Protocol diet (no refined carbs, lots of fresh vegetables and fish/chicken). Her memory and completion has improved dramatically during that time.
That is smart of you, actually.
Non linear: anything can come and go. my wife before MS was officially diagnosed (five years later) would have good weeks and bad weeks.
MCI?
I'm 80 but have ALWAYS been extremely "absent-minded" thus its hard for me to judge declination in this regard. I do sometimes grasp for common words. there's a celeb that passed at hard rock cafe here in FL via suicide and it took me quite some time to come up with her name. yeah Anna Nicole Smith. I had to actually look it up! But previously I knew it because that place is about 60 miles from my residence. Are you having difficulty subtracting odd numbers? I've never been that good at math so I gotta think about each subtraction but the thing is how does performance compare now to the past? yeah that's the key. its not how things are going now its how things are going compared to past performance & he failed to mention this. in essence its a relative scenario one really can't compare against someone else in the early stages you gotta compare to an earlier version of yourself.
I am not sure if this is legit, but I started playing piano and it seems to really help with mental function. Maybe its the coordination that you end up developing which that has a positive effect. But it also really stimulates your short term memory because you have to remember patterns in a very fast succession.
Probably the single most best thing you can actually do to help against dementia… well done
Yes, piano uses and connects the entire brain plus eye- ear- hand- brain connection is reinforced
Learning new, challenging skills has been shown to help mental function. Need to make sure you keep working on new, more challenging pieces to continue benefits.
plus music helps the body regenerate especially when it's your own creativity.
I bet it helps. I do puzzles, especially cross words.
I’m watching these to find out how to prevent dementia because my father just died and he had dementia, but I do take issue with saying that the person is “just gone” and “not there.” as if his life had no value. I learned more about my father in the last few years of his life than I ever knew, and his short term memory deteriorated, but his long term memory was somehow better as memories from his childhood in the 1930s and youth up to the 1950s suddenly came to the surface. He was singing songs, telling stories, and full of humor and memories about those days. His brain wasn’t totally gone. His brain just lost massive short term memory
I'm so sorry for your loss. I know what you mean. My mother died of pneumonia 15 yrs after being diagnosed with dementia. I never once thought of her as gone or not there during those years. She was always my mom. I did a lot of worrying about her at first because she thought my brother was my father and that the year was decades before. But I was fortunate to get her on Aricept early on, and it worked very well in her case. She knew who everyone was again and she knew everything that was going on around her. Plus, she didn't deteriorate in all those years. She knew us all right up till her last breath.
She sang too. She would sing the theme song to the "New Tricks" TV show nearly every day: "It's all right, it's okay, we're getting to the end of the day." :) And she could even remind me of things I'd forgotten at times! Just because she was different didn't mean she had disappeared altogether.
Please don't worry you might get the same condition as your father. I read that the majority of dementia is not inherited by children and grandchildren. In rarer types of dementia there may be a link, but these are only a tiny proportion of overall cases of dementia. The Alzheimer Society says that in the vast majority of cases (99 in 100), Alzheimer’s disease is not inherited. If your father had developed it young that would have made it a bit more likely to be a faulty gene, but it sounds like he lived to a ripe old age.
He sounded like quite a character and left you a lot of his memories to add to your history. All the best to you.
Again so sorry to hear about your loss. I listened to a work related lecture on dementia. Speaker explained it’s like shaking a bookcase, and the recently added books (so recent memories) on top will fall off first, leaving the books in a more secure location (older memories) still there. Most interesting. The speaker also explained that even if the person with dementia doesn’t remember the very pleasant outing they just had, they’ll still feel really good about their day (without necessarily knowing exactly why). So yes they have feelings and they’re not gone as a person.
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Eat a less sugar and an anti inflammatory diet as prevention. Exercise and do puzzles with unique style. Unidragon puzzles
Incredible information. Scares me since I am 63 years old already. I am constantly stressed and experiencing anxiety for decades. 😢
Hi Abuela, how's your day going with you?
No te preocupes! Puedes empezar aprender español por ejemplo o aleman y por supuesto hacer deporte cada día! Tenga suerte! 🌸🌿
@@paramirarSoy alemán de 72 años y estoy aprendiendo español exactamente por este motivo. Últimamente he tenido problemas para encontrar palabras y tengo presión arterial alta. Por eso cambié mi dieta drásticamente. Ahora estudio 1-2 horas todos los días (tenía el español como segunda lengua extranjera cuando me gradué de la escuela secundaria hace muchos años, pero he olvidado mucho). Aparte de eso salgo a pasear con mi perro también dos o tres horas. Es bueno para mí y sólo puedo recomendarlo.
Dr. Ekberg I cannot thank you enough for this video because I feel empowered after viewing it. I just buried my 80 year old mother who began exhibiting signs of Alzheimer's in her mid fifties. The past ten years was torture for her. I was her caretaker for the past ten years until my mother had to go to a nursing home because of swallowing and breathing problems. I have had a closeup of how devastating this disease is and it terrifies me. My maternal grandmother and aunt also had it. I am terrified that I have it too and actually avoided presentations like yours out of terror. This is the first I have watched and you have reduced some of my fears by informing me I can take actions to prevent or slow it down. I am now in my 60s and was convinced I probably have it and am helpless even though I am not exhibiting symptoms. It seems to me that my grandmother, aunt, and especially my mother, just passively accepted it, but I want to fight it with all I have. Thank you.
Fast and take huperzine...do that and you won't get dementia
Do not go gently Into that dark night, rage, rage against the fading of the light. Dylan Vaughan Thomas.
Yes start fasting cut the carbs and sugar
@@wideawake914 Thank you. That is some of my favorite poetry and so appropriate.
@@richardlawson6787 Thank you. I have never heard of huperzine. I am willing to fast. I already cut out most carbs and sugar (type 2 diabetes) How often should I fast?
I just lost my mother to Dementia and Alzheimer's she passed about 2 weeks ago . She struggled with it for more than 12 years . Every word this man speaks in this video is on point , from the very beginning to the end . It's been tough .
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Sorry for your loss. 🙏
So sorry about your loss. 🙏🙏
I had symptoms of early onset dementia and was devastated.
I'd not long lost my mother to vascular dementia ( smoking related).
I was talking to my sister in law about getting tested, and she told me before I make an appointment with my doctor to go through the medications I was taking.
She is a medical professional and told me that it was the high dose of gabapentin I was taking for neurological pain.
I told my doctor I wanted to come off them and would rather tolerate the back pain than feel like I was losing my mind.
Over a few months, the dose was tapered until I was off them completely.
The difference was like the difference between night and day.
The brain fog had disappeared.
Gabapentin interferes with one's brain's ability to form new synapses, make new mental connections, and learn. I was using it for back pain (and anxiety), but have run into insurance issues, so I cannot purchase my long acting Neurontin. The back and knee pain have begun to kick back up, but my inattentive ADD is a bit better.
@Julia Dixon I knew about it interfering with the ability to make new synapses but wasn't prepared for it to make me feel as bad as it did.
I was out on huge doses of Gabapentin by my pain specialist. Then over time 3 people close to me told me my personality had changed. I stopped cold Turkey - not knowing I wasn’t meant to- but wow- I had no idea what an effect it had in me. Amiltriptyline was similar in that it made me feel like a zombie until after midday. These drugs sneak up on you. You don’t realize until you stop!
I would love to know what you replaced for your neuropathy pain? I take 900 mg oh gabepentin a day.
I have the same symptoms on Gabbapentin, I refuse to take any opioids but the brain fog and my loss of articulation is very evident, I feel like I can't win,
My wife had a stroke in 2010. Left her w aphasia and paralized on right side. The last 3 yrs she has gone into decline by looseing weight from a 2x to currently a large . Her appatitite has great diminushed as well . Shes still alert strong vital sighns. This last month in feb 2024 showing sighns of confusion and lack of emotions. She sleeping more as well. I have been her 24/7 caregiver all this time . Shes been on hospice now a year and half. Totally bedridden. I keep her dry and clean .shes incognatent. And constant pain. W pain meds every ,4 hours. I keep her turned and lots of pillows i have listened to you alot .thank you. I lost my mom in 2021 . Wish i had you then. To help. I was her caregiver as well. As she too became bed ridden . She went fast. Only 3 months . You are great keep helping.
Thinking of you and your wife xx
Thank you for sharing. All the best.
Bless your heart, Robert. That is a heavy burden you bear. There aren't many men who would do what you're doing for your wife.
I pray all of God's blessings, strength, endurance, and peace be yours through this journey.
You have my utmost admiration and a huge bear hug.
I feel so sorry for you but I extend my greatest admiration. I wish I had gotten that opportunity. My loved one suffered from aphasia, paralysis and mutism and neurologists swears he did not have a stroke therefore was not given proper care (therapy, follow up). Claimed he had untreatable dementia. He still knew who I was and was eating well but needed a lot of therapy. His son chose to bedfast him and put him on hospice, restricting oxygen to his brain. He died within one month.
I am grieving as it’s only been 4 months and so angry at the healthcare system for their lack of care and misdiagnosis.
Likely you are aware of this as a medical professional: my late husband, who had worked for 9 years as a manager of a retirement village, had undergone ongoing training in this capacity, particularly regarding dementia. Not long before his retirement, he told me he thought he may have early signs of dementia - purely because he recognized some typical symptoms. He continued to be active in our community after he retired from this post aged 65, never mentioning dementia again. But in his 72nd year, he suddenly had typical mild stroke symptoms- our GP was alert enough to get him to a neurosurgeon and have an MRI scan done - Nigel had a massive tumour on the right side of his brain. This was successfully removed, as he came home three days after surgery and continued working part time jobs, intricate jobs! Then 7 months later the tumour returned, this time his symptoms were more aggressive, in that he faded in and out of normal life, getting confused with how old he was. Why I mention this to you - how many people are likely being diagnosed with dementia, when in fact they may have a treatable brain tumour? Nigel did not die from cancer, btw, he died from a hospital virus. - the new tumour, in the same site, was also removed successfully.
There is a condition where fluid accumulates on the brain which causes a TREATABLE dementia. A vitamin B12 deficiency can cause mental problems also.
Was it the vaccine? Or was it covid.
@@joycehandersonfriends3225 Is that true about pills being destroyed by stomach acid?
Sorry to hear about the hospital virus thank you for sharing your story
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My deepest condolences on your loss of Nigel. Sounds like you both went through a lot before that hospital "souvenir" got him. My dad survived a difficult surgery, only to catch a horrible virus. The nurse said the surgeon kept a suit on-site that has never been cleaned that he wore for the last patient visit prior to their release. My dad was never the same.
My Father's stress induced dementia is one of the reasons I decided to finally take control of my health. It has been scary seeing the swift change in his mind in such a short period of time. We have to do all we can to preserve our body and mind. Thanks for your extremely helpful lectures Dr. Ekberg!
@tom alba Is it the saturated fatty acids your brain is made off of? Why not choose animal fats containing cholesterol and many other nutrients for a healthy brain? More tastier anyway.
@@Lamz.. - Yes, all healthy fats are good for the brain.
Thank You LisaR Nichols. You are certainly on the right path. You are learning and applying. 😄
I always believed stress and excessive multitasking caused brain disfunction.
My mother taught yoga until age 95, and could still do all the postures herself. She started dementia at around age 90, and passed away at 98, at which stage she had it pretty badly but still had some lucid moments. I am 85, active, dancing and doing fitness classes. I'm noticing some new forgetfulness that is frightening me. I was told that I would probably develop dementia because my mom had it. I do mind games and am a writer. Although no one has mentioned any changes in me, I am watching myself very carefully-I live alone, and hate to think what my future would be if I went the same route as my mom. I also entertain on piano at retirement and care-giving facilities and have witnessed the power of music-I've heard that playing the piano is a good exercise for the mind.
I volunteer and the hospital associated care centre (full time clients) and music is a core for that unit. more music people needed.
Did you have the jab? My dad had all doses and since, problems started occuring, like prostate, hearing and the latest is dementia. A very bright, clever, excellent memory man (as was his dad and family) with great knowledge, now forgets serious stuff and even went missing once when he couldn't remember his way back home. I'm not sure if you can detox, but well, do all you can. Look up pranic healing too and also heavy metal detox. Eat cleaner. Take care.
Don’t worry about it you won’t necessarily follow in your Mom’s footsteps. With dementia your friends and family will probably notice it first. I had a dear friend that even forgot she had dementia and kept driving. She ended up on the freeway going down the wrong way. Before she passed she still couldn’t recognize dementia in herself and she was an RN. She died about two years into her diagnosis not from dementia but heart disease.
What is your diet like if I may ask? I might not see your response because I had my notifications disabled so if you just like my comment when responding I can see if you had responded or not. The reason I'm asking is because I've been researching the carnivore diet and there are many people who have reversed their mental ill-health as well as physical ill-health with a carnivore diet. They've reversed MS, fibromyalgia, epilepsy, depression etc. There seems to be a correlation between eating too many carbs and Dementia or Alzheimers. People with these conditions in old age homes deteriorate because their diets are loaded with carbs. The brain is a fatty organ. It needs fats to thrive. And too often we're starving it because we eat too much bread or pasta.
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Someone with knowledge!
I'll add to that with my own thoughts:
- along with carnivore, add as many Omega 3s as you can tolerate, at least 5-6grams a day of epa/dha. Most 1 gram soft gels have 300-400mg of epa/dha, so try and take 4-5 gels with each meal. Or pay for more quality and go with liquid- Nordic Naturals or Carlsons fish oil.
- fasting. Fasting for roughly 3-4 days will get most people into autophaghy, where the body scavenges itself, cleaning uneeded and damaged cells. Many people believe this prevents cancer and even eliminates infections like herpes.
I’m 99% sure my dad has dementia and I brought it up to my step mom and she’s in complete denial. I don’t know what to do. Sometimes I think I’m crazy because I’m the only one in a big family that notices it. But I take notes every-time I see him and it’s undeniable.
Extremely normal. Spouse is absolutely the last to realize by a large margin.
Download the dementia test and have her be there while he takes the quizzes. Also, download the dementia for non-paid care givers and have her read it. It explains it to her.
Get him Ch he out in hospital with bloods, thyroid, B12 etc checked. After that no harm to put him on Thiamine supplements. Avoid medications that have anti-cholinergic side effects - they cause/ worsen cognitive decline. After that encourage reading & keeping a diary. Then little else that can be done. I’m not surprised your step mum doesn’t want him labelled- get him checked out while trying to avoid him being labelled as doctors then become biased.
It could be that rare bingo where they BOTH have dementia 😮
Have him evaluated by a neuropsychologist.
I Just turned 70. My newly discovered sleep issue, due to my recent retirement, and poor posture, due to aches and pains, need adjustment. Thank goodness for viewing your video in time! Invaluable content!
Every single person with ADHD watching this: “I’m in danger”
Thank God you said that.. I were genuinely starting to panic 🤣😬
Same. I think I have dementia and not ADHD but I take ADHD meds. I can't live without them.
I was about to write that I've been having dementia since my teens 😂🤣😂
Seriously!! ADHDer here!!
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Stage 3 is a story of my life since school. My mother had dementia. So scary. She didn't know who I am.
About movment. My dog sais the same: "Move woman. I'll go with you. Just get up." And he is so right.
Your Dog is right! We dogs are always right ✅ 🐕 🐶
Thank You Anna Młochowska. LOL. Listen more to your dog. 😄
Yeah, as I was watching the video, and he got to Stage 3, I was like, "So I've been in stage 3 my entire adult life."
This is why isolation is so insidious.
animals have a sense to detect if you are doing wrong/right, or if you are vital or less vital
I always felt my dads alzheimers was caused by his diet and after an unexpected move for him boredom. I wish he could have gotten helped sooner. One thing you said in last stage they say random words with no context. With my father language was the first to go. I helped with some tasks that day I complained of mild back ache my father said " why dont you go water your fins" while it was funny and cute. We were always able to understand him. He was telling me to go take a hot shower. What i didn't see you mention is that besides forgetting names, activities, and location of items things they forget is. I live him I would not steal from him. But every day he was convinced everyone was stealing from him. He actually stole my belongings thinking i stole them from him. Its hard listening to your parent call you a thief every day. They forget how to use the toilet. Like they never had the sensations before. They forget how to walk, they forget that they don't know how to walk. They forget what a fork is and why we use it. They forget they are supposed to eat. They forget how to eat. The pain in the tummy of hunger, they don't know what it is. i wish he would have only forgotten my name I can't imagine the fear he felt. But he kept the connection with his wife and he knew me. So i think it brought him some comfort
I have a sister in law that had a very severe stroke when she was 32 due to lupus. She acted exactly the same as you describe. She to this day has to use a wheel chair and can't speak in full understandable sentences. Stroke can Mimic dementia.
People should be aware of this.
I'm so terrified of dementia and I'm creeping into the more concerning stage of decline. Constant stress and fatigue over the past three years have taken a hard toll on my whole body, especially my brain, and I feel so exhausted all the time.
Courage. Me too
Just keep going as each day is a gift.
Get enough sleep!!!!!!!!!!
@@iraschellenberg-kollenstei2247 It's s very true to get enough sleep. I've struggled with that all my life. Also have dementia in my family. I just try not to stress, just do your best ok
Do NOT worry. Your wife drives you crazy.
I have had a problem with names all my life. I learned to listen better which has helped me a lot. I could always remember what a person said but couldn't remember his or her name. I learned Spanish in my late 60s. Lifelong exercise fanatic. Walk, Run every day and resistance training 2-3 times a week.
I was a pole vaulter and decathlete in high school. I'm 82 now and very healthy. Thanks Doc. I love to learn.
Did you try to match their name up to a song or another person w the same name? Or a rhyme?
I learn english..... For 45 years....Without results....😆
I also have difficulty learning names. What I find helps a lot is if I say it out loud, more than once if possible. "Nice to meet you Anna." "Well, Anna, as much as I'm enjoying our chat I must go." Sometimes I pretend I forgot something important after they walk away "Anna, wait!" It doesn't seem to matter how much I try to remember a name by thinking about it, it doesn't work. Saying it out loud does the trick, it's like it involves a different part of the brain.
@@brandyballoon If is Anna cute babe, her name I remeber instantly minimal 10 years....😆
Es gibt viele Menschen, die die Schwäche haben, sich Namen zu merken. Das sind meist Menschen, welche in Bildern lernen und Erinnerungen in Bildern ablegen. Das ist kein Zeichen von beginnender Demenz. Namen lassen sich schlecht in Bildern ablegen, daher ist das vergessen von Namen ganz normal für diese Menschen.
I have had many of these symptoms since I was in my 20s, whenever I was under extreme stress. It’s always upsetting, especially now that I’m in my 70s. So far I’ve been able to handle it by getting through the stressful situations, getting rest and upping my protein and fat intake, and “trying” to limit sugar. I also remind myself that dementia doesn’t run in my family (lucky me) and of my own history. This is so scary.
Yes, I have a really bad short time memory and I'm bad att calculating in my head, but as I have been like that my whole life, I am not worried.
@@Miz-Newsy for me it’s situational. I think as we get older, though, we might worry a bit more. Yes, there are many possible reasons for just about any symptom.
Try Magtein (Magnesium L-Threonate). I take "Nero-Mag" which is helpful. I have ADHD but doctors didn't figure that out until 2004 (when I was 36) ...even after I suggested it for 4 or 5 years😑 My script for that was life changing to say the least.
My brain works far better now at 55 then it did when I was 10.
Also, stress can lower your vitamin D levels. Low vitamin D can lead to anxiety and/or more stress... a vicious cycle. (Vitamin D is actually a hormone). My doctors failed to test my vitamin D levels until I requested it. It was so low they put me on a script. That was my 2nd life changing script.😀 Just something to consider!
@@robnation2475 Thanks
The forget names thing freaks me out. I was at church one day and was helping out in prayer. This lady that I have known for a long time and asked for prayer and my mind just went completely blank. I couldn’t remember her name. I was mortified!! Dementia and Alzheimer’s runs in my family on both sides. My grandmothers had it.
Dr. Ekberg please do not change your approach to videos, and keep your 20-25 minute timeframe. We love your in depth approach and the fact you explain things. It is so much more powerful and convincing to learn WHY things are as they are. Thank you! I have learned so much from you.
Love you Doc, I watched my grandmother decline rapidly, and my father who is now a diabetic is showing symptoms at 63. He won't get active, change his diet, or do anything to even try to combat it. I'll try to sit him down and show him this video, thank you sir.
Pretty much sounds like all men his age. How did it go btw?
My 93-year-old mother takes 4 fitness classes a week and walks every day. Her relative youth and sharp mind are proof that exercise keeps us young!
My mom did it all and she still died of Alzheimer’s. I’m not convinced that any of that helps. Happy for your mom though.❤
God bless her
It's not really proof, it is just one point in a data set but I get the crux if you like of what you are saying.
I'm sure that exercise and keeping busy in social clubs, groups, etc. helps greatly. I just think that maybe this works for some more than it does others.
yes, but it is genetics as well.
Thank you very much. I'm 85 and barely into the early stage from normal. It is barely detectable. I was an IT System Designer and Project Manager, so Lists and Post-its are not a useful indicator of decline. I write lengthy, carefully constructed political articles, commentary, responses, etc. on the Internet. I am active and straight as a cadet. This is great, but you have reminded me to stay aware that my priority is to be me all the way through. Plus you've given me some things to watch for and to do for maintenance. Thanks again Dr. Stan.
Thanks for sharing. I'm only a retired CNA but I've worked with Alzheimers, dementia and people with declining memory for over 25 years. There are differences. The youngest dementia resident was only 39 years old in a nursing home. She had been a drug addict. So maybe it was caused or triggered by the drug use. She was like a senior in a young body. Her long wavy hair had turned very gray and white. Her body was declining, she used a walker. One client had Louie bodies. Hope I'm saying that right. When I would visit her once she said the little children were running around the apartment. So, I opened the door and pretended to shoo them all out one by one. It worked. She thanked me. She was in her late 80's. Lastly, one client would hide money in different places. Behind pictures in the frame and stuffed in slippers. Then she told her family the money was missing. They thought I took it. I told the Agency what she was doing. They found the money. Lastly a husband was taking care of his wife and she told me ' this nice man is taking care of me', they had been married over 60 years. Thank you for this information.
My mother discovered a few months after Dad's passing that he had hidden dollar bills in books. She was going to donate the books but for some reason thought to flip through them. Boy, was she surprised. I think she finally came up with a couple hundred dollars.
@@mariafox3782 Interestingly, I was helping a senior as a HHA, Home Health Aid, back in 1978. She accused me of stealing her money. I discovered she was hiding money behind pictures in picture frames and in old slippers. I told the Agency I was working for and they told the family that it wasn't me. They found the hidden moneys.
You said your Only a can?
“C n a “ are the best of the best ty for all that you do 🌻🌻🌻
@@tmaffeo Oh wow, thank you.
@@mariafox3782 Thanks for sharing.
I lost my dad to this evil disease a week ago. Watching his regression over the past year during this horrendous pandemic isolation to his last breath was just heartbreaking 😓
I'm so sorry for what you & your father have gone through and your loss...prayers ❤.
My condolences 💐
@@kevinbraden9445 🥰 thank you
Condition, not a disease.
@@mrearly2 are you seriously correcting me after I have lost my dad to this!! 👏👏👏
This was beneficial as my 94 year old dad is afflicted with Alzheimer’s. He’s stage 6 according to this and declining rapidly. Thank you for this information and tips.
Hi Nancy, how's your day going with you?
Having worked in health care for over 20 years the human body has never ceased to amaze me as to what it can endure. I've seen people totally neglect & abuse themselves for years & yet the body keeps going. Imagine if we really looked after our bodies & respected them? What a differance it would make!?
My neighbors were married nearly 60 years. She started down this horrible path and her husband took it upon himself to care for her until the end stage, when he finally surrendered her to a nursing home. The stages you described were very clearly shown in her steady demise. It is a truly horrible way to die.
One of James Garners' last TV movies was based on a man whose wife was institutionalized and didn't recognize him any more, and in fact, was in fear. I can't remember the show just a decade ago but it was really touching .
@@louisliu5638 the movie was called The Notebook. I watched it couple times but can't bear to watch it anymore.
@@shirleys765 Thanks. After Garner being my hero all my life, a "man's man" this was a really touching performance on his part.
@@louisliu5638 it sure was a touching performance. The movie reminds me of my parents and the love they had for each other. They were married for 65 years but sadly they both passed away in 2022. I will love and miss them forever.
The notebook
I’ve worked with people with dementia for 20 years. You did 90% explaining it.
Thanks for bringing awareness to the issue.
Anything else you want to add?
And the 10% he missed? Surely you’d like to explain that part for us? (Please)
Should the people with dementia be put down?
I took care of my mother for 20 years. I feel my family is putting me there . I dismiss my brothers and sisters because of their lives when they need me. Now everyone is out of my life.
I know I get it. Play the way my mom was then I'll be there too.
I'm fighting because I'm not going there.
I'm 70 and I'm still working my life. Thank you God Bless🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️
I wrote a poem about a visit to my mum in hospital. She had late stage dementia.
'Visiting'
A glimpse of mum, as I knew her
(And she knew me)
Is all I ever have before she sees me
And I become my Auntie Jess, and she my sister
Who remembers everything I cannot.....
Bus times to Market, what’s on the Wireless,
Where she’s put her Ration Book.
How could I forget 'Gone With the Wind'
And seeing it with her at the Grand?
(Ten years before she’d even met my dad.)
Or how I cried at the end and got mascara on her
New 'Joan Crawford' dress?
I baulk at outright lies -is this sorry charade
For me or for her?
My facade falters and her smile vanishes,
Her certainty dissolves
Into wariness and confusion.
It’s time to slip away,
Back through the glass door.
Another glimpse of Mum, face taut with concentration,
As she scans the fog
For the wisps of shadow I know to be
Her memory of me.
This is a great poem; it gives such insight into this condition. May God strengthen you and your mom. May God also provide for you this day, and always.🙏
God bless you and your Mum.
i’m soo sorry for the pain you’re feeling, you’re poem is beautiful and heartfelt! take care
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A beautiful testimony. Well written and bittersweet.
Lost both of my grandparents to dementia. It was the most horrible thing to go through, for not only them; but us too.
Father died of vascular demetia.The mental anguish he was in, head in hands, at the table was horrible to watch.If you could have flicked a switch ?
I had stress-related memory loss a couple years ago. One important point is that it was good full workup. It is really important to distinguish between stress-related memory dysfunction and dementia. These have different reversal approaches. The cognitive dimensions also have a different profile. Stress-related memory dysfunction is usually a matter of the hippocampus atrophying under high amounts of cortisol.
Particular signs of stress-related decline include high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, and even blood sugar control problems.
If you have been under considerable stress for some time and are a senior, how do you know if some of these symptoms are due to stress or beginning of dementia.
@@gaylebanks7533 Indeed that's a problem. Also there is some evidence that stress is a risk factor for dementia so it is not so clear cut.
Thanks!
Thank You @stevewhalen6973 so much for showing your appreciation and supporting the channel, and for helping me get the message of health out to the world. 🙏 🏆 😄
Since I retired I notice that I am having memory loss, sometimes I can recall it with a few minutes and sometimes not at all. I am 77, have arthritis in my hands, I exercise every other day. I eat fairly well no desserts, but some package foods. I am active doing my hobbies. So thank for sharing. I will watch the next video.
Hi Myrna, how's your day going with you?
My mom is in the later stages of Alzheimers, she was a consistent walker, exercised and ate hordes of fruits and vegetables all her life, never drank, smoked. My dad died afer56 years of marriage and she shortly afterwards was diagnosed with lymphoma and then alzheimers. I believe it was the emotional pain that caused both of these diseases.
Yeah, emotion trauma speeds up every disease.
Me, heart broken reading this 😳😅
I believe you are on to something. Emotional Stress
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That makes so much sense! Emotions have so much to do with our physical and emotional health.
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I was wondering the same also. My great grandmother who passed from Alzheimer’s was obsessed with her youthful glory days and was angry at the thought of getting old. My grandmother has dementia now but is like your mom, eats very healthy, exercises and dances a lot but there was about 20 years when we couldn’t locate her son (my uncle) and she worried incessantly about him. He turned up a few years ago but while she does remember him (and all of us) she has the signs of dementia.
My mom is 94. She has late stage dementia. She doesn't remember having been married for 65 years. Nor any of her four kids. Her memory retention is around 5-10 seconds and then she's forgotten what was just said. She's in an assisted living group home. This disease is terrible. She led such a full life and dementia has robbed her of all her life's memories.
so very sorry! 😥Sounds like you are still in her life which is hard on you but you'll be glad you were there for her, trust me. I do work in many of these places and so many of these poor souls are alone-no one ever comes. Maybe she doesn't know you are there but it will bring you comfort after she is gone to know that you never abandoned her. Stay strong & God bless you
I was doing a social service survey for the elderly and one poor woman notice my brooch. Every 5 minutes or so, she would notice it and say, "My, you have a lovely brooch." I would tell her thank you, but it made me sad for her. She was so very nice and had a beautiful home.
I have dementia stage#3 nearly 4, i've been a nerd since I was 12, not moving from my chair every day or laying on my bed for almost 10 years. Now i'm 23 years old and finally i started exercising, in 5 months i lost 12kg, despite lack of some cognitive functions, i feel better
Good for you! Keep up the good work! 💕
Keep up the good habits. Life is sweet. I'm 73, exercising, traveling, enjoying our beautiful world. God has a plan for you.
Some of these also describes ADHD, so don't panic and get tested (I'm just got diagnosed with inattentive ADHD at age 46).
yes
I thought of the same because my husband has ADHD and has some of the early signs of dementia described here.
I have ADD and the symptoms sound very familiar.
I need to look through your videos for anything regarding ADHD. I am in my thirties and now that I know what the symptoms are in females, having it makes so much sense. There is a concerning amount of overlap between the symptoms you said about early dementia and those of ADHD. Please consider doing a video that discusses both and ways to take care of our brains. Thank you so much for your channel and all the information you share with us. Truly grateful.
Just FYI to actually have ADHD (with or without the “H”) you must have had symptoms prior to age 9. If you were fine as a kid and all through HS, your symptoms are not ADHD. This is one of the most wrongly diagnosed mental health condition.
@@l9878 - Yes.
I have ASD and have always had a lot of the executive dysfunction in issues he mention, I am also wandering if this is a cause for concern.
@@l9878 I was a kid before ADHD was really understood. A teacher once called met the most scattered brain pupil she ever had in her class. Never saw it as a condition , but was regarded as naughty.
@@Mamaofchaos2 Thank you for bring this topic up to the surface.
I started watching you, Dr. Ekberg, for the keto information. I've learned a lot, but I believe that this video is probably the most important video I've ever seen. It is so difficult for an individual to differentiate between normal aging and the beginning of dementia. Thanks for giving us tools to help us.
Hello Carol how are you doing?
Lipitor seriously affected my memory and caused me to lose my job. Alzheimer’s runs in my family and at the age of 58 I was sure I was losing it. You could tell me something ten times and I still wouldn’t remember it. I knew there was something wrong with my brain. About 5 mos later I was reading through the literature that comes with medication. Rarely, it said, in small print, it could cause memory problems. I quit taking it immediately and within a week I felt the fog lifting. I feel like there has been permanent memory issues but the difference I feel not taking it is incredible. I was terrified I was losing my mind. My cardiologist told me he has seen this in older patients but never in someone my age. He asked me if he could interest me in another statin. I told him I’d rather have a heart attack than go through that again.
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Topomax did/does this to me, Gabapentin was 100x WORSE!!
I stopped crestor because of reports it causes dementia!! My endocrinologist even said he heard that too. It's because the lipitor/crestor reduces cholesterol everywhere even the brain. Our brains need the cholesterol. What a situation. No one in Our family had had dementia til my mom. She was on crestor from her 40s on til 85. No thank you. If ripped the waxy cholesterol right outa her brain. The article said we need that in our brain to think straight. Depends on the person I guess.
If your doctor understood that a satin impaired your memory and general cognitive function, why would he keep attempting to prescribe it?
HOW ABOUT TELLING US WHAT THE MEDICATION WAS?
I'm 61 and for a few years I've noticed changes in my cognitive level. My last family reunion I found myself completely embarrassed when I asked my mom if she had seen one of my aunts. My heart sunk when mom told me she had died a few months earlier. Funny thing is, I don't remember her funeral.
Please go see your primary doctor and share this if you haven’t already done so. 🙏
@@1974jashfulI know I need too. I lost mine at the VA because I hadn't gone for a long time. Now I'm fighting with them to get a new one
@@1974jashfulThey have nothing for you, but they pretend they do.
Did you attend the funeral ? If so, and mental defenses of denial or gross minimization are not involved, then this could be neurological and not mental.
For some reason Dave I am unable to respond to you directly (probably offended someone so this platform won't let me, I don't know, lol!)
So I don't remember if I attended the funeral. I was so embarrassed that I changed the subject, and I still don't remember. I know it wasn't a denial thing because I really wasn't that close to her.
I think some of this could be hereditary because when my Dad was alive he was a cop in a small town for a couple years. He quit the force because he was getting forgetful and he didn't want to jeopardize someone's freedom or let the wrong person go because he forgot something!
He would also constantly call my brothers and me by the wrong brothers name.
My Dad served in Korea, he was one of the guys that retrieved our fallen soldiers on the battlefield, so to do someone wrong, even by accident would have mortified him!
Since my last post, it has gotten worse. I can't count how many times in a day I forget both important and not so important things! When I try to remember, it's like an itch I can't scratch! This sounds weird, but I can feel it just above where the back of my head meets my neck! I don't know, maybe aliens abducted me!
Oh Sten, I wish I had this information three or four years ago... my friend, he wasn't too far gone, but the advice and "help" he got about managing his condition was dreadful. He was encouraged to change nothing... and that was the voice of authority and wisdom? My heart still hurts for him.
My mother was a high functioning woman who was an executive sec. and retired at about 60 and had a heart attack at age 63 but after was never quite herself. By 70 she was obviously having memory, and locomotive issues where she became dissorientated. My father was beside himself and I moved in with them in 2006.
What I have discovered that trauma played a serious role in her life and my fathers as both grew up in the midwest but had seperate early lives but she became pregnant and they married. My sister was born. I was born 15 years later and thought my mom was not there for me. She was emotionally unavailable. To my sister, myself, even, my dad.
I believe she suppressed her feelings so intensely she coped for so long she just became unable to function.
After the heart attack she changed and just wore her mind out. My dad never got over his mom dying when he was 7. Trauma must be dealt with in families. Otherwise the constant focus on the mind takes people down. I try to keep healthy all around.
My mother in law used to be sharp but she simply isn’t there anymore. Her diet included a lot of sugar. We knew that something was awfully wrong when she asked my husband who he was. Very sad.
I had a friend who also declined like that. I took care of her for 10 years. I eventually secured her a place in an assisted care facility as I had to move away. The facility she was in was a few blocks away and I used to stop in after work to chat with her. Right before I left to move to New York, I stopped in and said, ‘Well Frances I am all packed and ready to go to New York.’ She said, ‘Well you should go with Rob, he’s going to New York too.’
Of course, I am Rob.
Another time I called her and asked how she was. She said the place was under attack and the place was swarming with cops. I hung up and called the facility and told them what she said, and they said, ‘oh she is watching Cops on TV. She’s alright.’
Now it is 20 years later and I will be 60 this year and forget so many things. It makes me wonder if I am headed to the same problems she had.
My mother lives on sugar. She orders cases of Werther's and Scotch mints. My siblings load her up with more. Sugar should be declared a poison.
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Try to consume a few spoonfuls of coconut oil daily and drink artesian water with high silica (or take a silica supplement).
@@OceanFrontVilla3 yes coconut oil helps to improve brain functions. I have seen that.
@@OceanFrontVilla3 How about magnesium suppliment or extra virgin Olive oil ? Just asking.
My grandma has dementia. It's been hard to see her go threw this. I wish there was a cure for this. My grandma took care of herself , exercise all the time. Like working her puzzles, sewing, and working in her garden. Kept her mind focus and busy all the time. Still got dementia. I think it could happen to anyone. Doesn't matter how well you take care of yourself it still can happen to anyone, I wish there was a cure for this.
You don't know what she was holding in. You only knew what she showed you. Old people have many secrets and regrets.
One thing that he did not discuss was cause. In this regard I'm wondering is if incidence is on the rise as a percentage (and not just because we're living longer). I further believe that non-thinkers are gonna get this thing more than deep thinkers and this relates to the dumbing down of IQ over that past 3 generations (if you don't believe this drive around the block). This disease also has a tendency to inherit, Katrina so you need to be aware. My spouse died from it and her Mother died from it. And a brother too and now I hear one of her younger sisters is showing symptoms. I'm 79yo and do not have any indicators as the presenter mentioned but perhaps because it does not run in my family on either side.
There is a supplement you can try. Remember even this doctor, they will only endorse pharmacuticals by big pharma or say there is nothing you can do, which is baloney. Try colloidal gold by a company called mesosilver. There is a lot of success stories of people like your mother getting their life back and memory.
Just like my mom !!! Beyond our control
Dr Richard Shulze...cayenne pepper tincture
I've just done 10 years of dementia care giving. I'm not 60 yet. Much of this resonates with me to the point of hypercondria.
My organisational critical path analysis is fouled up and I need to make lists. I've a lot on in life at the moment, I'm moving house after homing mum, and many other issues.
Lost my mother just a few months ago and how I wish I had viewed this before. I was so short tempered with her and will carry that guilt forever. Her mental and physical decline followed this exactly. What I can't fathom is why none of the many doctors I took her to mentioned any of this.
Unforgivable that they were so negligent.
Doctors are lazy. They figure people can look up anything on the internet. They do not want to waste time educating people if the information is always available at the click of a mouse.
Don't carry that guilt forever. We are all human and the stress you were under made you irritable. That's stress and depression. Forgive yourself 💓
Sorry for your loss. I know exactly what you are going through. Stay strong and keep learning. I lost my mother two years now. And my grandmom was murdered in a nursing home which the state does not want to follow " because of her age ". The fact is that in this country no one gives peanuts about our elderly population unless you have a big family or you are related to someone of high status. I do not know what state you are from, but I know New York State is the worst abuser of human rights when it comes to the elderly population, because they simply cannot defend themselves. Age is a death sentence for seniors in New York State " because you are expected to die " is their way of thinking. These were the exact words of their famous Cuomo governor when he talked about the many souls dying in nursing homes from Covid19. When someone is old, as opposed to someone who is young, and you are sick the medical system does not want to spend much time with your case. Just look at how much they work when someone is young and sick, but if you are old or getting close to being old you will hear doctors always say " it is age related ". There are so many people in the medical field that should have moved on to something else because they should not be there. They are in the wrong field. As you can see there are many causes for mental decline as presented in these videos and others, but the one thing that stops doctors from finding our and help save a life is the person's age, which is wrong because a life is a life. I saw this with my parents. It does not matter if the person is in a wheelchair or has no arms or no legs. There should be no difference in care and attention between someone who is ten years old and someone who is 100 years old. Life should be respected more, but it is not. Everything in their opinion depends on age. The medical and legal systems do not believe in this which is wrong.
You did the best you could in an impossibly difficult situation so forgive yourself and stop feeling guilty. I know because I am dealing with it now. I am sole caregiver to my mother who has dementia and can’t hear and my father who has just started exhibiting symptoms as well. I do way more yelling than I should because I start off loud so she can hear me and after the millionth time it turns into flat out yelling and I always feel guilty afterwards. She can’t help it, I can help it..but sometimes I can’t. It’s overwhelming. Unless you are trained in dementia care, no one is prepared to handle this. I hope you find some peace of mind. 🙏
Thank you so much for making this video. It was very interesting and informative. I lost my grandfather to Alzheimer's and then, last year, my father who also had it. I am currently caring for my paternal aunt who has it and it seems inevitable that it is something that I am genetically predisposed to which really fills me with great dread! Each time I forget something that I know I should remember, or lose something, I wonder if this is the start for me. You have given me hope that I can do something about it now and not just sit and wait for it to happen, plus the tools to try to fight back . Even if it doesn't work, thanks to you, I will at least have tried! For that I am so, so grateful. I will be watching all of your other videos now and following all of your advice.
Read as much an humanly possible and also practice vocabulary and learn new words. Your brain in a muscle and you need to keep it strong by working it out. Reading is hands down the best thing you can do. Stay off screens and read anything and everything you can.
This is very informative presentation. Once a very good, mentally active person, I’ve been mentally declining for about 5 years. It’s sooo frustrating. My signs are evident in several causes outlined here but more so in others. It’s downright frustrating😢.
Oh! Smart man! Thank you for this video. My husband had a head injury at age 18 and now deals with the early stages of what you mentioned. Now I know more about how to help him. Thank you, Dr. Ekberg.
Difficult to distinguish the difference between "age related" and "nutrition and exercise related" deficits. Not sure myself, from my own experience of improvement through years of Keto, OMAD and exercise, if there is actually a distinction. Now at age 65, having passed through a period of obesity, physical decline and recovery through the above lifestyle changes, I actually contemplate decades more of healthy living and activity. I pity my aging, unhealthy peers but aside from witnessing my own experience to them, am unable to influence the vast majority, including close friends and relatives, to take the necessary steps to correct their decline and contemplate a longer, healthier life.
Wow, well said. It is so common that many people just "give up" and aren't willing to try to improve their situation. I keep hearing "I'm too old to change now." It should be "I'm too old because I won't change now."
Thank You Positive Outlook. Congratulations on your insight and progress. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. Keep sharing your knowledge with others in a gentle manner, but don't have any attachment to, or judge, what they do with it. 😄
@@drekberg Hey doc. Hope ur doing well. Thanks for these videos. Doc plz help!!!!
I wanted to ask u something. Am 17 and recently I've been noticing that my body is vibrating/ shaking internally. It ets really annoying when I do any work. Last week I had a really high fever and cold. I took 3 paracetamol tablets each 560 mg and after a few days this started.
What do you think I should do ?
I was about to say the same thing as Dr E. You can lead a horse to water. Just keep up the example & don’t let it get you down. I’m with ya!
@@justrusty should be “I’m too stubborn to change “
Thank you Doctor Ekberg! Thank you for taking your time to clearly explain each topic you present. I am a teacher and I appreciate that you teach so everyone can understand, especially since most doctors do not share information with their patients, nor give them preventative measures they can use to prevent, or slow disease progression. You are a true blessing! THANK YOU!❤❤
Well done and very clearly explained! Many people do not take dementia seriously until it is too late....
ive had these issues since i was 23. remembering names, where the keys are. car is parked. much less now , following a 6-8 hr eating window and staying keto. much love
I'm considering doing this. Have you noticed a benefit from doing this?
@@526lawn haha. My friends. It was the best decision of life.
For the past 3 months I have been simply jumping up and down on concrete floor holding my bosoms before and after my shower in the bathroom, also standing on one leg when brushing teeth. Making funny face in the mirrir, Just to stimulate brain blood flow. My exercises have intensified as i have become fitter and i lost over 30 lbs too. High fibre no sugar foid choicrs have helped...no pain at all.
Memory recall weakness can be due to anxiousness about remembering too.
@@526lawn it's beneficial as long as you don't have essential ADHD (the kind where you're ADHD because your brain has dysfunctional or missing dopamine receptors)
A superb explanation of the different stages of Dementia. The pace of delivery is great too! There are too many videos these days, in which the person giving the explanation seems to be in too much of a hurry.
This was especially useful to me, seeing my grandma and one of her sisters had alzheimer, and it seems another one of her sisters is starting to show symptoms of it too 😢. As a family, we're constantly looking for ways to keep our brains in motion