My husband is 88 and dementia started during 2020 but I recognize that the previous 8 or 9 years, his anger was so increased. Slowly during that time, anger fits over nothing. That's when I discussed with the doctor. Also, his "living in the past" with those bad memories and regrets. He is 16 years older than I am. And, I believe in 2020, the confusion with pill refills, computer challenges, paperwork of mail, long scratch on the car, almost running into someone, some irrational ludicrous thinking, etc. It destroys marital relationships.

My husband paid the bills I knew there was a problem when our utilities were cut off and he felt there was a conspiracy with the bills being so confusing that they were double charging us. There were so many clues before this. Thing is, his CT did not show shrinkage and the only thing he couldn’t do on the office test was remember the 3 items. Yet he couldn’t make and keep an appointment. I think detecting Alzheimer’s is very confusing at first. He was bizarre one day and so normal the next!

I remember my grandpa going through his shopping list after I bought the groceries. Checking each item off. Double checking the receipt, recalculating the tax. It hurt my feelings that he didn’t t trust me. I’d never borrowed a red cent from him or grandma. Later, I realized it was his insecurity. Heartbreaking.

Thank you very much. 😊 My husband was tested - stage 5 🙏🏻 u have been instrumental in my communicating with my Frank. This has made a world of difference.

Wow!! i wish I had seen this video about 10 years ago. I dont think it would have changed the outcome, but it would have helped me be more confident and secure in the decisions I made. Dealing with my parents dementia was not necessarily bad, rather confusing and overwhelming. I felt so helpless and hopeless. When I accepted my Mother's situation for what it was, it became "OK". If she said she really wanted French Fries, we made it a mission to get her the best fries!! When she wanted to go to her Papa's farm......we rode around until she was satisfied he was taking care of his farm. We or "I" saw a lot of beautiful sunsets....I just stopped trying to make her see things "right". I rolled with it. True story....when my phone rang and she answered my pack of chewing gum.....I let her speak her peace and I played the person on the other end of the phone. She was alright with it, I guess but she did warn me i would be in big trouble if my "Mom" found out I was skipping school. Let them be happy in the moment they are in at that moment. I suppose Mom was teaching me lessons right up to the end. Thanks for posting this video and Peace and Comfort to everyone facing this situation.

I read this definition of forgetfulness vs Alzheimers: if you can't find your keys it's forgetfulness but if you can't remember what keys are for you've got dementia.

Have just recently started watching your channel, and it is really helping me to deal with my husband's dementia a lot. Thank you!

I have been with a man for 20 + years and am seeing a few signs, we are not togeather but in resent time he has had a few fights with his heart. So i have come back into his life to help and just do all i can to make his life more comfortable. We were togeather for 20 years or so and best friends for about 7 anyway wanted to share. Thankx

My dad had dementia/Alzheimer's he had it for 10 yrs until he died. It was a long goodbye as we had him at home. Very true with the signs.

I was caretaker for my mom....I watched an incredibly smart Surgical RN ....go to the end....its was the most painful thing I have ever gone through....God Bless any caretakers out there.....it is traumatic....I found her a place when it got to much for me...I wasnt going to wash her....she died recently....terrible....not as bad as a sudden death....because the whole illness took 4 years...we were all prepared....My doctor put me on Celexa...because of what i went through...almost PTSD symptoms...Its a terrible illness....

You know, I think I have early warning signs. I don't think I'm exaggerating or imagining. I have to figure out if my behavior is just eccentric (because I have at least ONE in each of those catagories), before I go get an evaluation. My dad has stage 6 Lewy Body Dementia, and your videos have been extremely helpful to my family and I.

Dr. Natali, both of my parents have dementia. I have just recently found you and your very informative videos. You have already helped me immensely! Thank you very much! I appreciate that your videos are short and to the point and easy to listen to. I am trying to watch several a day and will be sharing the information with my family members. Information is power! It helps me understand my parents better and consequently enables me to give them more effective care.

Thank you for cutting right to the chase on this list and giving us unambiguous examples.

I've been watching your videos my mom passed a week ago and had ftd dementia. She was diagnosed 3 years ago. She will be greatly missed!

I think it starts much earlier than this. My husband is 72, has T2 diabetes that is not well controlled. I’ve noticed in the last 2 years he is more anxious, he can’t quite remember where he has to go when he is driving if he hasn’t been there for 1 month. He can’t remember words or sometimes makes up a word for the one he can’t grasp. He’s become a bit of a drama queen whereas he was always calm and cool. Changes in his personality. But he can still ace a memory test.

My husband is showing signs of dementia. I seem to be the only one who sees this. A few close friends have noticed anger , not understanding how to play card games that he has been playing for years. . No help from his doctor. When I found you on you tube, I don't feel all alone. Thank you.

My dad keeps accusing me of rude behavior that didn’t come from me but from him. He’s gotten so irritable and aggressive. He also has become hyper religious and keeps accusing me that the devil is speaking for me whenever I question him.

About 50% of these "symptoms" apply just as well to depression.

Thanks Natali! This is the first time that I watch your videos and that I find the Careblazers channel. It was very informative and interesting to watch! Lots of blessings and best wishes for you and everyone in the amazing KZfaq family!

My dad has dementia. He never remembers to take his medication about 95% of the time. He hasn’t driven in the past year as his doctor said he can no longer drive (due to the dementia).

My mom is 75 lost in conversations occasionally, not knowing the year. Forgetting to pay bills. Loosing her keys hourly. Responding to junk mail. Obsession with hearing a transistor radio. Definitely 100 percent forgetting her appointments. Can't remember things from a few hours before. The rest of the symptoms you outlined she isn't displaying much of yet. I am being thrusted into this. It is Alot like piloting a sail boat around the horn. You are essentially dealing with the depths of neurological functions. Of a weaker but slightly more over compensating brain has to throw at you. Such as, displaying, a symptom but perfectly masquerading it with a normal personality, and social normalness. At the moment she isn't showing the rest of those symptoms yet. My current status. This second week of July. Is, I am just trying to help get her bills current. Then take her to her neurologist this Friday. And hope she is diagnosed with something not so serious. But I have a feeling she will be diagnosed with an onset. Of, a Neuro degenerative condition. Hopefully she won't.

With age comes skills other than trying to remember where you put your book and/or your grandchild a few minutes ago. I call it "Multitasking"* You may call it something else if you want to, because in fact I probably won't remember what I said or wrote just minutes ago! *Yes, I am (old) woman, hear me roar... and laugh, cough, fart, sneeze and pee all at the same time!*In fact, I should start calling myself *The Gray Wonder Women!*

I had many of the symptoms, primarily dementia, falling, and incontinence. An MRI showed I have Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus at 77 yrs. old. Now I have a shunt draining spinal fluid from my brain and am fully functioning again. This wouldn't have been discovered but one of the falls I hit my head on the pavement. That led to the MRI.

I've been concerned with a deterioration in my spelling skill, but it's still better than the person who did the posters/closed captioning for this.

I worked with Dementia patients and their families for years and it made me so sad but angry too that families had no understanding or any help ( I’m in the UK) about Dementia as a whole. So many people still think dementia is just about forgetfulness and nothing else, they don’t understand it’s a cognitive declining disease and when their loved one can’t do things like crafts they’ve done for years, or driving progressing to not remembering how to do things like eating or walking or talking etc. considering it’s becoming such a prevalent disease in the world…and I have a theory of one cause why…every single dementia patient I’ve worked with was on Statins….I refuse to ever take them personally. I think and wish the NHS here in the UK, but all countries would educate people not just on prevention but help for families in understanding the disease and how to help themselves and their loved ones through it.

I am so tired of having to explain things to my husband over and over and over and then he tells me that he can handle the situation and then I have to fix what he tells me that he can do and when I say forget it that I will take care of it that he gets mad but then I get mad that he screws it up and he wonders why I get so mad that something so simple that he still screws it up

I kept our my mom at home until the end where she passed in the hospital. I had a lady thru medicaid come at the end and help me out.

Thank you for these videos .They are very helpful..

for me, I have had challenges all my life being scatter brained, but thank fully-not today and not me. God bless the family and the victim of loved one.

I have a couple of the symptoms, & my new doctor said it is just a part of getting older 🤗 sure Hope & Pray she's correct! Lol

Five years since taking my 'demented' mother in. "Dementia" is just a broad medical definition in my opinion. By 85 she had ALL of these symptoms but then again 85 is OLD! Her last appointment with the neurologist was essentially the last. They can't do anything but prescribe Doneprizil (dosen't work) or Lorazepam (👍). By now luckily shes pretty docile and most importantly we have adapted..

That is also signs of Brain Fog as well.I suffer from Depression and I had brain fog and I thought that I was losing my mind.That was in 2014.

Bull if you have any of these you have it. There are also many older people into their 70 that have great memories and are still sharp

Joe Biden should watch this.

Good video, but some of these seem more advanced than early. Such a sad disease.

Thank you!! It's me facing this😢

You know I forgot how to tie my shoes the other day but I thought maybe I'm just going into my second childhood....

Hello, I don't normally comment on anything. However, I feel like you are a friend who has been there sitting across from me & helping me understand why my wonderful mother has become someone else. I've just joined & plan to watch much more videos. Thank you for helping me understand what is going on......it's so confusing & I can't seem to find any support groups. God Bless you & your wonderful work here on this youtube channel.

Many of these would also be true of a depressed person or a person who is chronically ill or in chronic pain. Going through the loss of a spouse or child.

My wife with dementia is 84 I am 87 the caregiver. How do you know when it is time ti get help or move to a care facility ?

I am 55 years old and I'm seriously worried about me being in the onset of dementia. My mom has it and has most likely suffered with it for many years. I have many of the symptoms listed. But I may just be paranoid. But I forget things that I would never forget and I struggle to find the right words or names. I'm almost afraid to talk to people for fear that they will think I'm nuts. I'm really scared! But my husband is not very concerned and thinks I am overly concerned and it's stress related. I feel panicked all the time. Head feels foogy. I say things that I'd never say to others and do things that are abnormal for me... I used to keep a spotless house but now I'm almost hoarding. Was wonderful at finances and saving but now over spend by leaps and bounds. I lose stuff all the time. I often go into rooms and forget what I was there for and honestly never remember afterward. Is it hormonal? I've had the change of life about 4 years ago and that's when my memory really began suffering. I repeat things over and over again. It's irritating. I talk out loud (without even realizing I'm doing) when no one is in the room just to get things off my chest and I don't have to see my sweet husbands questioning expressions. I don't recognize the real me and I feel like a stranger!

Thank you so much for all the information. It is very helpful

Hearing loss can cause you to not take part in conversations and not do some activities. You should have mentioned this because hearing loss is not dementia but it makes you feel helpless and left out. They now have inexpensive hearing aids that make a big difference. There is a type of dementia caused by the thyroid no longer working. It leads to a form of dementia. When put on thyroxine, lije synthroid and cytomel, patients bounce back and are no longer "demented". There are multiple causes of dementia symptoms. Severe iron deficiency anemia will cause fatigue, forgetfulness, shakiness, lack of social activity. It's very serious. But doctors immediately say oh irs ALZ or dementia and put patients on a drug that does not work, because it's not really their brain that is causing it.

Those are more than just early warning signs.

I’m so glad I don’t have dementia, now where did I put the keys to my horse...

So many of these sound like depression also.

A definitive diagnosis of Alzheimer's should offer the option of physician assisted suicide before having to go to a nursing home. Life may usually have meaning but everyone deserves the right to decide what conditions make it n o longer meaningful.

Tests cost a LOT of money. What is the point of formal diagnosis? No insurance pays for the long term care!

My dad got lost while driving, so we had to take the keys away. He was 88.

I read an article about dementia from a doctor her husband had dementia and she start giving him cocosoil in the morning and the evening 1 dinnerspoon and the husband is getting much better now!!!

My doctor told me that if l Thought that l had Dementia or Alzheimer's, that l don't. People with these health conditions believe that nothing is wrong. Memory can lessen with age, that is Not a sign of having either one of these Diseases. Good to know; gives peace of mind! : )

I keep forgetting to finish watching this...

I have come to understand wat depression is now that my wife has dementia The end of the story is always the same, that in itself is a major factor in depression.

And the treatment is?

I would like to know why some people are aggressive and some people seem more mellow. Is there anything that can be done to lower the aggression?

My granddaughter was driving. Saw a bug and stopped the car. Jumped out without putting in park. Fell and the car ran over her leg. Now if I had done that my car keys would be taken and I'd be in the dang nursing home! 😊

Very good, thank you.

My wife of 40 years says if I had dementia no one would notice since I have been showing these signs since I was 19 years old.

I’m having some of these symptoms, I’m only 21.. I’ve had an mri & eeg done already. They both came back normal

AK : I am a caregiver to my wife and very much like your presentatios. I like to donate to your work and like to know how and where can I do it. Thanks.

I'm 51 years old, and I have Bipolar disorder, Ive taken seroquel for more than 10 years . So no new meds causing problems. I've been having episodes of being at home and not knowing where I am. And while driving, forgetting how to start car and forgetting how to stop car. Is this dementia? My dad past away at 67 years old, he had dementia.

I asked my doctor if I should be concerned about my memory problems and he said "nah, forget about it".

My Mom suffered even more because her doctors didn't advise us about her low white blood cell count, which kept dropping. By the time I put it together that she had a compromised immune system, it was too late. Please do this one thing, if you have not. Go on the web profile of your loved one and look at their medical history. It may seem daunting, like it did to me. But, if there's anything glaringly obvious it will stand out. DO NOT expect the doctors to mention these things, or the possible treatments. Also, if you have ANY APPREHENSIONS about a doctor, switch them out IMMEDIATELY. It might make all the difference. I was overwhelmed and confused about which course/s of action to take. Mom, kept losing weight and it turned out she had an affected thyroid and white blood cell production complications. There are medications that may have helped but the doctors never mentioned a peep. They just treated us like we were an inconvenience and treated my beautiful Mom like she was a dunce. She was very educated and quite knowledgeable, but her illness debilitated her cognitively. It was horrible and I wish I had requested new doctors when I first thought I should. Please go on the hospital website and login to your loved one's profile. Read over it carefully. Some of it is not easy to decipher, but there are some things that will likely jump out at you. Follow through on all of that, ask questions because the doctors for whatever reasons, will sometimes just sit on that info hoping that you won't dig it up.

I miss my 3Children, where are you guys at now?!

My mother have Vascular dementia and has it for 4 years now. I'm her caregiver. There are few symptoms that she has. Knitting and crocheting frustrates her. Before she had strokes (3), she was so well advanced on knitting and crocheting. Now, she could only do basic or beginner's skills. Following the the instructions confuses her.

Reasons for spotting dementia signs early: (1) Planning ahead, (2) Planning ahead, (3) Planning ahead. Dementia goes only one way, and depending on the cause it may progress rapidly. It is vital to prepare while you or your loved one still has the capacity to make decisions: estate planning, make sure your will is up to date, set power of attorney in place, discuss and make clear what your wishes would be about personal care, about finances, about healthcare, about medical decisions at such time as you may not be able to make such decisions for yourself. Would you want to be resuscitated in the event of a life threatening emergency? Do you want to be cremated or buried? What kind of funeral do you want, and where? If you become mentally incapacitated without such arrangements in place it becomes very difficult for your family to cope with their necessary obligations.

Why get checked out. Can’t do anything about it anyway!

I loved the out-takes too!

Helpful.

TY & love the outtakes! Much needed laughter!

Thank you

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I’ve had all these symptoms since I was in school

I'm not finding the video of how to get my loved one to the doctor for testing. Help please. Thank you so much.

I'm 36. I have so many of these symptoms. Think I'll make a G.P appt.

Father has a few symptoms, but they can also be explained by severe hearing loss. Avoids social situations with noise, no longer enjoys sports, difficulty concentrating, puts off necessary but disliked chores. But

Showing signs. Hope they come up with a pill like Oregon. 2 end life a proper way. I wouldn't want to be put in a home. They should make it for all states

Bloopers?!!! 🙉🙊LOL✋🤣🎉🥳💃Happy New Year! Sincerely, Dee

Thank you, I watched it for me. I do have a few of these symptoms and it scares me

Thank you for posting this (loved the cute bloopers at the end😋)

Most men normally are like what you listed. For years and years and years. Are we women enabling them throughout our relationship (s) with them? Asking for.a friend

Got all of these since lockdown. Alexa helps me out a lot lol

Which video title should I look for about getting a loved one to seek help? My mom refuses to be seen for a neuropsych evaluation.

My poor mom is 86, and has been in assisted living for 5 years mostly due to multiple sclerosis but now after 2 heart attacks shes been diagnosed with dementia. We moved her to the dementia ward in the same facility. She has always loved knitting, crochet and sewing but now can only crochet...and get the first row started. That's all she can do. But, she is having happy delusions in which she goes out to dinner with friends. She will remember these delusions for several days and tell me about them and laugh. I'm glad she is where she is, she was not getting enough care in assisted living.

Oh goody. Got 5 out of however many there were.

I think I might be getting dementia.... But I keep forgetting to go to the doctor . When I do get to the doctor's I then forget why I went there... I have nearly all those problems for about the last 40 years... Should I be worried🤔

My father has started to forget things back 3 years.. but he has only forgetting issue.. otherwish he is very keen on his hobby, he is very careful on his language and he takes his bath regularly... is this the symptom of dimentia?

I sometimes think I have dementia but there again I am remembering for both of us. Can stress give you these signs..basically short term memory but not daily. Or blanks in my mind....

Or they might misspell "ingredients" on a presentation slide. LOL

The cholinesterase inhibitors are one of the treatments for dementia The Cholinesterase inhibitors work by boosting the chemical messages that has to do with memory and judgement.

My brother in his late 50s is a mental health patient( takes meds for schizophrenia) and he is much improved, leading a fairly normal life, not fully independent but doing okay. We have noticed a disruption in his memory( e.g, time of day) and deterioration in walking speed (he walks very slowly with a gait/shuffle)and sleeping for hours daytime. Also he has had trouble dressing for bedtime and has fallen over several times. A brain scan showed no signs of Parkinsons which is what we thought it may have been. We have to go back to the doctor to rule out (or in) dementia.

All very true, and quite specific, wait until you get an elderly grandiose narcissist with dementia! (I will categorically NEVER let myself go through watching and experiencing that again.) The person had a broken hip and died under anaesthetic. Every symptom here. I would add intense irritability. Over nothing. Car registration plates. Hoarding. Driving on the wrong side of the road. A type of weird conceitedness. There was always total grandiosity and an insistence of having been robbed by family members who gave her an apartment and a large investment portfolio. The victims can hide it with great cunning.

After my last two concussions (a day apart), I've had real problems remembering appointments and finances and problems thinking clearly and planning ... basically anything requiring executive function. iCal with it's multiple alarms has been my favorite workaround for appointments and bills. Diagramming a problem and creating a step-by-step plans is the only way I can do anything. I worry about CTE a lot as I'm having lots of problems with my brain at age 66 (7 concussions later). AND now my 89 y.o. mom with her mild dementia is moving in with us. Yuck.

Bingo. Thx

Woah I'll take a comprehensive physical assessment from you please!

What about imagining that they see and speak with people that passed away years ago? Or call you or others by a different name?

I wonder if all the Electronic magnetic forces that is emitted from the cell phones, transformers ,computers etc is a cause of the rise in neurological decline cases.

So sad. My grandfather had Alzheimer's it was the worst thing i have ever experienced seeing him fade into nothing not remembering who we are its hart breaking. I now know coconut oil can pervent or improve the dimentia. Please at least give it a try. 3 times a day one spoon on organic coconut oil. My grandfather use to ask the same question in a space of 2 minutes he would ask in a loop...but he could remember everything before his dementia started he dident recognize his grandchildren...but could tell u things form 20 years ago...it first hits the short term memory the all of the memenoy its is very very cruel and sad way to die

Awesome video!!!! Have a Blessed Lord's Day!!!!

All of the above, where do I start to have a loved one diagnosed?