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Delirium, Dementia & Other Cognitive Disorders

Are you you worried you may have dementia, or have you recently been diagnosed? Or is a loved-one dealing with delirium, Dementia, and other cognitive disorders? You can ask questions, look for info and discuss coping mechanisms here.

Dejavu with 18 year old

H i there. Im 18 years old and over the past few months ive been experiencing what i can only compare to dejavu. Im not sure what triggers it but it feels almost like im remembering a dream, i feel very hot and everything feels slow and on the odd times ive been around others ive felt like i can...

by User avatar Guest

mild cognitive impairment

I am a student of a medicine. I would like to know something which I can not find in my books. It is about the memory loss. Actually I would like to know what the difference between dementia and mild cognitive impairment is. I have an exam in couple of days and I would appreciate any help about this...

by User avatar adolpho38505

New Alzheimer's Gene Discovered

Alzheimer's disease is an incurable disease that slowly destroys the patient's brain’s cells and always ends in death. Currently, around 4.5 Americans are affected by the disease but scientists report that the incidence is to double over the next 25 years. They discovered a second gene linked to...

by User avatar DennisD.

Clowns that aren't there

i'm in my mid-teens and i have a friend of the same age who is severely depressed. I help her and we get along. But recently she told me that she sees clowns that aren't there. She's always had a phobia of clowns, because when she was little her group of imaginary clown friends started to bully...

by User avatar Guest

Genetic risk factors for Alzheimer disease familial

It recently came to my attention that Alzheimer disease familial is caused by genetic factors, and that doctors can reliably tell who is susceptible to it, through genetic screening and tests. Can anyone tell me the short version? What are the genetic risk factors for Alzheimer disease familial? How...

by User avatar darla723144194

everyone thinks I'm dumb

Hi. I am 21 years old and everyone thinks I`m dumb because I can`t read. I can write, and I speak normally, but I can`t read. What is wrong with me? Some say I`m just slow. Am I slow? Maybe I am dumb.

by User avatar Guest

evidence of problem in the brain

Since 1998 I've been asking doctors to investigate problems with my brain function, and have never been taken seriously. Sometimes I felt like my brain was stuck in molasses - unable to move forward in thought. In my early 40s I was making the mistakes that a senior with signs of dementia would...

by User avatar Guest

loss of memory, attention problems

My father has started to experience some difficulties. I can see that day by day his attention is weaker and weaker. Sometimes I feel like he doesn't even listen to me. Also loss of memory is evident. What is going on? Do you have any idea how to help my father?

by User avatar Guest

aphasia

Hi! I know that aphasia is the loss of ability to communicate. I have person with aphasia in the family. I need someone to tell me how to communicating with the person with aphasia.

by User avatar Guest

Seeing stuff

Hey is it normal to be laying in bed with the lights off and the only thing glowing in the room is you phone and from the corner of your eye to see strange figures? I do not drink, Take drugs or smoke. Also o have seen things just being able to turn my head and still seeing the figure but then turn...

by User avatar Madison